VINTAGE Westinghouse 30-Pint Dehumidifier Saved From The Dumpster!
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- Опубліковано 12 сер 2016
- Originally recorded July 2, 2016.
Will Butter showed up for the first time in a long time. While out and about, down the block there was a dumpster and this was on top. They very graciously donated it for free to the cause, no bucket. This is the first test.
The low speed on this is extraordinarily quiet.
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I just picked up an older model which was Montgomery Ward branded. It has an Italian-made Aspera compressor and the high efficiency aluminium coil evaporator. Some of them even had hot gas defrost.
Quite a number of dehumidifiers had hot gas defrost.
I bought a second-hand Westinghouse dehumidifier for the basement of my first house in 1983. It was still running and I left it for the new owner in 2012. I bought a new Danby in 2012 for my new house. It ran 4 summers, then stopped working. I bought a second Danby but it does not work now. Four years of working versus 30+ years for the Westinghouse. Incredible. I did have to thoroughly clean the coils of the Westinghouse a couple of times but it just kept chilling.
Lesson learned--you should have taken that Westinghouse with you. It's not the end of the road, you can still find vintage dehumidifiers out there if you look hard enough. Get one and chances are you'll never need another one. Not to mention, it'll work better too.
I bought a new haier dehumidifer 10 years ago. Works 2 years and crapped out. Never will I buy brand new again, thanks china. Now I have 2 vintage dehumidifiers (paid 25 or one, got the other for free) for my basement plus a more modern one that I got on craigslist for 50. The modern fridgidiare has been working fine for years and I am the third owner!
I'm not surprised by that story, I've heard it over and over and over again from many people!
Very nice find. It's amazing what people will just throw out with the trash.
I have a 40 pint model similar to this one that I bought new in 1994. It still works perfectly.
Yes indeed! This was a nice find. Too bad it didn't have the bucket. Any leads on where to get one?
I looked up your model number and the part number listed for this model is E809801 but it doesn't appear to be available. I'm almost certain that the water bucket for my Westinghouse would fit and that part number ( 08016458) appears to still be available:
www.appliancedepot.com/water-tank-08016458
AVTreasures Thanks for the info!
I live in germany and have an about 40-50 years old Siemens dehumidifier. I bought it second-hand for only 10€ after my 2nd new dehumidifier stopped working after only 3 years. It contains the good old R-12 refrigerant and works like new.
It likely will continue to work for many years to come. Vintage is always the way to go.
I have this exact same dehumidifer. My mom was going to toss it out a few yrs ago. I remember my parents getting it back in the summer or 1991 when our basement flooded. It was used only for a short time. I would venture to say yours is an early 1990s unit as well. So many toss these tnings and they still work. I believe its not an energy efficiency issue but a non need issue, and its eating up space so they toss it to the curb. Also you are not supposed to be placing these things in your municipal household waste as the refrigerant destroys the ozone layer. They need to be taken to your local appliance recycler, but i think many are un aware of this. I find many window ac units in the trash as well. Here the trash man wont pick them up due to the refrigerant.
They still take them with the regular trash here. Occasionally they have rebates when you buy a new "efficient" one, they will make a special pickup for your old one. But if you just put it out, they will take it.
There shouldn't be a need to discard a unit because it's taking up space. That's because people buy these things for the wrong reasons--usually after a flooded basement. But that's not what they are meant for, they are supposed to be run continuously in the humid season to protect the house from the moisture.
My father has a Kenmore he bought in the early 80s, but he's a cheapskate so he never runs it. I've been down there at times where the chair is wet and you feel it when you get up. He has a humidity meter and it's practically gone off the scale most times. It's a shame too because he put in a lot of hard work to finish that basement back in 1987 and it's no good anymore due to the humidity. That unfortunately will become my problem one day after he passes on.
I have this thing - works great after 40 years or so. NO filter to clean on some of these older models. An article said to just blow it out with a leafblower... This baby is pulling gallons of water out of the air in my basement on these 100 degree days with very high humidity. Nice find!
They don't make them like this anymore.
Hello. I just found one of these today on a Facebook group for free. I was just looking for any dehumidifier for my basement and stumbled upon this one. Wish me luck.
I'm sure you will be quite pleased.
@@jaykay18 It was a bit dusty but once I cleaned it up it turned on like in your video. The coil in the back is icy cold and there’s a breeze on the side of it. Gonna let it go for the next hour to see if the bucket behind is filling up any. I honestly didn’t know a thing about dehumidifiers, I guess I stumbled upon a good one.
@@Itsthevinylfrontier You made an excellent choice. Not just for the fact that it's this particular one, but for the fact that it's a vintage model Guaranteed if you bought a brand new one, it wouldn't make it past 5 years.
@@jaykay18 agree. So far it’s been on for a few hours and it’s slowly dripping drops of water in the bucket. It’s absolutely amazing what people get rid of. I appreciate your videos on this cause again I had no idea what I found lol. You got yourself a subscriber
@@Itsthevinylfrontier Thanks so much!
Hi guys! Thanks for the video. I have a vintage GE Sahara 20 like you guys stacked up on top of this westinghouse one you found. Do you have any tips on how to clean and service the GE? Mine still works but there is a ton of dust on the jammed up between the cold coils and the fan, stuck to these metal pieces that I guess are acting like a filter. Thanks for any tips you could provide. I want to keep mine working for many years to come!
Thanks very much! Very easy! Take it outside, make sure, of course it's UNPLUGGED, and take the cabinet off. There should be some screws or bolts holding it on, usually at the bottom. Then spray it down really good with the hose. Don't worry about getting everything wet, it'll be fine.
Bonus points if you take something like Simple Green, spray that all down, leave it for a good 5 minutes, then rinse it off really well. Let it dry THOROUGHLY in the sun. Once all the water is out of it, it should run like brand new. Might also take the opportunity to oil the fan motor while you're at it!
This is a keeper - may need a cleaning.
The new electronic (energy star) ones are crap - coils rust out due to galvanic corrosion and the refrigerant leaks out . Last 3 years or less.
They may save energy but are terrible for the environment - since they end up in the landfill prematurely.
I saved an old one (like yours) from my parents - just needed a new blower fan. Runs great.
Yep, this one my friend took, and it has a good home and is still in service. All the modern ones are complete junk, my sister has one and it lost its refrigerant.
The new appliances definitely waste far more probably triple the energy and resources of the old ones I've been in the business 30 yrs how does something that lasts only 3-5 years save anything
Same as my JCPenny, Frigidaire, and Holmes units. White Consolidated Industries made really great appliances back in the day. These actually seem to be fairly common, I have seen a lot of variations on this unit in different capacities and brands.
Yes they did. And they used to give them away on Let's Make A Deal back when. Like I've said before, we didn't know what we had when we had it.
Yeah, it was nothing special back when it was new, but unfortunately everything is shit now so we learn to appreciate vintage stuff more and more.
I have a very old Wesinghouse Dehumidifier and almost put it in the trash but came across your video first so I didn't! I hope you can help me. My dehumidifier does not have a bucket any longer and I've searched the model and can't find one anywhere. How can I use my dehumidifier without a bucket? Thank you
Yeah, you're not going to find one for a machine this old. Before you do anything, do what was done in this video, hold in the lid switch on the back and turn it on, wait a minute and feel the coils. They should be ice cold. If they are not, there's something wrong with it.
If they are cold, well, you're going to have to get creative. Find something to jam the lid switch in so it will run. As for the water that it will capture, you're going to have to rig that up too. I have another dehumidifier, same story, no bucket. I went to the dollar store and bought a cheap tupperware container. I used screws to attach it to the unit. You'll need it to stick out a few inches from the back. Then you drill a hole in the tupperware to allow the water out. Underneath, place something to catch the water. Another tupperware, or, if you can elevate the dehumidifier off the floor, like on a couple of cinder blocks, maybe a bucket, which would be a lot easier to empty.
So you're going to have to get creative here, and just use what works. If one method fails, try another.
Of course, as a consequence of this, the dehumidifier will never shut off and will happily overflow the bucket, so you're going to have to watch it.
But, as hokey as this all may sound, what would be worse is buying a brand new one for $200 or more dollars, only to find it has failed within 2 years, and is out of warranty, and your $200 is wasted. Put your thinking cap on, I'm sure you can figure out some way to rig it so it works.
I have one just like it (branded from differing company) and they don't fail. It still has the bucket where water is discharged into a lower drainage built into the basement floor so I never needed to empty the bucket. I wanted to clean it and get all the dust off of the coils. Any suggestions on how to get the back grill off?
Never took it apart, this one went to a friend. All I can tell you for sure is that it went together, so it will indeed come apart. Just be careful and take your time, it should be self-evident soon enough.
I’m running a “mastercraft D28” from probably the early 80’s it also has the R500 refrigerant. It’s in my living room running 24/7 it’s extremely quiet and does what it’s supposed to. I empty the tank every morning before I leave for work. They definitely don’t build anything like they used to. All it ever needs is a good cleaning with the garden hose once or twice a year.
Chances are very good that if you continue what you're doing, that machine will last another 30 years with no problems.
jaykay18 I imagine so too. I had the unit given to me from an older person who hadn’t used it in over 10 years. It was spotless when I brought it home all I had to do was plug it in.
A little-used machine is even better; you might have that for most of your lifetime.
So I just acquired a really old dehumidifier. I have no clue what year it’s from. All I know is that it’s called a Viking automatic dehumidifier and it’s only got the option of on or off! I uploaded a really quick video of it. It works great by the way !!
Thanks, I took a look at the video. I'd have to say it's from the late 60s to early to mid 70s, just based on the styling and especially the font of the writing. Take a look at the electrical rating plate, if it says 60 CYCLES instead of Hz, it could be from the mid 60s.
I have a White Westinghouse dehumidifier that I bought in the mid to late 1990s that stopped working a couple years ago. I will need to double-check if it still turns on. Does that age constitute as a vintage & is there a way that I can tell what specific year it was manufactured? I was all set to purchase a new one but the reviews online confirm your statements that after a couple of years they leak or stop working. Fortunately I came across your UA-cam channel. With prices of new dehumidifiers going for $300-400 😳 & no warranty after reading your comments, I don’t want to buy a new one now. Is there a video that might help me troubleshoot /repair why it does not draw water? Are there appliance stores that can repair it? If I’m unable to get it repaired, any suggestion for sourcing a good vintage one? Thank you!
And I'll bet you're going to want all of this information for free, too. Well, I'll tell you what I'm going to do. Since your comment was actually well written, and you used capitalization and punctuation properly, you're already better than 95% of the rest of the comments people leave, so I'll answer.
First test the machine out. Ensure that the compressor runs. You should be able to hear it. If you're not sure, find and old lamp with an incandescent light bulb in it and plug that in to the same outlet. Watch the bulb when you turn on the dehumidifier. It should dim considerably for a brief moment. Once you're sure the compressor is running, leave it for a good 5-10 minutes. Then feel the coils on the back. They should be cold. If not, and the compressor indeed IS running, the unit has likely lost its refrigerant charge.
As for repair of the unit, you're going to be hard-pressed to find a company to repair it, they're never going to want to bother with such a small job. The only shot you'd have is to find maybe a retired HVAC person. Oftentimes they'll be happy to fix the machine because it will give them something to do, and often they'll do it for very little. Finding that person is key, there aren't many. You know what I'm talking about. An old timer.
You likely can decode the date of manufacture from the serial number, there are guides online that will show you which characters are significant.
As for a replacement vintage unit, best I can tell you is craiglist, ebay, and FB marketplace. Good luck, and let me know what transpires.
Thanks very much! Great info. You have a new subscriber! And thanks for noticing my proper capitalization & punctuation. It’s actually a pet peeve of mine that professional websites such as political campaigns & corporations & the like don’t value these things. I even find errors on my kids’ school website 😳. Thanks again!
@@clevelandeastsider878 Thanks! Yes, I notice all of those things because it seems nobody can properly use this language of ours anymore. It all started when I was in the first grade. I was at the supermarket, and they had a sign for frozen hamburgers. Except, the sign said "hamburger's". Even in the first grade, I knew what the apostrophe was for, when it was used, and when it was not. That was the beginning of the end, that had to be a good 36 years ago.
Round condenser coils too?? Never seen that before!
Yeah this unit appears to be as rare as they come.
Hi. I am considering one like this for sale on marketplace. I'm sick of buying high priced new models that crap out in 2 years! This one is marked "Aqua Dri 25 pint". Not sure who makes it. They say it runs as should. We need one for our crawlspace. It has the same round coil like yours. Any input greatly appreciated!
Should be fine. I don't know who makes it but I'm sure once you get it, you can deduce that.
I have a frigidaire unit that has been awesome but unfortunately doesn't collect water any more. It does turn on so I am not sure what to do next. Any ideas?
How old is it? What turns on, the whole unit, both the compressor and the fan, or just one of them? When did it start doing this? I need very specific information, otherwise all I can tell you is "it's broken".
@@jaykay18 I have Frigidaire similar vintage round coil same problem " won't collect water, Last year worked fine. But then it made really loud noise like it was screaming,so I shut it off n didn't use , So this year I need it to help control moisture ,I took apart, vacuum what I could n oil the fan , went to use it and it purr like a kitten, blows air from all around,as always did gets cold like it should it is frost proof , but won't collect water should I spray water in coils , I don't want to fxxxx it up 🙏 what do I do ?????
@@priscyllapratt5802 I don't know what part of the world you're in. I'm in NY, and this time of year in February, it's very cold, and especially very dry. Dehumidifiers don't work in this kind of weather, the air is just too dry. If you're in a warmer place, and it's definitely humid, it should collect water. If the coils are freezing up, that could be a sign of low refrigerant charge. That's nothing you're going to be able to fix, and probably nothing you're going to be able to get fixed either. When the coil frosts up, try spray it with water, it may melt the ice and get everything going nicely. If it freezes up continually, it's likely a low refrigerant charge and there isn't anything that can be done.
Cool!
I have one of those, I believe it was branded by a different company though.
I'd love to see a video of it run!
I have one like this that still runs, but it's not drawing the water. You said that the coils are supposed to be cool but mine get hot.
What is this R500? Is there something I can do to "recharge" it?
If those coils on the back get hot, chances are either the system is low on charge, or the defrost reversing valve (if it has one) is stuck open. Open the unit up and run it, and feel the coils inside. If those get cold but the outside ones get hot, it's a reversing valve issue.
Nothing you can do to recharge it, you'd need to employ the help of a refrigeration repair company.
jaykay18 I want to thank you so very much for getting back to me so quickly. That was very kind of you. I think at this point I'm going to have to bring it to the dump. You are awesome to help me like that.
No problem Kim. I always strive to respond tom comments ASAP.
Sorry to hear that yours isn't working any longer. Try and find a vintage unit, you will be MUCH better off.
Can you tell me if the fan is pushing the air out the front or the rear ?
I don't own this machine. In general, the air is sucked on through the back and exhausted out the front on any dehumidifier like this. Any dehumidifier you can feel the cold coils on should have the air sucked through there and go out the other side.
SWEET!!!
Yeah it's a nice unit for sure.
Had to look up R500, I'd never heard of it before (I'm a 49 year old refrigeration engineer) lol. Just goes to show "they don't make 'em like they used to" ;-)
You got that right!
So sad people throw the old good stuff away! The new LG crap and and other made in China garbage being sold doesn't last. I have in operation a March of 1968 Westinghouse 59 pint. Still kicks butt!
Most of that stuff won't make it past year 2, if it even makes it past the first year. The older dehumidifiers, they will run forever.
What do u do if it HSS no bucket
Rig something up by whatever means necessary.
Did this get put into service anywhere?
Will actually found it and took it with him. He ended up giving it to a friend who put it into service. He had a video about it quite some time ago.
@@jaykay18 I hope whoever that is takes good care of it, I do believe the circular condenser coil is quite rare..
I haven't heard anything regarding that unit since, but I'd expect it went to a good home. My Martin Industries machine has a circular condensor coil.
@@jaykay18 O
According to appliance411.com this was probably made in October of 1990 based on model and serial numbers.
Thanks! I'm actually surprised to see such a late date on it, I would have thought it was a bit older (sometime in the 80's).
+jaykay18 It was probably a model that carried over from the late 80's
Just like mine, in much better condition!
This was a real score. I found a vintage Marvin heater at a garage sale and the lady was trying to tell me about it; I cut her off and told her "I know what I'm buying".
Yeah perfect condition. Those marvin heaters are nice...
I just uploaded some videos of my old dehumidifiers thought youd want to check them out
I'll take a look, thanks.
I saw that compressor is made in Brazil.
Not surprising. WCI would cut corners where they could, but little did we know it would still be an excellent product some 20+ years later.
Newer models have an Embraco compressor. The older ones with the tank which hangs off of the back have an Italian-made Aspera compressor.
Nice dehumidifier! The two speed versions of these are not common, and R500 is not a common refrigerant! These units also typically blow their air out the side instead of the front.
Yeah this is a rare one indeed!
Energy star?.....let me see now....you save a few pennies a month but have to replace a $200 appliance every 2 yrs lol..and fill the landfill more?...thats very energy star lol
I've been saying that for years.
Watt meter say Westinghouse uses 390 watts on high 350 on low, 70 Pint Kenmore 540 watts.
The older dehumidifiers are so much better than any of the new pieces of shit they make now that leak after 1 yr lol
Absolutely!
mentioned you were doing a wattage test but no mention of the wattage it was using okay
Yeah, did you happen to notice the person who said that has a camera they were recording with? And what's the difference unless you own the same unit and your own wattmeter?
Thanks for your reply yes I do have the same one that I just got from an older couple the funny thing is it was still in the box the not funny thing was when I got my electric bill this month really jumped compared to the other one that I have even that is older I didn't expect it energy efficient but it's definitely an energy hog again thanks for your response and have a peaceful evening
@@brianhall8097 Well that's the same reason I have a V6 engine in my car. Costs more in gas for sure, but the horsepower is there if you need it. Same goes with the dehumidifier, it'll run but it'll cost, the main thing is it'll RUN, instead of break.
Yes couldn't agree with you more I've seen on UA-cam a lot disappointed in the new humidifiers only working a year or two so I guess I shouldn't complain I have two good old ones just pay a little extra on the electric bill it's better than buying a new one every couple years again thanks will look out for your next video thanks again
@@brianhall8097 Thanks very kindly, Brian. New video every day.
I think it said it's made in Ohio, USA. Nice!
No China Pride here!