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Philco Front Load Washer in Rhinelander WI |
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Post# 1192495   10/24/2023 at 21:42 (186 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin)   |   | |
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Post# 1192496 , Reply# 1   10/24/2023 at 21:55 (186 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1192503 , Reply# 2   10/24/2023 at 22:46 (186 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1192504 , Reply# 3   10/24/2023 at 22:51 (186 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Wonder if it was used in The Loud House, and the family had all-Philco appliances from the father working at "Ford's"...
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Post# 1192506 , Reply# 4   10/24/2023 at 23:17 (186 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1192507 , Reply# 5   10/24/2023 at 23:29 (186 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I have never seen a Philco FL without the soap chute in the middle of the top panel. That machine looks like our Philco Hi Speed Duomatic minus the three buttons for the dryer settings. They stopped making laundry appliances in 1969 or 70. |
Post# 1192513 , Reply# 6   10/25/2023 at 02:31 (186 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1192518 , Reply# 7   10/25/2023 at 07:28 (186 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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But I believe this is a dryer not a front load washer.
My brother Jeff saw one of these on the curb one day and we came home that evening grabbed the truck drove all the way across town to grab it because we thought it was a combo and it actually turned out to be a dryer. We left it there, Philco dryers in this time were unbelievably miserable machines. John. |
Post# 1192520 , Reply# 8   10/25/2023 at 08:01 (186 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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This is a dryer, not a washer. I've contemplated going after this. Please don't tempt me more, LOL.
Ben
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Post# 1192522 , Reply# 9   10/25/2023 at 09:13 (186 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1192531 , Reply# 10   10/25/2023 at 10:48 (186 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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It has a different badge at left of the timer than the 1966 DE6G8, although the console is labeled Custom Imperial and Three Speed. The drum speed presumably doesn't change (per the spec sheet above) but the speed selector provides High Air (170 CFM), Low Air (130 CFM) airflow rates, and a third position Reverse Tumble (for bulky items) that switches between the two airflow rates every 4-1/2 minutes with the drum reversing each time ... so the motor apparently runs one direction for 170 CFM, reverses for 130 CFM? A messy paste-up of photos I saved years ago ... |
Post# 1192535 , Reply# 11   10/25/2023 at 11:24 (186 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 1192541 , Reply# 12   10/25/2023 at 15:47 (186 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Our nextdoor neighbors had a yellow early-mid '60s Philco set. Their glassed-in service porch was at the end of the house and faced ours. There was a large deteriorated sunken garden in their yard that provided distance, but my bedroom took a direct hit from the dryer that made a chirping/ squeaking noise within months of installation and for many years afterward. |
Post# 1192543 , Reply# 13   10/25/2023 at 18:02 (186 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I’ve only ever had a direct experience with about four of these dryers, and they left nothing to be desired. That’s for sure they tend to be noisy and slow, although it would be a very unique dryer, and I would love to see what you could do with it Ben, It might be fun if you put enough effort into it it might even be able to be turned into a great dryer by using some other parts for it from more successful dryer designs.
John |