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Very old GE dryer! |
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Post# 407450   1/19/2010 at 14:59 (5,182 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Found this on Kijiji here in Montreal. Looks it might be a 1955 or 1956 model - I wonder if this might provide me with an example of thermostat hookup and wiring on my 56 Combo which I still have to try and get going as a dryer... Quick translation of the text for les membres qui ne parlent pas le français: "Antique General Electric brand dryer from the 1950s. In good condition. Must be sold". Hmm... is it me or did I just hear Hubby fainting in Sao Paulo?? CLICK HERE TO GO TO turquoisedude's LINK |
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Post# 407463 , Reply# 1   1/19/2010 at 16:48 (5,182 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 407487 , Reply# 2   1/19/2010 at 18:21 (5,182 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 407488 , Reply# 3   1/19/2010 at 18:30 (5,182 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I remember that dryer and matching washer being put in as an "insert" in the owners manual of the GE that looks like the one Jetcone has (as well as the recent POD) that introduces the FF--has a center dial and 4 turqoise buttons on the right-hand side. This particular set, I vaguely rember is some sort of designation as something like Fabri-Flex. Timer was one knob and temp was the other knob that had Hot, off, and warm settings and MAY have had cold. The water saver was a long horizontal toggle inbetween the two dials. I think the last time I saw those guides was when I was about 12 or 13, mom pitched those guides as well as the 1959/1960 Waste King's guide when the 1968 Waste King arrived.
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Post# 407494 , Reply# 5   1/19/2010 at 18:51 (5,182 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Also there was no filter- flo on this washer. Either it hadn't been introduced yet, or this was a BOL model. |
Post# 407511 , Reply# 6   1/19/2010 at 19:41 (5,182 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 408067 , Reply# 7   1/21/2010 at 13:44 (5,180 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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From seeing this dryer. It was different, but it didn't reach out to me... The cabinet had been repainted almond; inside drum was great and it still worked great. This was not an automatic-dry model, so 1954 as its model year makes a lot of sense. One thing that I found different - the lint trap was in a drawer at the bottom of the cabinet. I am guessing this unit was not vented to the outdoors.
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Post# 408126 , Reply# 8   1/21/2010 at 16:50 (5,180 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Seems to me it can vented outside or in. Down in the bottom with the lint drawer is a 30 amp screw-in fuse. And there is a water "sprinkler" cylinder attached to one of the lifting vanes in the tub. The door handle opened the door with a knock of your knee. It rocks in either direction and the door pops open. |
Post# 408171 , Reply# 9   1/21/2010 at 19:01 (5,180 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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John thanks for the fabri-flex verification. The washer that we had that is like the one jetcone has in his collection (that wass his cildhood washer) didn't have Filter-Flo either. I've only seen one other and it was the washer one of my mom's good friends had (along with ahamilton gas dryer)--we had a Norge TimeLIine. Anyway, someone here dug up that the washer we had was a unique or special model in that year's line-up--the no FF.
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