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Post# 864314   1/27/2016 at 13:26 (3,003 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Never underdries, perhaps; but NEVER overdries?!? That is a clothes cooker. Unlike a lot of other time-temp auto dry controls, there was no flexibility in the setting, no "more dry" or "less dry". There was no Delicate, Normal or Heavy. It was just screaming red hot bone dry.




Post# 864328 , Reply# 1   1/27/2016 at 14:33 (3,003 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Glad you started this thread, Tom. I wanted to point out that 1958 was a great year for console design/styling. There are some real beauties. Thanks to various AW members who posted these photos found in a Google Images search.

1. 1958 Westinghouse
2. 1958 Lady Kenmore
3. 1958 Frigidaire
4. 1958 General Electric
5. 1958 Whirlpool
6. 1958 Lady Kenmore Combo


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Post# 864337 , Reply# 2   1/27/2016 at 15:14 (3,003 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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It didn't get any better than the early models?  I had a D-3 and it was a true-convection oven to say the least.    A friend had a "How Dry I Am" Westy and had to re-wash a load of towels to get rid of the scorched smell.


Post# 864395 , Reply# 3   1/27/2016 at 20:13 (3,003 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )        

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I though the reason that W dryers were so hot was because of the not so good water extraction of the washers.

Post# 864445 , Reply# 4   1/28/2016 at 06:14 (3,003 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

It was not that they ran hot. They had different heats and the timed cycle allowed not only the selection of different heats, but also the ability to set the timer to a suitable drying time for the fabrics and load being dried, thus avoiding gross over drying and overheating. By pushing the red DRY button, the auto dry thermostat terminated the cycle at an air temperature of something like 250F, which, yes, is considered a slow oven in baking terminology.

Post# 864447 , Reply# 5   1/28/2016 at 07:03 (3,002 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

The last 5 minutes of "no heat" tumble seemed skimpy. I remember how hot the early spacemate dryers were.

Post# 864459 , Reply# 6   1/28/2016 at 08:30 (3,002 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Early WH auto dry cycles just shut off when the temperature was reached, no cool down at all. You needed oven mitts to handle the load.

Post# 864550 , Reply# 7   1/28/2016 at 18:23 (3,002 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )        
We had a 53

When I was growing up, if I remember correctly, it had 3 heats,I don't remember it being too hot, I know it dried the clothes fairly quickly though.


Post# 864629 , Reply# 8   1/29/2016 at 08:46 (3,001 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

They did not heat the load to excessively high temperatures if the auto dry was not used.

Post# 865032 , Reply# 9   2/1/2016 at 06:19 (2,999 days old) by FEster (Lafayette La USA)        
How dry I am Westy !!!

I saw one of those on YouTube a while back. One video was an old add and one was someone's project. When the little xylophone played how dry I am, it just knocked me out. Man, that's just too cool for school. Definitely on the wish list.


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