Thread Number: 75232
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
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Post# 990567 , Reply# 2   4/13/2018 at 12:25 (2,176 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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This is one of the first tumble dryers manufactured in the UK (the Parnall being the other) and would date approximately from between 1955 and 1960.
A couple of words or warning - the whole things is likely to need rewiring due to the existing, rubber covered cables perishing. There is also likley extensive use of asbestos within its construction. It is likely to run substantially hotter than modern dryers as these date back to a time when wringer washers were the norm and spin dryers pretty much unheard of so washing going into the dryer would have been much wetter than we are now accustomed to. Also it comes from a time when the use of synthetic fabrics was in its infancy. Nice catch but unfortunatly not something to be used on a daily basis Al |
Post# 990569 , Reply# 3   4/13/2018 at 12:31 (2,176 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 990693 , Reply# 4   4/14/2018 at 11:15 (2,175 days old) by wft2800 (Leatherhead, Surrey)   |   | |
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Yep, fine for cottons, but wiring probably suspect and chock full of asbestos... |