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Telecolor 3007
04-09-2018, 10:41 AM
Any one collects or uses old BIG electric apliances? Like washingmachines, combo washingmachine/ladundry dryer, laundrary dryers, fridges/freezers/fridge + freezer combo, air condition.

Jon A.
04-11-2018, 05:12 AM
I would use most of those things if I lived in a house. For the most part I have to use building owner-issued junk. It doesn't really bother me though, I don't have to pay to fix or replace the stuff. However, I have an old Kenmore A/C unit designed for casement windows, a newer but still decent Kenmore A/C unit in rather rough shape and a 1984 Kenmore microwave/convection oven that's used every day.

Celt
04-11-2018, 05:29 AM
Just a big old Sunbeam toaster... ;)

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=196871&stc=1&d=1523442515

MadMan
04-11-2018, 08:42 PM
Back in our old house, I had set up a 1950's kitchen in the basement, because my mom expressed a desire for a retro kitchen. Appliances were an Admiral fridge and a Roper gas stove. Both of which needed some work, but nothing major. We generally plugged in the fridge a little before thanksgiving and used it for holiday food storage until after xmas. When the whole family came over for a holiday, a second stove was almost impossible to do without. Especially with a thanksgiving turkey in the main kitchen's oven all day long, we would bake pies and casseroles in the basement. We moved about 5 years ago, but I kept the appliances. Sadly, they need much more attention now than before.

The fridge I got by putting a want ad up on craigslist, the reply was from the daughter of an old lady. The fridge was in the basement of their house, and it looked like it was probably used sometimes. I think I paid $40 for it, and the lady tried to sell me a Sunbeam mixer for $70, I was like lolno. The fridge always cooled very well (good old R12 system), but now it needs a door gasket ($200 from the antiqueappliances.com - the only people who still manufacture it) and as long as I've had it, it was missing a little electric heater that sat in the condensate pan and evaporated it, so if I run the fridge it just constantly drips water. Ideally I'd like to dismantle it entirely, sand blast, and repaint, because the paint looks terrible up close. Oh yeah, interestingly, it has two unique features, 1. it has a 'Magic Ray Lamp' inside (a little UV light bulb) apparently to kill bacteria and make ozone to stop flavors of uncovered foods from mixing, and 2. it has a glow-in-the-dark radium door handle INSIDE so little Timmy doesn't get trapped inside while playing hide and seek.

The stove I got from a for sale ad on craigslist. The poster was in charge of demolishing a ~1950s ranch house - no idea why, it looked fine. The stove was still hooked up in the kitchen of the house, which looked entirely original. Yellow countertops, floral pattern wallpaper, crappy linoleum, the works. I wound up taking a section of base cabinet and a bunch of chrome handles from that kitchen as well. I can still use the stove, in fact, it's one hell of a performer. Not like these modern stoves, where each burner is a little smaller than the next. All 4 burners are approx. 4 inch diameter, and each one is a double burner. One outer ring, and another inner ring, that's a lot of fire! Has great control over it too, turning the knob from 0-50% only operates the little inner ring, 50-100% turns the inner ring down a lot and lights the outer ring, as you turn it up, it turns up both. I swear it could boil a pot of water in half the time as our modern stove.

Sadly, the top deck or panel or whatever you call it, has two rust holes on either side. A common problem with Ropers apparently, it's because the pilot light heat is directed straight to the either edge of the deck. As it's porcelain enamel, I'd have to repair the rust holes entirely in steel (no bondo or brazing [not that I like brazing]) and send it out to be re-enameled, about $500. And I'd like to delete the problem-causing pilot lights, and replace with electric ignition. For the purists out there, not only do the pilot lights cause rust holes, they always took too long to light the burners as well. I stripped a junk stove of it's electrics not long ago, so I have the stuff for retrofit, just not the time.

And then there's that Kenmore wringer washer. I was maybe 14 or so, walking to school, which I went out the back of the house, through the alley, and a couple houses down there was this washing machine next to the garbage cans. I looked at it, there was nothing crucially wrong with it, so I wheeled it to my back yard, and it's been in my care ever since. It's been ages since I plugged it in, but I recall that it did run. Still, it's going to need the whole restoration. On the bright side, the porcelain is perfect, and the rest of it is just paint, so it just needs a couple dents banged out and a respray. Now if only I can cajole this one guy I know to part with his washer's timer cover and knob...

dieseljeep
04-15-2018, 01:40 PM
I would use most of those things if I lived in a house. For the most part I have to use building owner-issued junk. It doesn't really bother me though, I don't have to pay to fix or replace the stuff. However, I have an old Kenmore A/C unit designed for casement windows, a newer but still decent Kenmore A/C unit in rather rough shape and a 1984 Kenmore microwave/convection oven that's used every day.
Sears didn't use the Kenmore name for their cooling appliances earlier.
IIRC, they used the Coldspot name until the early '70's.

Celt
04-15-2018, 07:11 PM
Friends of mine had a Hotpoint fridge and a Coldspot range/oven combo. :scratch2:

Electronic M
04-15-2018, 07:45 PM
Friends of mine had a Hotpoint fridge and a Coldspot range/oven combo. :scratch2:

Wasn't there a Daffy Duck cartoon where he had to deal with a Possessed lady and the stove was full of ice and the freezer was full of flame?...Your post sounds like a tamer version of that joke. :D

ppppenguin
04-16-2018, 01:31 AM
There's a small shop near me that sells and repairs electrical appliances, something increasingly rare on the high street in the UK. In their shop they have a Hoover "Keymatic" washing machine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_keymatic_milestones_museum.JPG

These machines were found in trendy homes in the 1970s and looked like no other washing machine before or since. The programme was selected by inserting a "keyplate" https://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/962250436/in/album-72157601120083935/ The keyplate mechanism was not reliable. A gimmick really.

Jon A.
04-16-2018, 05:57 AM
Sears didn't use the Kenmore name for their cooling appliances earlier.
IIRC, they used the Coldspot name until the early '70's.
I don't know exactly what vintage it is but it's definitely a Kenmore.

MadMan
04-16-2018, 09:43 PM
These machines were found in trendy homes in the 1970s and looked like no other washing machine before or since. The programme was selected by inserting a "keyplate" https://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/962250436/in/album-72157601120083935/ The keyplate mechanism was not reliable. A gimmick really.

Well that's COOL. It's like a punchcard system for your washing machine! I can see why it would be impractical. Definitely a gimmick (punchcards in the era of early computing), but I don't see why it would be inherently unreliable. Maybe just a poor design.

ppppenguin
04-17-2018, 12:50 AM
I think the Keymatic was too complicated for its own good. Washing machine is also a fairly hostile environment with moist air and lots of vibration. Combine that with engineering down to a price and you've got problems.

Telecolor 3007
04-18-2018, 09:52 AM
Here is another washing machine that haves a card (it's not mine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWICPMVuylg

It's not mine, but what do you see here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X07Vokx8n8g&t=33s

dieseljeep
04-19-2018, 10:31 AM
Just a big old Sunbeam toaster... ;)

http://videokarma.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=196871&stc=1&d=1523442515

That toaster is actually a retro reproduction of an earlier design. The Sunbeam logo is silk-screened on.
We had two Sunbeam toasters, the self lowering "Radiant Control" model. When they got older, the toasting wasn't consistent.

dieseljeep
05-07-2018, 10:50 AM
I think the Keymatic was too complicated for its own good. Washing machine is also a fairly hostile environment with moist air and lots of vibration. Combine that with engineering down to a price and you've got problems.

Hoover was never a big name in large appliances in the US. Beside floor cleaning appliances, they made compact washers, dryers and small fridges.
They did sell small appliances, Irons, toasters, blenders and mixers for a short time. :scratch2:

DavGoodlin
05-10-2018, 12:40 PM
Right good question for me Telecolor! Glad you asked, or maybe not. I'm certifiable when it comes to the big vintage items.

I have three one-door refrigerator-freezers, 1950 Philco in basement is daily use, yet barely runs.
For drinks in the summer kitchen, 1947 Westinghouse with small ice box, and a Hardwick 5-burner gas range, no pic.

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1951 Kelvinator I've had for 25 years but I suspect its losing charge at last.
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A very-electric, non-energy star 1963 Montgomery-Ward dryer built by Norge like a tank. All appliances had these fluorescent lights built in, maybe for sale gimmick, I dunno.
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The speed queen is only 5 years old and I would recommend this to anyone burned by the others. Consumer reports panned the SQ AWN-series washer because it used too much water, losing my confidence in CU.
If I could, I would find a Westinghouse https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT7rVhvRa3ukAh7JXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0 dTJpcTh0BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjU1ODRfMQRzZW MDcGl2cw--?p=westinghouse+laundry+center+vintage+washer&fr2=piv-web&fr=ush-mail#id=151&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.automaticwasher.info%2FTD%2F AWJPEG%2FVINTAGE%2F2005%2F11-28-2005-22-59-26--FilterFlo.jpg&action=clickbut my wife would make me do all of the laundry instead of 50%

I also use an Arvin 2-slice toaster, with brown-braid asbestos cord :saywhat: power cord , Arvin was their tv-radio-appliance name after the Noblitt-Sparks company was no longer making war goods.

DavGoodlin
05-10-2018, 12:45 PM
Hoover was never a big name in large appliances in the US. Beside floor cleaning appliances, they made compact washers, dryers and small fridges.
They did sell small appliances, Irons, toasters, blenders and mixers for a short time. :scratch2:

We had a Hoover frying pan, mid 70's

DavGoodlin
05-10-2018, 12:48 PM
There's a small shop near me that sells and repairs electrical appliances, something increasingly rare on the high street in the UK. In their shop they have a Hoover "Keymatic" washing machine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_keymatic_milestones_museum.JPG

These machines were found in trendy homes in the 1970s and looked like no other washing machine before or since. The programme was selected by inserting a "keyplate" https://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/962250436/in/album-72157601120083935/ The keyplate mechanism was not reliable. A gimmick really.

I understand that in the UK, you "hoover up" the floor, rather than vacuum:yes:

MadMan
05-11-2018, 12:28 AM
Nice stuff... but I had to re-login to see your images. How the hell did you link them? Survivor appliances.

ppppenguin
05-11-2018, 01:37 AM
I understand that in the UK, you "hoover up" the floor, rather than vacuum:yes:

Yes, in the UK the brand name "Hoover" has come into general use, not only as a noun but also as a verb. And it's nothing to do with J Edgar:D

You see people referring to Dyson hoovers etc.

The Hoover company has effectively lost its brand name rights here.

It happens to other brands too. Scotch Tape (US) or Sellotape (UK); Kleenex (mainly US); Durex (different usages in US and UK but this is a family friendly forum) and probably many more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark

Jon A.
10-19-2018, 05:04 PM
At the end of August I found this "General Freezer" model GC7L-1 deep freeze. Its capacity is about 6.7 cubic feet. It was sitting at a curb nearby with a sign on it saying "Works. Free." This is a street with a lot of fancy houses, and we know how wasteful the wealthy can be, but it's because of such people that I have much of what I have now. I finished my errand and then went home to fetch my trolley in very great haste as this place is crawling with scrap metal dealers. I cleaned it up and replaced the flickering power light with the "bag full" light from an old Electrolux. I was really stoked to find this as we needed one and there are very few out there that I consider worth having.

The top isn't yellowed, that's just an effect of my low-quality camera.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1936/31560665308_dd56e6ea36_c.jpg

Electronic M
10-19-2018, 05:10 PM
At the end of August I found this "General Freezer" model GC7L-1 deep freeze. Its capacity is about 6.7 cubic feet. It was sitting at a curb nearby with a sign on it saying "Works. Free." This is a street with a lot of fancy houses, and we know how wasteful the wealthy can be, but it's because of such people that I have much of what I have now. I finished my errand and then went home to fetch my trolley in very great haste as this place is crawling with scrap metal dealers. I cleaned it up and replaced the flickering power light with the "bag full" light from an old Electrolux. I was really stoked to find this as we needed one and there are very few out there that I consider worth having.

The top isn't yellowed, that's just an effect of my low-quality camera.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1936/31560665308_dd56e6ea36_c.jpg

We've got a similar one with a wood grain top and no lock...It stopped freezing a while back. Once it gets dug out of the garage during the upcoming annual make the garage parkable again cleanout it is going to hit the curb.

Edit: Holey Mackeral this is my 10,000th post!... I spend too much time here.

WISCOJIM
10-20-2018, 08:19 AM
Edit: Holey Mackeral this is my 10,000th post!... I spend too much time here.

Congrats!

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dieseljeep
10-20-2018, 09:40 AM
At the end of August I found this "General Freezer" model GC7L-1 deep freeze. Its capacity is about 6.7 cubic feet. It was sitting at a curb nearby with a sign on it saying "Works. Free." This is a street with a lot of fancy houses, and we know how wasteful the wealthy can be, but it's because of such people that I have much of what I have now. I finished my errand and then went home to fetch my trolley in very great haste as this place is crawling with scrap metal dealers. I cleaned it up and replaced the flickering power light with the "bag full" light from an old Electrolux. I was really stoked to find this as we needed one and there are very few out there that I consider worth having.

The top isn't yellowed, that's just an effect of my low-quality camera.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1936/31560665308_dd56e6ea36_c.jpg
I bought a Canadian-built "Woods" compact upright freezer. It was in-new condition, bought from my favorite Charity Thrift. $35 USD out the door!

Jon A.
10-20-2018, 04:35 PM
I bought a Canadian-built "Woods" compact upright freezer. It was in-new condition, bought from my favorite Charity Thrift. $35 USD out the door!
Cool! I hadn't heard of that brand, but I hadn't heard of mine either. The "Made in Canada" sticker fell off while I was cleaning the freezer but I still have it.

dieseljeep
10-26-2018, 11:23 AM
Cool! I hadn't heard of that brand, but I hadn't heard of mine either. The "Made in Canada" sticker fell off while I was cleaning the freezer but I still have it.
The Woods model I have is only about 6 or 7 years old!
The freezer you have is possibly a private label model from one of the Canadian retailers. :scratch2:

walterbeers
10-26-2018, 08:16 PM
We still use our old electric Tappan range, oven, microwave free standing all in one stove.
We bought it new in 1979, and we are still using it in our kitchen still today in 2018. Everything still works and operates perfect, even the microwave. Only repairs I have even done to it was a coil burner plug, and the fan motor in the microwave. Made a perfect pumpkin pie and banana cake in it this week. Also we still use the microwave on a regular basis.

Jon A.
10-27-2018, 05:42 PM
The Woods model I have is only about 6 or 7 years old!
The freezer you have is possibly a private label model from one of the Canadian retailers. :scratch2:
It would be cool to find out. I don't think there were many Canadian retailers that sold large appliances.

Plugging in your freezer's model and serial numbers on appliance411.ca might return a manufacture date. That site dated mine as a '90.
We still use our old electric Tappan range, oven, microwave free standing all in one stove.
We bought it new in 1979, and we are still using it in our kitchen still today in 2018. Everything still works and operates perfect, even the microwave. Only repairs I have even done to it was a coil burner plug, and the fan motor in the microwave. Made a perfect pumpkin pie and banana cake in it this week. Also we still use the microwave on a regular basis.
It's nice to hear about old appliances doing more than chilling brewskies for the likes of the Enterprise-D's night crew. Anyone who is concerned about reducing their carbon footprint can either use older, well-built stuff, or just try not to step in any carbon.

I got my 1984 Kenmore (Sanyo) microwave/convection oven over four years ago. It gets daily use, mostly for heating up hot drinks. I got it for a fiver from a thrift store, the only thing "wrong" with it being two missing feet. I have since installed a whole new set that I got from Mouser.

I found an old Camco-built GE compact clothes dryer by a dumpster back in June. It wasn't anything special really, the top was banged up, it had a little rust here and there but worst of all the bearings were shot in its welded-together motor. I decided to sacrifice that one to convert its shell into a 16U mobile equipment rack. It isn't finished yet but it's usable as-is.

dieseljeep
10-30-2018, 10:32 AM
Cool! I hadn't heard of that brand, but I hadn't heard of mine either. The "Made in Canada" sticker fell off while I was cleaning the freezer but I still have it.
My Freezer has the R134 refrigerant!
The Wood's brand was sold by Menards in the states.
The Sanyo compact fridges are made in Mexico.
They're starting to sell compact fridges at Wally world that use Peltier modules. Also, those fancy wine fridges with the glass door.
They take 24 hours to come down to proper temperature. :thumbsdn:

Jon A.
10-30-2018, 03:42 PM
My Freezer has the R134 refrigerant!
The Wood's brand was sold by Menards in the states.
The Sanyo compact fridges are made in Mexico.
They're starting to sell compact fridges at Wally world that use Peltier modules. Also, those fancy wine fridges with the glass door.
They take 24 hours to come down to proper temperature. :thumbsdn:
Last year I used an air conditioner I got for free just to survive the summer, what a hunk of junk, made in china of course. It used R410A which may have been slowly leaking out as it caused a weird smell in the closet when put away. I contacted a scrapper to come get it and left it at the curb for him. I got my Kenmore that September, pretty good savings there with the low demand. According to the model number prefix it was made by KeepRite. That one uses R22.

I hadn't heard of Peltier modules, I'll have to see just what they are. My freezer uses R12, it takes between 4 and 5 hours to cool down. A red light just below the amber power light stays illuminated until the unit has cooled.

Someone curbed a junky 2003 Whirlpool side-by-side fridge/freezer across the street. I took the cord, the tempered glass shelves, a coil of plastic hose and even the light bulbs, one of which I used to replace the one in our oven. The plastic shelf frames were a dog to separate from the glass and support brackets. I used one of those brackets on a music stand I modified for my mom so it will hold her iPad while she sits on the couch; now it just swings away whenever she wants to get up. I have the original height adjustment just snug enough to prevent it from moving involuntarily, and used a big washer from that fridge and a spring clip from the blower in another air conditioner to hold it at the proper height. I also used a 15-inch steel car rim that had been left by a dumpster for ballast and cut about 3 1/2 inches off the end of each leg so they sit just under the edges of the rim and allow it to sit closer to the floor. Finally, I have used one of the panes of glass as a mixing board for Bondo, it works quite well.

init4fun
10-31-2018, 10:12 AM
My Microwave will be 25 years old next month :)

nasadowsk
11-14-2018, 04:34 PM
Back in 2010, I stayed at a hotel in Berlin that had a Peltier type 'fridge'. It didn't do squat to make anything cold. Then again, the Germans don't do cold anyway, so I guess nobody over there cares.

Jon A.
11-14-2018, 05:00 PM
Back in 2010, I stayed at a hotel in Berlin that had a Peltier type 'fridge'. It didn't do squat to make anything cold. Then again, the Germans don't do cold anyway, so I guess nobody over there cares.
Ohhh, so the Peltier module doesn't even use a compressor, no wonder it's a hunk of crap. I had forgotten to check on it until now. Just another kind of heat pump that's all the rage these days, I've heard of many dumping their air conditioners in favor of them. I even heard tell of one that had a breakdown and couldn't be repaired right away because the parts had to come in from china. And people are spending a couple of kilobucks at least on the things, ridiculous. The wastefulness of Western society really ruffles my feathers.

As far as I know warm beer is popular among Germans, I don't know about anything else though.

dieseljeep
11-14-2018, 08:11 PM
Back in 2010, I stayed at a hotel in Berlin that had a Peltier type 'fridge'. It didn't do squat to make anything cold. Then again, the Germans don't do cold anyway, so I guess nobody over there cares.

It takes at least 24 hours to come to the temperature setting.
The manufactures recommend that the items placed in the fridge are cold to begin with, otherwise it's a long wait! :thumbsdn:

dieseljeep
11-15-2018, 10:09 AM
Back in 2010, I stayed at a hotel in Berlin that had a Peltier type 'fridge'. It didn't do squat to make anything cold. Then again, the Germans don't do cold anyway, so I guess nobody over there cares.
I'm a small part German, but I like my beer and soft drinks cold! I have my Sanyo compact fridge in my workshop, set a little colder than normal.
The small German fridges were always the "absorption" type, using ammonia as the refrigerant. They even used those in the bar-hi-fi combinations.
It's a well-known fact that ammonia makes the best refrigerant but a little dangerous when it springs a leak. :thumbsdn:

Electronic M
11-15-2018, 11:08 AM
I'm a small part German, but I like my beer and soft drinks cold! I have my Sanyo compact fridge in my workshop, set a little colder than normal.
The small German fridges were always the "absorption" type, using ammonia as the refrigerant. They even used those in the bar-hi-fi combinations.
It's a well-known fact that ammonia makes the best refrigerant but a little dangerous when it springs a leak. :thumbsdn:

There were refrigerated bar/HiFi consoles in the 50s or 60s? I've never heard of that, and I own a Blauplunkt HiFi bar.

maxhifi
11-15-2018, 11:38 AM
I'd take a peltier "fridge" in a hotel room over a noisy compressor which stops me from sleeping.

Besides, if you really want your beer cold fast in a hotel, just raid the ice machine, fill up the bathroom sink with ice, and then top it up with cold water. Throw the beer in there, and it will be ice cold within 20 minutes. That's one of my travel "hacks" from 20 years of business trips, works every time. On the other hand, if you acquire a taste for warm beer, then more for you!

dieseljeep
11-15-2018, 12:02 PM
There were refrigerated bar/HiFi consoles in the 50s or 60s? I've never heard of that, and I own a Blauplunkt HiFi bar.
The refrigerated ones were a bit larger. I only seen pictures of one!

dieseljeep
11-15-2018, 12:09 PM
I'd take a peltier "fridge" in a hotel room over a noisy compressor which stops me from sleeping.

Besides, if you really want your beer cold fast in a hotel, just raid the ice machine, fill up the bathroom sink with ice, and then top it up with cold water. Throw the beer in there, and it will be ice cold within 20 minutes. That's one of my travel "hacks" from 20 years of business trips, works every time. On the other hand, if you acquire a taste for warm beer, then more for you!

Warm beer hits you a lot faster!
The Peltier fridge has a cooling fan or two on the back, depending on the size.
The small compressor in the mini-fridges are very quiet.

maxhifi
11-15-2018, 12:29 PM
Warm beer hits you a lot faster!
The Peltier fridge has a cooling fan or two on the back, depending on the size.
The small compressor in the mini-fridges are very quiet.

Cooling fan is a continuous noise, almost like white noise after a while.

Compressor comes on, then goes off, then comes on, then goes off - that's what wakes me up. I can tell you 100% they aren't all very quiet, I've unplugged them in many hotel rooms at 2am, because I couldn't sleep.

Electronic M
11-15-2018, 04:49 PM
Cooling fan is a continuous noise, almost like white noise after a while.

Compressor comes on, then goes off, then comes on, then goes off - that's what wakes me up. I can tell you 100% they aren't all very quiet, I've unplugged them in many hotel rooms at 2am, because I couldn't sleep.

+1. A long running habit in my family has been to take a fan (usually one in an room air filter or humidifier) and run it all night to drown out the hotel air-conditioning unit (some are ungodly loud), idiots making noise in Hall/adjoining rooms, and stuff outside the building... constant/white noise and near total silence I sleep great through, but anything intermittent wakes me right up... unless I'm in a really deep part of my sleep cycle (then lightning could strike 10 ft away and I wouldn't notice).

Jon A.
11-15-2018, 06:22 PM
To each their own. I sleep about six feet from the fridge, and well within earshot of the freezer, doesn't bother me at all. My A/C unit is louder but is rarely ran at night, and summer here is so nasty that the compressor runs almost constantly even at full power so its on/off cycles are a moot point for me anyway.

On a side note, I absolutely HATE the sound of the dishwasher. It's a cheap, modern Whirlpool that I believe is known for being particularly noisy. I can't replace it with anything of quality because it's provided by the building owners. I can even hear one going in a nearby unit occasionally.

dieseljeep
11-16-2018, 11:53 AM
To each their own. I sleep about six feet from the fridge, and well within earshot of the freezer, doesn't bother me at all. My A/C unit is louder but is rarely ran at night, and summer here is so nasty that the compressor runs almost constantly even at full power so its on/off cycles are a moot point for me anyway.

On a side note, I absolutely HATE the sound of the dishwasher. It's a cheap, modern Whirlpool that I believe is known for being particularly noisy. I can't replace it with anything of quality because it's provided by the building owners. I can even hear one going in a nearby unit occasionally.
Building owners usually buy the lowest priced appliances they can. Most people use the dishwasher either during the day or in the evening. They feel that the tenant will abuse it anyway and most are not worth repairing, out of warrantee.

Jon A.
11-17-2018, 09:42 PM
Building owners usually buy the lowest priced appliances they can. Most people use the dishwasher either during the day or in the evening. They feel that the tenant will abuse it anyway and most are not worth repairing, out of warrantee.
They do bring in an appliance repair guy on occasion, and the maintenance guy fixes simple appliance problems i.e. our auto-destructing stove element, but when the fridge in our old unit crapped out it was simply replaced.

nasadowsk
12-15-2018, 02:01 PM
Hotel fridges tend to be at least far enough away. The worst though, was a new Holiday Inn in Ohio I once stayed at. Ok, besides being in Ohio, the water was so stupidly soft that I took like 15 minutes to rise my hair off. And the heating/cooling unit in the room was this Amana heat pump thing that would start, run 5 minutes, shut off, then start 5 minutes later. Blower and everything. No setting to at least keep the blower on all the time (Go Energy Star!).

Didn't sleep at all that night.

For noise, nothing beats a new Bosch dishwasher - the one my parents have is so quiet, when i visit them, I can never tell when it's on or not. More than once, it's done the end of cycle beep, and *that's* when I realize it was running...

mr_fixer
01-09-2019, 02:01 AM
I'd take a peltier "fridge" in a hotel room over a noisy compressor which stops me from sleeping.

If you like silent fridges, Keep you eye open for anything made by "mini-bar AG."
I found one at a junk store for $20, They use the ancient system of "Adsorption" refrigeration. It is a closed system of ammonia, water and hydrogen. that cools without a motor. It is the same type as the old Servel gas fridges except instead of using heat from burning gas it uses a electrical heating element. It's maximum power consumption is 60w. It cools better than a Peltier yet it is even quieter.

Telecolor 3007
01-11-2019, 08:09 PM
Are they really silent? (the one with absortion).

mr_fixer
01-18-2019, 03:09 AM
Are they really silent? (the one with absortion).

Yes, no motor, no hum, no fan noise. If you and a adsorption refrigerator were in a Anechoic chamber your heart beat would be the loudest sound there.

dieseljeep
01-18-2019, 10:06 AM
If you like silent fridges, Keep you eye open for anything made by "mini-bar AG."
I found one at a junk store for $20, They use the ancient system of "Adsorption" refrigeration. It is a closed system of ammonia, water and hydrogen. that cools without a motor. It is the same type as the old Servel gas fridges except instead of using heat from burning gas it uses a electrical heating element. It's maximum power consumption is 60w. It cools better than a Peltier yet it is even quieter.
The mini bar fridges were the kind that was part of the German stereos.
The type of refrigeration cited here are the same type used in camper fridges that run on 120vac, 12vdc and propane.

Telecolor 3007
01-18-2019, 03:01 PM
In Romania the most spread model was an 'Fram'. A model with locking sistem... the final step in life for some lot of kids :cry:
I never seen an abortion system refrigerator working.

mr_fixer
01-19-2019, 12:14 AM
I never seen an abortion system refrigerator working.
Well the gases and liquids are inside steel tubing, to see it work you would have to have X-ray vision! lol
A youtuber named v8jagnut took the absorption cooling unit out of a RV fridge cabinet and tried to make a water chiller out of it. the video shows a nice visual of the cooling system operating with frost on the evaporator..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2vUuTqaIc