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Thank you Foraloysius - no, I wasn't!

Hi - am I in the right place for Hoovers - as in vacuums? Just been servicing my 50's Junior (going beautifully now!) and wondered (as the gold paint has flaked off) if these were ever produced in polished ali - like the two 30's Seniors I have were? Does anyone know if decals are produced for...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 8973 Hi Mike - Mark has been extremely helpful indeed and has tried to explain to me electrical resistance! The heater elements blowing were all my fault from a lack of understanding that they had been wired in series and I assumed parallel - and the fact...

Hi Richard and thanks. I can't look for another - I am committed! I have spent a fortune on it and had it powder coated in 50's Duck Egg Green and painted everything else myself with Genolite; 2 coats of Galvafroid; motor overhauled; contactor installed; new wiring; new belts; new door spring...

Of COURSE - how bloody silly of me!! Thank you!

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 8973 MY TROUBLES ARE VERY FAR FROM OVER! HELP, PLEASE! I thought I had eventually found a firm to re-wind the open coil elements cradle but after sending the frame to them weeks ago, they are still trying to find someone to do it (and were quoted by one...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 8973 Just seen your 5 extremely useful pages of schematic with belt sizes - I am most grateful to you Mike - I think it is? Also thanks, Darren - yes the cradle is with a firm in Norfolk, hopefully being re-wired as we speak with a slightly reduced total...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 8973 I have been getting the number wrong - it is as above - 8973. Any idea of date, anyone, please? Does anyone have manual please? Mike in Chester?! I need new belts and the old ones have vanished and wondered if anyone knew the lengths, please? Best...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 8973 FURTHER HELP, PLEASE - SORRY! I have put in a simple mechanical on/off timer and wired the motor and heater elements through a contactor - OH - just thought - how much extra current does that take? - and all is fine on low heat and after a moment on...

PS - Did the original Liberator dryer has a period of running cold at the end of the cycle?

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 4602 Hi - not sure who has kindly replied last? The deed is done - I have ordered and paid for mechanical wind-up timer and a 4-pole contactor. Thank you so much for you help. The photo above the same midel as our 1958 Liberator washing machine that I...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 4602 LAST BOTHERING - I HOPE! Ordered a 4-po;e contactor and the simplest of clock-work one-pole timers (oven timer) which will energise the contactor, hopefully, so motor and heater come on and go off at the same time. No cold running - but I don't care...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 4602 Mike - Could I ask you to look at this page: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TIM03-120-MINUTE-16A-RUN-BACK-MECHANICAL-TIMER-WITH-BELL-PERMANENT-POSITION/140828262360? This looks like a clockwork simple on/off timer bringing motor and elements on together...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 4602 Mike - thanks very much for your help. I've stripped out un-necessary wires associated with the old timer and now I have: Heater element wires connecting the two thermostats in series with wires going from the first element to the switch on the front...

ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIBERATOR TUMBLE DRY 4602 TCM 580 TIMER NO - SORRY - FAILED! I haven't got a switching timer negative and presumably that explains the one terminal unused for which I can't seem to find a circuit anywhere - Help, please! Best wishes, Kenneth.