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Thread Number: 93624
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
The largest dryer whirlpool ever produced for home use |
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Post# 1182874 6/18/2023 at 16:17 (320 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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I finally finished my whirlpool built Kenmore 8 ft.³ dryer from 1969.
I converted it to gas with a 25,000 BTU modulating burner, I also put the high-speed lint separation system in so I would not have to bother with a lint filter and add a window and a switch for the light so it will be on any time the dryer is running or any time the door is open. So far it’s working beautifully a gas dryer operating outdoors produces the nicest, smelling clothing you can imagine. This post was last edited 06/18/2023 at 16:49 | ||
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Post# 1182875 , Reply# 1 6/18/2023 at 16:41 (320 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Now drying to oversized pillows
Because pillows give up their moisture slowly and have to be baked for an hour or two to completely dry them through the gas burner his modulator down to only five or 6000 BTUs, keeping a nice steady 165° in the drum to slowly try the pillows completely.
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Post# 1182876 , Reply# 2 6/18/2023 at 16:55 (320 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1182877 , Reply# 3 6/18/2023 at 17:03 (320 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1182881 , Reply# 4 6/18/2023 at 17:52 (320 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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| Post# 1182884 , Reply# 5 6/18/2023 at 18:33 (320 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1182889 , Reply# 6 6/18/2023 at 19:27 (320 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Kenmore! | ||
| Post# 1182891 , Reply# 7 6/18/2023 at 19:37 (320 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1182898 , Reply# 8 6/18/2023 at 21:28 (320 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Very nice! I like the color, too - is it a metallic auto finish? I think the KitchenAid control panel looks better than the original did on it. | ||
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Post# 1182899 , Reply# 9 6/18/2023 at 21:31 (320 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1182900 , Reply# 10 6/18/2023 at 22:14 (320 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1182905 , Reply# 11 6/18/2023 at 23:13 (320 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1182916 , Reply# 12 6/19/2023 at 08:29 (320 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Whirl pool, supersize dryer
Hi Dan, this machine was made in 1969. I don’t think it was made more than a year or so. I only ever saw about five of them in my life. I had two of them that were combined to make this machine.
There was a club member, who Lives in Florida who worked for Whirlpool and he saw this dryer 20 years ago at my warehouse. He was shocked to see it because he thought it was only a prototype that he had seen back at whirlpool didn’t know they had ever marketed it. Hi Bob, this dryer is quite a bit bigger than a Frigidaire one to 18 the machine is 4 inches wider right off the bat and has a much bigger, drum then the one to 18. So far, I have done about eight loads in it. It’s drying well, but there is a glitch with the electronic dry sensor that I added, it’s not advancing in the electronic cycles. I will have to look into this. The washer next to it is indeed a Kitchenaid pro line model. It’s been there for about two years. It has the German to wet guts in an American made all non-magnetic stainless steel cabinet. It works very well I like it almost as much as my new stainless steel Speed Queen front load washer. The only real problem with it is you can’t wash pants in it without them all being tangled into a knot so they get thrown in the Speed Queen normally John | ||
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Post# 1182924 , Reply# 13 6/19/2023 at 10:07 (320 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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The super-size dryer is in Sears big book catalogs for Fall/Winter 1970, Spring/Summer 1971, Fall/Winter 1971, and Spring/Summer 1972 at an online site. Muse Technical - Catalogs & Wishbooks | ||
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Post# 1182985 , Reply# 14 6/19/2023 at 19:48 (319 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 1182995 , Reply# 15 6/19/2023 at 21:43 (319 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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From 1958 Christmas Wish Book Our 1958 Lady and the Lady Kenmore Combo are pictured. This was the first time I have seen Sears give the complete cycle time for a combo. I guess this was for the 50Amp electric model and the 37K burner in the gas model. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK | ||
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Post# 1182998 , Reply# 16 6/19/2023 at 21:53 (319 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Remember the parts page? I still remember the note not to order the Roto Swirl to replace a straight vane. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK | ||
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Post# 1182999 , Reply# 17 6/19/2023 at 21:56 (319 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Here is the Special Washer that handled 18 pound loads and the combo CLICK HERE TO GO TO Tomturbomatic's LINK This post was last edited 06/19/2023 at 23:08 | ||
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Post# 1183013 , Reply# 18 6/20/2023 at 07:10 (319 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Sear's  | ||
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Post# 1183020 , Reply# 19 6/20/2023 at 09:11 (319 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Big Load DRyer  | ||
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Post# 1183028 , Reply# 20 6/20/2023 at 10:17 (319 days old) by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA) |
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John, I love the window modification! What a cool (or hot, rather) project!
Interesting about the lint separation system. Where could I learn more about that? | ||
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Post# 1183039 , Reply# 21 6/20/2023 at 15:47 (318 days old) by geoff (Cape Coral, FL) |
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Whirlpool's largest dryer | ||
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Post# 1183040 , Reply# 22 6/20/2023 at 15:52 (318 days old) by geoff (Cape Coral, FL) |
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Whirlpool's biggest dryer | ||
| Post# 1183053 , Reply# 23 6/20/2023 at 18:50 (318 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Whirlpool's biggest dryer | ||
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Post# 1183054 , Reply# 24 6/20/2023 at 18:52 (318 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1183055 , Reply# 25 6/20/2023 at 18:53 (318 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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it's a gas model. | ||
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Post# 1183316 , Reply# 26 6/23/2023 at 23:07 (315 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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The 1969 whirlpool built supersize dryer
I use the centrifugal Lense separation system that was used in the easy clean 100 dryers from the mid 90s.
I wanted to get rid of the lint filter that was normally on top the machine so I put the separator blower housing in and I put a separate tube that carries the lint through the wall behind the dryer Outdoors. I have not decided what sort of collector to put on this tube right now that that’s just being thrown out into the yard. I use the separator housing but I did not do the double speed blower with the special motor but it still seems to separate Lyft pretty effectively . Reply number 21, Hi Geoff I believe you are correct whirlpool actually did build an 8.8 ft.³ dryer. I had forgotten about that. It was a deeper drum than the dryer that I have but probably was a little bigger. John | ||
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