Whilst this is a photo copy, and some of the pages are a little askew, it was all readable and intact. A real bonus finding an old manual for a classic piece of kit that no other site had.
Great stuff.
Thanks to Owner-Manuals.com! This manual was exactly what I needed. As Amana was purchased by Maytag and later by Whirlpool, there was no way to receive it from their websites. I was lucky to find this resource.
Text excerpt from page 10 (click to view)
Drying Times
Cotton and Linen
Selector dial: up to 150 minutes Degree of drying required
Degree of spin given rpm
800/900 1000/1200
Quantity kg 5 2.5 5 2.5 5 2.5 5 2.5
Drying times mins 095-115 060-75 090-110 055-70 080-100 040-55 075-95 035-50
Store dry
Iron dry
800/900 1000/1200
Synthetics
Selector dial: up to 100 minutes Degree of drying required Store dry Iron dry Degree of spin given rpm 650 650 Quantity kg 2.5 1 2.5 Drying times mins 50-60 30-35 40-50
Never overfill the drum (do not load large quilts, for example). The laundry must be suitably spin dried in your washing machine before being placed in the tumble dryer (500rpm minimum). Drying times vary according to: - The type of laundry - The size of the load - The degree of spinning prior to drying - The degree of dryiness required. Drying times are given as a guide only. Experience will soon enable you to estimate the drying time needed for your usual laundry loads. Do not start by selecting a long drying time. It is better to determine the required degree of dryness by gradually increasing the drying time. For a mixed load (cotton and resistant synthetics, for example) select the time for the most delicate fibres and increase it by 10 mins.
