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Sadly good French brands are dead, nowadays they're just names on cheap made machines... De Dietrich was a great brand back then, specialized in kitchen appliances. They never made washing machines but thy sourced them from different manufacturers such as Bosch, Thomson, Brandt, Fagor, until...

Interesting documents, thanks for sharing (y) I scan almost every weekends since five years for feeding my websites with catalogues and technical documents about French machines, so here's some tips for better scans : Don't let the computer or the super smart & easy scan software choose...

Because this will be a reliable heat pump dryer and no manufacturers wants to do that nowadays... Since I work in HVAC I see that most of the dryers are really badly designed in terms of air circulation (too much restrictions and bypass). And for the heat pump ones it's really terrible too, most...

Top loader with horizontal axis of course ! https://statomatic.e-monsite.com/pages/photos/seche-linge.html

Amazing work ! Is it possible to make bigger parts such as front loader door seals with this process ?

Banned the wd40 ten years ago, never unblocked any bolts with that useless product. Now I use a 50/50 blend of acetone and ATF Dexron II, cheap and easy to make and always a success.

Brandt Statomatic BX541GR, looks like an export model since it has symbols instead of French writings, maybe the GR in the model number stands for Greece. http://statomatic.e-monsite.com/pages/photos/brandt5.html

Very nice machines, I like the Brandt frontloader made by SanGiorgio. The Thomson looks like an S30-55, very simple machine, so simple as the on/off switch is door safety switch ! Here is the schematic of this machine : http://statomatic.e-monsite.com/blog/articles/thomson-s3055-et-s30575.html...

So cool ! I'd like to see a fully transparent compressor, or even nicer, transparent evaporator or condenser so you can see the refrigerant changing state.

Never I wash my laundry in vintage machines, I drive vintage cars, these will never be converted...

It all started with a 1982 Brandt Statomatic 418 http://statomatic.e-monsite.com/blog/articles/brandt-statomatic-418.html The machine was in the bathroom between a large wardrobe and the changing table. Since then I have memories of the sounds of the water splashing and drain pump, the water...

Reply# 24 It's difficult to find info about this dishwasher, when typing "Peugeot VA8" on google the result is the rare Peugeot cars with a V8 engine. Just have some blurry pictures from a French classified site :

I would prefer a 106 or 104. Too modern for me, I wash my laundry & dishes in vintage machines, so I drive vintage cars.

A Peugeot VA8, just to match with my Peugeot 309 car ^^

The buzzer sounds of every LG, Samsung...etc useless and sound like cheap made in China toys !