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Post# 670976   4/6/2013 at 22:54 (4,008 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 670977 , Reply# 1   4/6/2013 at 22:57 (4,008 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 670978 , Reply# 2   4/6/2013 at 23:04 (4,008 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 670980 , Reply# 3   4/6/2013 at 23:06 (4,008 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 671008 , Reply# 4   4/7/2013 at 07:33 (4,008 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 671009 , Reply# 5   4/7/2013 at 07:38 (4,008 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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And, unfortunately, the same blower as the smaller dryers so you have weaker air flow and lint catching all around the door plug, some of which falls on the floor when the door is opened and the rest catches on the clothes as they are removed. |
Post# 671047 , Reply# 6   4/7/2013 at 10:29 (4,008 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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In defense of these dryers, if you keep the lint filter and the door guard area clean, that doesn't happen. And although they aren't as fast as they would be with a larger blower, they're pretty darn fast. There's a reason that one of these is my daily driver. Nothing IMHO is better than these wide drums where the diameter is bigger than anything on the market today. The problem with todays huge dryers is that although the cylinders are very deep, something about having those extra inches for tumbling through heated air leaves the fabrics in very good condition and makes up for the blower shortcoming.
I'm looking forward to comparing it to the extra-large Kenmore/Whirlpool dryers of the same era, but I haven't snagged one yet. The one I was supposed to get with my last Lady Kenmore was sold out from under me before the shippers got to the seller. |
Post# 671076 , Reply# 7   4/7/2013 at 12:27 (4,008 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I had the 1978 GE version of this. And Ken is absolutely correct about this huge drum and less wrinkeling and dried nicely. I've had this, a 1986 LK (before WP made the lerger drum with the lint trap inside the drum); and a 1994 Maytag Dependable Care. I liked my GE version overall. With some complaints. One, low/delicate selection could only be used for Timed Dry only (just like on the above specimine) and Permanent Press/Poly Knits was automatic dry, but temperature on panel was designated as high heat. I permenently ruined a poly outside fiber mattress pad becaue I dried it on Knits Cycle anbd heat button raqther than the low/delicate temperature button on timed. Because of what I've seen due to this group, I've seen other GE & Hotpoint models before & after that offered auto dry for low temp and also offer medium heat for permanenbt press. Because of this dryer, every subsequent dryer had to have auto dry operate independently of temperature selection as well as there being a medium heat in addition to high & low heat.
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Post# 671081 , Reply# 9   4/7/2013 at 12:35 (4,008 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Tom, I had my GE dryer, except for 9 months here, all its life was in Houston, high-humidity city. 6 years laundry was in garage. I never once experienced any of the problems you've stated when drying huge loads of towels or whites come out of the GE washer and into the GE dryer. No condensation or heavy/sticky lint which stuck to the dry load or got picked up by fabrics as they were unloaded. Granted, on loads containing new garments, the lint screen was quite full at the end of dry cycle.
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Post# 671100 , Reply# 10   4/7/2013 at 13:23 (4,008 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I am fairly sure that these dryers did come from the HP side of GE, in fact they had the same crummy all red and yellow wiring that earlier HP built dryers had as compared to the better color coded wiring that GE dryers used. I certainly agree with Ken and Bob about the advantage of a bigger diameter dryer drum and I also agree with Tom about the mess of lint these [and all GE dryers ] around the lint filter and door when drying very linty loads. I wash lots of loads of very worn old towels both from our shop and Smittys body shop. |