Thread Number: 82260
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Kenmore SoftHeat - How does it work? |
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Post# 1062623 , Reply# 1   3/8/2020 at 11:53 (1,509 days old) by bendixmark (Winchester Mass)   |   | |
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It has a two stage heater,smaller and larger.The smaller element stays on and maintains a steady temp. |
Post# 1062634 , Reply# 2   3/8/2020 at 14:57 (1,509 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I think in the 70’s some Whirlpool and Kenmore 29” dryers only had a 18,000 btu heat output to maintain a steady temperature without have a modulating gas valve and I could be wrong about that.
The 1956 Whirlpool Imperial gas dryer I tinkered with last summer had a 25,000 btu heat output but since it has the delicate fabric guide I believe it throttles the burner to a lower heat output and the 1956 Whirlpool dryer Paul has, has 3 temperature settings. If you were to put it on the delicate fabric guide but if you put it on the hot or medium setting you would have a soft heat dryer since the heat output would be lower be would awhile before it reaches up to temperature and again I could be wrong about that but the Whirlpool/Kenmore dryers of the mid 50’s had a wide array of temperature options |