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General Electric Filter-Flo Set |
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Post# 643034   11/30/2012 at 21:55 (4,136 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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Finally got the GE set in from the garage. Found the set in a Craigslist posting. |
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Post# 643035 , Reply# 1   11/30/2012 at 21:57 (4,136 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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mid-line |
Post# 643036 , Reply# 2   11/30/2012 at 21:58 (4,136 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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a little higher in their line.. |
Post# 643049 , Reply# 3   11/30/2012 at 22:39 (4,136 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I would say a little higher than Mid line.....plenty of options for variable cycle choices, virtually endless combinations.......
and for the most part, a matched 6 cycle set....... looks like its turning out to be a FilterFlo month for quite a few members.... that should be the deeper concave tub, exlarge capacity dryer......bigger than the standard size for that cabinet width.... I have the same set, only the dryer is gas |
Post# 643105 , Reply# 4   12/1/2012 at 08:11 (4,135 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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This was an interesting dryer for GE, this dryer replaces the wide 8 cubic foot model that they had built since the mid to early 1970s, this new one is smaller closer to 7 CF. On this new dryer GE for the first time since 1958 moved the electric heating coils away from the drum and installed them in a round heater can under the right side of the drum. This was a better design from a safety standpoint [ all GE Harmony and GEs new line dryers are built this way also ] and it allowed for a larger drum as they could extend it back a little. Unfortunately these new GE dryers were often slow because of rear drum seal problems, this and anything but a nice short ideal vent system caused the safety thermostat on top of the heater box to keep cycling, this often resulted in burned out hi limit thermostats.
So keep this dryer on a nice short clean vent as the heater assembly's are no longer available for these neat dryers. |
Post# 643114 , Reply# 5   12/1/2012 at 08:56 (4,135 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 643118 , Reply# 6   12/1/2012 at 09:59 (4,135 days old) by Volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)   |   | |
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Post# 643141 , Reply# 7   12/1/2012 at 11:02 (4,135 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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I have always wanted to rebuild a two speed clutch on these. I have heard a Filter-Flo is operation that was amazingly quiet and others that rattle and roll during agitation. I have always wondered if the noisy suspect was due to a worn clutch assembly and wished I could have gotten into it.
Malcolm |
Post# 643194 , Reply# 8   12/1/2012 at 14:20 (4,135 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 643241 , Reply# 9   12/1/2012 at 17:44 (4,135 days old) by applianceguy47 ()   |   | |
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I second that, but I always liked GE dryers in general. My first dryer was a 1970s Versatronic TOL dryer in Avacodo. I liked the upfront, inside filter that was easy to clean. |
Post# 643260 , Reply# 11   12/1/2012 at 19:21 (4,135 days old) by bwoods ()   |   | |
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It has the spiralator agitator, Scott. |