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Wash pump You should be able to wash pump for a Supermatic - do a google search and I'm sure you'll find more. They turn up on ebay sometimes too. I'd avoid too much bleach in your wash tub - not too kind on the enamel, and the late Supermatics suffered from rust in the wash tub. D...

GEC 1970s Hi Graham and Paul If it was the 1970s there is a chance the front-load machine was either an English Electric or a Hotpoint, as GEC has subsumed both of these brand's parent companies by 1969 and had 'rationalised' the brands from three to one (English Electric was dropped and only...

@ ultimafan - what on earth are you on about? This is a 28 year old machine, so the Imperial forum is the ideal place for it - I'm sure the site moderation would deal with this if it were otherwise. A great find - a classic, and a great example of the first line of widely affordable automatics...

Yes it was, extensively! Actually Electra was extensively sold through the ESB retail units in the early to mid 1980s - through this entire period, the ESB did not sell Hotpoint products, which were only available at independents. Limited model range with a twintub - Hotpoint 1464 rebadged...

Can we have one for Hotpoint? Hi Paul - fantastic thread...amazing detail too! Our next-door neighbours had the 3208, replaced in the early 80s by a Bendix. Any chance you could start one on Hotpoint autos too? :-)

How about F&P? I have recently bought a Fisher & Paykel Aquasmart 8KG - and I love it! For my money, F&P are the only manufacturer doing something progressive and bit left-field inventive. If you are able to sort your laundry sensibly, it gets fantastic results and is amazingly quiet (eat...

Pre 1968 Hotpoint-English Electric Hi all - how great that this thread is still going strong - just like a Hotpoint (duck and cover...) Keith - thanks for the info on the 1966 Liberator Twin - that is really interesting, as it pre-dates both the GEC-AEI and the GEC English Electric mergers...

Hi again all! Loving this thread - and all those pics of the 1502 especially (thanks Mike and Keith) - brings me back! Keith - do you know what form the EE twin tub took before the AEI/EE/GEC merger in 1968 - presumably EE weren't outsourcing it to Hotpoint? D :-)

Hotpoint in Ireland Hi James Prior to the GEC takeover, AEI-Hotpoint models were sold as Gala in all export markets including Ireland (to do with the name licence from GE - not of course to be confused with GEC either). In New Zeland, the automatic design was licenced to Fisher-Paykel who...

Square tub Supermatic To answer Austin, the supermatic evolved once more after this model, to the style that formed the basis for the entire production through to the final 9-series models. That model arrived circa 1968 (others will know the model number and date, and Mike and Jon, amongst...

Fantastic! Hi Paul Thanks so much for posting this - really a great find, and it brings back memories of the brochure we had from 1968 when my parents bought their 1502 - it is (alas) since lost. News to me as well that the 1500 was only 850rpm, though I wonder if this was an early or...

Hi all I'm am soon to pick up a FP Aquasmart when I'm back in the UK at the beginning of July (thanks as ever to Rich who is going to mind it for me for a few days!). Can't wait to try it out - have wanted one of these for ages, and finally hunted one down in the UK - it is the LCD model...

@ foraloysius We can get Biotex here too - I'll try it, but I think I managed to set the stains in with a hot wash! Well-water is not all its cracked up to be!!!

Kenwood Chef has got to be the one...

Once a week So others use the 90 cycle too! We do one 90 a week for dish-cloths, tea-towels, oven gloves, napkins and table linens - it all goes into the Zanussi top-loader with a pre-wash and long cycle. I use Persil NB, some oxi-white and own-brand fabric conditioner (Tesco blue at the...

Are you sure it is an L.E. Hi Paul Now I know Hotpoint Front Loaders are your bag, but I thought the only slanty Microtronic that was L.E. was the short-lived bronze number just before the New Gen models? I know Hotpoint were changing editions every couple of months at that stage (think this...

Sold in the UK Singer had retail shops throughout the UK and Ireland, and apart from sewing machines and all things related, they sold washing machines in the 1960s and 1970s (at least - no idea of start and end dates though). There washing machines were re-badges - the Singer twin-tub was a...

Twin-line dual drain hose Hi Matt The rather unique twin-line hose is actually available in the UK - it is rather expensive, but for such a unique machine it might just be worth it (assuming the additional cost of shipping doesn't make it total madness...).  The fill hose and others are also...

Gala/Hotpoint Hi there What a great find - I'm not sure that this is the elusive model 1420, though it is rather close - perhaps another unknown variant exclusive to down under? The console is much closer to the 1400 than the 1420 (see attached) so this must be a transitional model - does...

Hotpoint Dryer I have had a Hotpoint Aqualtis condensor dryer for approximately two years now and it is fine! In general, vented dryers seem faster than condensor equivalents, but the Aqualtis does the job as far as I'm concerned. The programme choice is a bit over-the-top, which makes...