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$30 Working Coppertone Lady Kenmore Dryer - Eastpointe, Michigan
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Post# 1131241   10/16/2021 at 14:56 (894 days old) by Oliger (Indianapolis, Indiana)        

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Post# 1131288 , Reply# 1   10/17/2021 at 08:49 (893 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
1966-7 Lady Kenmore Gas Dryer

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These were great dryers, this one has the real modulating gas burner, 25,000 BTUs.

 

This dryer is so much more advanced than a DG806 its not even close, its no wonder that WP was building 10 times as many dryers as MT in the 60s.

 

John L.


Post# 1131300 , Reply# 2   10/17/2021 at 12:45 (893 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)        
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John, if I wanted to convert my 1963 Whirlpool Imperial dryer to gas, would the 25,000 btu burner work or would it have to be the 37,000 btu burner?

Post# 1131310 , Reply# 3   10/17/2021 at 15:00 (893 days old) by Combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        

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Hi Sean, the 25,000 BTU burner would work, but your dryer was meant to have a two level 20,000/37,000 BTU burner 25,000 would be enough to dry clothes but would modify the dryers design a little bit but it would work.

You would need to make some modifications to the thermostats the modulating burner dryers held the exhaust temperature around 165° and relied on the tapering down of the heat because the heat never cycled off during the heat portion of the cycle

John


Post# 1131333 , Reply# 4   10/17/2021 at 20:25 (893 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)        
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Maybe I might look into converting my 1963 Whirlpool Imperial dryer to gas one day but I’ll have to see. One thing I wish I could find is a booster fan like the older Whirlpool dryers had in the early 50’s but I am not sure if it would work on the newer style of Whirlpool 29” dryers from the early 60’s since the fan would have to have a spindle to connect to but would be in the way of the belt tensioner and would have to have a piece cus made to the belt groove and spindle for the fan to screw on.

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