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Thread Number: 6089
Flouresent Light in Ge Americana Dryer |
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| Post# 125169 4/28/2006 at 18:42 (6,571 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
Hi all! I recently came across 2 (!) Ge Versatronic Dryers in the same day! A Late 60's model and an Americana. Unfortunately neither were in a condition good enough to want to take home. The 60s model had a non rotating drum and no power cord and the Americana was rusted and the door was held shut with Duct tape. I did however salvage the consoles of course and I want to get the Lights to work. I would like to rewire the original fixtures and just runa cord out the bottom but there are sooooo many wires in there I just don't know where to begin - Im sure there are others of you on this list who have done it already - I know I've seen pics, but I need some advice. These will make nifty night lights in the laundry room and are saving the best part from these fun old machines. Any advice will me much appreciated! Thanks, Matt 
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| Post# 125170 , Reply# 1 4/28/2006 at 18:42 (6,571 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
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close ups | ||
| Post# 125171 , Reply# 2 4/28/2006 at 18:44 (6,571 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
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and again | ||
| Post# 125174 , Reply# 3 4/28/2006 at 18:51 (6,571 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 125207 , Reply# 5 4/28/2006 at 20:16 (6,571 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
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well i'lltake a picture of the spaghetti... | ||
Post# 125253 , Reply# 7 4/28/2006 at 23:11 (6,571 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Hi Matt, that's going to be hard for us to help you determine how to wire this without a schematic. I believe the light comes on when you start the timer and there isn't a seperate switch on thess GE dryers. You only want to energize the light circuit only and to do that its going to involved four parts: The Timer The Ballast (transformer) The Starter The Bulb Can you shoot some clear pictures of the wires going from the timer to the Ballast, starter and bulb sockets? | ||
| Post# 125254 , Reply# 8 4/28/2006 at 23:12 (6,571 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
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uugh!
honestly there are so many switches and buttons that tie everything together i might just take the home depot route - but i'd like to at least try first - plus the wires here are red, black, yellow, and brown. And they don't go thru that pattern you described because some have double conectors and go to a switch or button b4 they go to the ballast or the starter - its all very odd - i'm pretty good with wiring but this reads like a labyrinth. sigh... | ||
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Post# 125323 , Reply# 9 4/29/2006 at 07:47 (6,571 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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