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Post# 54363   1/23/2005 at 19:07 (7,004 days old) by danelto (State College, PA)   |   | |
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Does anyone have an up-close and personal pic of a Norge washer that's similar to the one in today's POD? The dial looks awful small, and from the pic, I can't see water level buttons, etc. |
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Post# 54386 , Reply# 1   1/23/2005 at 21:00 (7,004 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Dan, Norge washers didn't fare very well for the long haul in general. The pair shown here was either the last, or next to the last year, of the solid tub washers. We had the very first perforated dispensomat washer that came out in 1964. The knobs weren't all that small. Had enough room for teh cycle(s) needed. The program buttons did the rest. There is a vertical slide lever to the left of the timer knob, that could be the water level.
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Post# 54394 , Reply# 2   1/23/2005 at 21:38 (7,004 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Wonder how well and how long it took for the Norge dryer to dry your hair with its hairdryer attachment?Sort of interesting. |
Post# 54409 , Reply# 4   1/23/2005 at 23:21 (7,004 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I also thought some Rainbow vacs were available with a hair dryer attachment-Saw an ad for it saying something like-"dry your hair with water washed air!"Forget what model Rainbow it was.Don't see the attachment for current models. |
Post# 54415 , Reply# 5   1/23/2005 at 23:57 (7,004 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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My aunt had a very similar Norge washer, but it was not the top of the line with the program buttons above the dial. Hers had two small knobs to the left of the control dial, which were for three water temps and two speeds. Otherwise it looked the same as the machine in the ad. The cycle dial had two cycles, normal and short. It was a timed-fill machine and you could set a lower water level on the control dial. The control dial was transparent plastic with the cycle increments marked on it in black and with a lip around the edge to grip and turn...you turned the whole dial, not the little black pointer knob in the middle of it. It had an overflow rinse and a turquoise burp-up lint filter on a black agitator. She had a large family and was not gentle with it. Seems it lasted only about four years before she got a new Whirlpool.
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Post# 54416 , Reply# 6   1/24/2005 at 00:01 (7,004 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 54424 , Reply# 7   1/24/2005 at 03:11 (7,004 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 54435 , Reply# 8   1/24/2005 at 07:47 (7,003 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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The hair dryer attached to the door opening, blowing air through the tube and into the bonnet that you put over your hairdo. Norge dryers blew air from the back to the front of the machine forcing air through the clothes instead of pulling air over the heat source and through the drum like all other airflow dryers. Since there was so much air pressure inside the drum, Norge dryers tended to be very linty in the room they were installed and if the owner's housekeeping skills were less than diligent, the entire room would end up looking like a flocked christmas tree after a few years!
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Post# 54499 , Reply# 11   1/24/2005 at 17:51 (7,003 days old) by duetboy ()   |   | |
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so if you can identify it, I'd appreciate it. |
Post# 54511 , Reply# 14   1/24/2005 at 18:57 (7,003 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Greg, bingo about Norge dryers being linty. Both the 1953 and 1964 dryers suffered that, particularly a bit of air seeping through the lower little panel that droped down to access the lint screen, which was huge. Yes, my mom ALWAYS kept the door to the laundry room closed when it was going--I hated it because I could only heaer muffled washer noise. And in the summer, going into that laundry room was like a steam room. And in the winter, nice and moist, but the windows fogged up. After a while, she started cracking the window next to the dryer, particularly on cooler days. And when she wasn't home and I was doing wash, I'd always leave the door into the breakkfast room open so I'd get tohear all the noises while watching tv or whatever. And of course, sometimes I'd hear a comment about leaving the door open cuz the den had so much dust on the furniture. Since I was barely 7 when we moved into that house, I now wonder what our old garage looked like with the dryer running in there--especially when the station wagon was parked in there too. Maybe all that created dust was why the cleaning lady came twice a week. :-)
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