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Westinghouse dryer from the 50's
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Post# 645017   12/8/2012 at 12:33 (4,149 days old) by Chris396 (Missouri)        

Hi. My friend had me keep an old dryer in my basement that his sister bought for him about ten years ago. Fast forward ten years and I ask him when he's going to come pick it back up. He told me I can keep it. It's a 1950's Westinghouse. From what I've read online it's NOT the fancy one that plays "How dry I am."

When he dropped it off, he told me it worked. I unplugged my regular dryer and plugged this one in and my breaker tripped. Any idea why?

I'll post a picture soon.





Post# 645021 , Reply# 1   12/8/2012 at 12:53 (4,149 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Did the breaker trip before you even tried to start it, like as soon as you plugged it in? If so, that mean a direct short inside.

Post# 645114 , Reply# 2   12/8/2012 at 22:18 (4,149 days old) by Chris396 (Missouri)        

As soon as I plugged it in.

Post# 645131 , Reply# 3   12/8/2012 at 23:35 (4,149 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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Hopefully you own an ohmmeter. An instant-trip short shouldn't be hard to find.

Post# 645837 , Reply# 4   12/11/2012 at 21:36 (4,146 days old) by Chris396 (Missouri)        

I don't but I'll pick one up.

Post# 645847 , Reply# 5   12/11/2012 at 22:29 (4,146 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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It's handsome. We had the chevron door washer but the square door dryer, no window.

In use these tend to accumulate lint at the bottom between the inner and outer drums; go behind the 'smile' panel with a coathanger.


Post# 645852 , Reply# 6   12/11/2012 at 22:52 (4,146 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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That's a very nice look with the black trim around the knobs.  Very much worth fixing, and it's probably an easy fix.


Post# 645875 , Reply# 7   12/12/2012 at 00:47 (4,146 days old) by westingman123 ()        
OOOh!

If you want someone to adopt it, please let me know! Quite a handsome boy.


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