Wonder if Todd in Calif. would LOVE this.

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#20 Henry, that's great ingenuity and very close to what WP would have done.  I've no doubt it's working great for you.

Modern Maid 70s/early 80s 'Cook-n-clean' dishwasher/stove combo.

Information on D&M built Modern Maid dws. from 2013

I too would have loved having those toy washers.  The closest I came is receiving a 18" square wooden box on wheels my neighbor made and painted gray.  It was about 30" tall and had a piece of cove molding on the back edge giving the top a control panel look.  The top was also hinged to the back.  

To me it was washer.  I even painted on three colored buttons on the "panel" for hot-warm-cold.  Also took a piece of black rubber tubing that was about 3' long and stuck it in the back to give it a drain hose.   

Wow!  Love it.

I had the 77 in the coffee color.  Back in 2006.  Bought it from an estate in Connecticut.  Was in really nice condition too.  

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Doug your basement laundry looks great.  That box of Tide on the shelf i can smell the contents from here.  I remember buying the UN-condensed powder back when powder was the only option.

Posted back in May.

1997 Asko 8005 WM80...they don't make 'em like they used to!

So this dryer is a condenser dryer?

How does that work?

Do you have to empty water?

That is awesome!  I just learned of these a couple months ago and what a great idea. 

It's an understatement to say that they are energy savers.  With a typical vented dryer that takes it's intake air from an interior space, and they all do, there is a tremendous waste of energy in two ways.   

First is the obvious high output 5000 watt (or more) electric element, or a gas heater element that's running for up to an hour per load and all that heat is vented outside, so you don't see any benefit indoors.

Second is the fact that the dryer uses INDOOR air to vent out all the exhaust INCLUDING all the heat the dryer is making.  So the heat your furnace makes or the cool air your air conditioner makes in the summer gets wasted by being quickly sucked out of your house.  

Having the self empty option with that tiny mini drain hose makes using this dryer just about as hassle free as any other dryer. 

As for the lint clean out, is it true there are actually two filters?  One inside the drum and one underneath?

Also wonder how it sounds compared to a typical vented dryer?  This doesn't have a huge fan in it like the vented dryer but it does have a refrigeration unit in the bottom.  Does the dryer make more noise or just a different noise?

Another great thing about these condenser dryers is if one had their own solar electric system it would be relatively easy to power this 110 volt item. 

Either way, one is saving A LOT of energy by using a condenser dryer.

This is totally cool.  Having easy to access filters and even a monitor to tell one when to clean them is perfect.

Messy lint build up is another problem with the vented dryers.  How often do we hear in the news about a house fire caused by a build up of lint from a vented dryer.   Either the lint is in the bottom of the dryer, built up in an attic or crawl space, or it's in the ducting, or it's even the plastic ducting itself that some people use.  It's a terrible safety risk.

There are entire businesses of people who do nothing else but clean out vent pipes for dryers and exhaust ducting.

A condenser dryer eliminates all that.   

If it were me, I'd just have a Wallyflex in the laundry area. 

Connects into ones central vacuum system.  Makes quick work of lint.

I like the folding door on this portable.

A friend had this washer in her condo.  Built in the 70s they put the laundry closet in the small bedroom.