Nice find, James!  Is it a V14 model?

Have a look at the tags on or around the door - the instructions on how to wire the dryer for 120-volt service were often there along with a switch that needed to be adjusted to compensate for the lower voltage using the automatic dry cycle.

My 62 V12 dryer is buried at the moment and am pretty sure it had these instructions.

I found this picture on my laptop from the 57 GE dryer - this should be what you need to do.  Hope this helps!

Thank you for posting this. I believe this is indeed a 1967 model, the only year with that particular chevron over the control panel and blue backgrounds for the "OFF"  positions on the dial.

Very interesting that:

1. The door pushbutton is news to me. I would ask you if you could take some closeups of that button and the mechanism inside the door to see if it's the same as the one for the pedal openers. I have NEVER seen this before on any other GE dryer nor have I seen this in any brochure or cut-sheet. GE was about to discontinue the "automatic" door opening feature from all of its models; possibly they were trying out an alternative before scrapping the thing entirely. You have a rare beast.
2. The word they are using on the Electrical Schematic for the backsplash is the original from the early '50s when appliance manufacturers started to attach splashguards to the backs of the units that later housed the controls: "backsplasher".
3. I will look in my collection of instruction manuals for a model that's close to that one for the conversion from 220v to 110v. I think it's standard for all of those GE models but with electrical stuff you want to be very careful. The heater will work on that current but wont get very hot. It will take the load 3-4x the time to dry.
4. It would be helpful if you could take a closeup shot of the rating plate that's inside the dryer door. That plate, BTW, has a screw on one side that you will need to remove to get to a small control that needs to be reset if and when you want to convert the power setting. This plate has the model and serial numbers embossed into it.

I've never seen this push button feature before.  Very interesting!  They lost the pedal when they introduced the larger capacity dryers without the toe space.  Could be that like Ken says, this was one way to keep the convenience feature.

Great score - love the illuminated console!

lawrence

The wiring diagram that you included indicates this is a Model 90D81 unit.  That nomenclature doesn't agree with any US General Electric dryers that I know about.  So, as suggested above, this is probably a Canadian product.  In US terms, a "D" in the model would indicate a 1968 product; might this be a 1968 model?  Could help to explain the push-button feature as well.  While no specific capacity was ever advertised for their dryers, by 1968 the washers were claiming the 16-pound capacity.  The washers featured the 14 over the "V" crest, but the dryers only had the "V", just as this one has.

lawrence

I wondered if this was a Canadian model but since I didn't see any French on the control panel I dropped the thought. If we can get a picture of the rating plate, we'll see.

That's just beautiful.  Such a great find!  Thanks for the photos.

lawrence

Every time I see a Canadian iteration of an American appliance I ask, "Why do our companies produce better versions of their products for the Canadian market than the ones they sell here?" Is it because of the companies or because of the different customers. I wonder if Canadians, like Europeans, wont accept the amount of mediocrity that Americans have been accustomed to.

Nice score James, this is truly a classic GE dryer, it is always interesting to see the differences between US and Canidian models.

Hi Ken, In regard to reply #15, US appliances during the 50s through the 90s were always more feature equipped than Canadian or European appliances. This lovey GE dryer does not have GEs great compensated auto dry or electronic dryness or foot-petal door opening that the equivalent TOL  US model would have had.

The list is long of TOL appliance features that we had in the US that did not make it to Canada, In laundry appliances few if any all push button washers & dryers, few or no 3 speed or variable speed washers, very few combination WDs, many fewer console lights, dispensers and self-cleaning lint filters and with WP laundry they always had the older cabinet stamping s and older styling.

And the list of features is even longer on refrigerators and ranges.

John L.

Thanks for the information John, I guess my perception of the appliances is mostly from what I've seen from Canadian members coupled with the glow of sanity and progressiveness our Northern neighbor has these days.

James, congratulations on your find. Here are a few pictures of some of the TOL's from 1967 that would have matched your dryer: