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Post# 1217516   10/28/2024 at 10:46 by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)        

I have recently acquired a copy of the Westinghouse manual from this era. It has been scanned and uploaded to Dropbox. The manual shows such things as semi-hermetic compressors with magnetic drive cooling fans, and other Westinghouse designs I don't think are represented in any collections. There are color fold-out diagrams as well; which are a rarity in this era. Very thankful to have found this.  Please share as you see fit!

Sincerely,
David 

Both links are to the same thing. The first one should prompt you to save the file to your computer. It is around 73 megabytes. The second link may try to open the file in your browser, which may not work due to the size. Therefore two links are provided. Copy and paste the link to your address bar to open it.

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Post# 1217529 , Reply# 1   10/28/2024 at 14:15 by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)        

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Very cool David! Thanks for sharing.

Post# 1217558 , Reply# 2   10/28/2024 at 20:26 by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)        

Hi Melvin; glad you like this! It is very cool to find things like this.


Post# 1217559 , Reply# 3   10/28/2024 at 20:29 by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

that mag drive fan is super cool :)

Post# 1217581 , Reply# 4   10/29/2024 at 04:15 by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        

David, thankyou for taking the time to scan that, its a beautiful manual.

I love how unlike the monitor tops, they seem to have a nice easy panel to remove so its possible to slide the unit into the cabinet, rather than needing to lift it 7-8 feet off the ground to drop it into the hole.

I'm surprised GE never came up with something similiar.


Post# 1217588 , Reply# 5   10/29/2024 at 07:44 by turbokinetic (Northport, Alabama USA)        

Brendan, I agree about the fan design being amazing. That alone makes it worth quite a bit of effort to acquire one of these were it to turn up.

 

Nathan; GE and Westinghouse were very competitive in this era; but had different ideas on style. GE wanted to showcase their compressor design and would not hide it behind a panel for several more years. It seems Westinghouse wanted to keep the icebox appearance people were familiar with. 

 

 


Post# 1217662 , Reply# 6   10/30/2024 at 14:46 by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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Thank you for scanning and posting this, David. I’m still working through it, but one notable thing is how much time they spend emphasizing the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Not something you’d expect to see in a service manual today!


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