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Post# 1003467   8/13/2018 at 03:32 (2,054 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)        

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I am guessing Lady K with all those buttons...


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Post# 1003468 , Reply# 1   8/13/2018 at 03:36 (2,054 days old) by toploadloyalist (San Luis Obispo, CA)        

You guessed correctly. This is the first version of the electronic control panel from 1978. The following year or two, they updated the panel.

Post# 1003536 , Reply# 2   8/13/2018 at 15:55 (2,054 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)        

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Just became the happy owner of this machine...pics to follow later this evening.


Post# 1003564 , Reply# 3   8/13/2018 at 18:43 (2,054 days old) by Stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)        

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She looks to be in good shape.
The guy I bought it from had his house appreciate 200% in the 8 years since he bought it, and so he decided to cash out and move abroad.


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Post# 1003567 , Reply# 4   8/13/2018 at 19:12 (2,054 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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I vaguely remember a Kenmore ad vs a Frigidaire with that model and the Kenmore circulated the load and the Frigidaire didnt, then it ended after the quick 30 seconds. I think there is a link on this site showing the 2.

Post# 1003575 , Reply# 5   8/13/2018 at 19:30 (2,054 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)        

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What a GREAT find! I love that is "solid state"! My Dad trained as a radio repairman in the army, so he always knew how to fix out old vacuum tube televisions. When he thought it was about time for a new TV sometime in the early 70s, solid state circuitry was being rolled out. He was angry that the vacuum tube circuits were being phased out, because didn't know how to work on solid state circuitry. He searched high and low for a new set that used only vacuum tube. He finally bought a TV at Sears because it was only "50% Solid State"!

Post# 1003616 , Reply# 6   8/13/2018 at 22:51 (2,054 days old) by dartman (Portland Oregon)        

Yeah, going from tubes to solid state was rough for old school technicians. As I was learning electronics in high school it was the early 70s so I got to learn and figure out everything. Tubes were easier because they were self contained and modular so you just replaced the tube causing the issue and you were good to go and in a pinch there were all kinds of similar tubes you could substitute if you didn't have the exact match. My first, and the families first, color TV was a 69 Zenith 23" tube set I bought with my berry picking money I saved all summer in 74 used for 115 bucks.

Post# 1003620 , Reply# 7   8/13/2018 at 23:58 (2,054 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Well,I would hate or is it love?to see the TUBED version of this washer!Not just for TV's I have a hard time adapting to SS transmitters.In bulk--the SS 1Mw Med wave transmitter actually takes up MORE space than an equivilent tubed model!and really--the efficiency isn't that much better.

Post# 1004473 , Reply# 8   8/22/2018 at 10:51 (2,045 days old) by Kafooty06 (washington )        
Would you sell it

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I'm looking for one of those I have the matching dryer. Would you like to sell that washer ? I'm interested

Post# 1004520 , Reply# 9   8/22/2018 at 19:11 (2,045 days old) by delturner (USA)        
wayupnorth

You are remembering the TV ad wrong. The Frigidaire sucked down the sock in a matter of seconds and the Kenmore was still working on pulling it down at the end of the commercial.

Post# 1004590 , Reply# 10   8/23/2018 at 12:33 (2,044 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Not an ad, but perhaps it was this video?






Post# 1006034 , Reply# 11   9/4/2018 at 08:49 (2,032 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York)        

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The last Belt drive Electronic Kenmore control panel was this pair.

The DD Electronic pair used the same control panel while the MFG was changing production of the new washer design.

 

 


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