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Start capacitor Just my 'two cents' worth', but in view of the long ramp-up time on this machine, it may be worthwhile parallel connecting two 60-70MFD caps, in order to avoid the capacitor overheating. Modern caps are physically smaller than old ones, and as a result get hotter faster. I had...

Multi-reply In reply to reply #.... 1) It's what we (this side of the 'pond') refer to as a 'Fan Heater'. The (two speed) fan can also be used without the heater elements to provide 'cooling' (actually just air circulation) in a room. Real 'air conditioning' is still very rare in domestic...

Spinner motors 'Spinner went bang'... Not usually quite so dramatic, but filled the room with smoke. My mother's Hotpoint twin-tub ate about 6 or 8 motors before she gave up on it. :-( . It wasn't actually the motors at fault, but the start relay. the relay contacts would weld, and the motor...

I picked this up yesterday (Sunday) at my local car boot sale. I never knew that Hoover made such things. It was FULL of dust and dirt, and the bearings were so dry that it wouldn't run at all (at first). After some cleaning (compressed air line) and lubrication (bearings and switches) it's...

New timer Glad you've got a new timer... Make LOTS of notes and take LOTS of GOOD photographs before you disconnect anything ;) Hope all goes well Dave T

Bump!! I know it considered exceedingly rude to 'bump' one's own post, but the 'Good Lady' is on the warpath.... If no-one has laid claim to this machine before Saturday (18th), I will have no choice but to part it or 'face the consequences'... which doesn't sound pleasant :( All best Dave T

Tolivac I'm not a clock collector (though a friend of mine used to repair them), I have just acquired a few dials over the years precisely BECAUSE of the Radium content - plus my old alarm clock from my childhood,which still works, and probably dates back to the '40s, but is now in...

Modern 'Glow-in the Dark' clocks Modern clocks (etc), as NYCWriter has observed, fade after a few hours because they don't have the Radium content. They just use a long-persistence phosphorescent paint. True radium dials only fade when the fluorescent paint becomes 'exhausted' (in the same way...

I have a complete, working (sort of!!) machine of this type available for collection in the Stoke-on-Trent area of central England. The door switch is temperamental (needs a nudge on the closed door sometimes before the machine will start), and the drain pump is in a similar state. All...

Ivan Are you enquiring in Reply#187 (post 707329) about British mains electrical plugs and sockets? I have examples of most types from that era, and will post photographs. The commonest 'grounded' types (round-pin, 3-pin) can still be obtained from professional suppliers, in 5 Amp and 15 Amp...

4-wheel drive - 4-wheel stop As was pointed out to me when I was learning to drive, the simple truth in all of this is- The Brakes Stop The Wheels..... The TYRES Stop The Vehicle (U.K. spelling again ;-) ) The average car has four patches of rubber compound about the size of a man's shoeprint...

I'll 'second' that..... Make the man an honorary member!! Was it Disraeli said 'The truth travels slowly, but will reach even you in time'?? It appears that the 'Sword of Truth' may have finally penetrated the 'Ivory Towers' at Westminster. Of course, it will be at least 20 years before this...

Tankless 2-cents' worth from the other side of the 'pond'..... 'Tankless' water heating sounds like what we know as 'Combination' boilers, which run the heating and provide 'instant' domestic hot water (DHW), but only at quite low flow-rates - sufficiently low that long pipe runs would...

Bad news Sadly I've not turned up a Crouzet 879. :-( I have, however, turned up various weird and wonderful timers, which I shall photograph and list in 'Shopper's Square', in case they may be useful to others. Happy hunting, Richard All best Dave T

First wash successful Two washes (one 'fast coloureds', one 'woollens') completed, using Aldi 'Almat'. Stuff has come out REALLY clean (AND dry!!). It's amazing how much better this machine performs than the Whirlpool. As stated before, there is now a Whirlpool AWM822 up for grabs in the...

Test Drive After delays caused by illness and Christmas, the Zanussi had a test run today (31st). Apart from being externally filthy, and internally full of grit(!!!??!!!) it seems to be working well..... :) More news to follow, as it becomes available....... All best Dave T

Clicking Yeah... The clicking will be either worn gear teeth jumping over each other, or a worn drive pawl slipping. Either way, not good. No luck with a timer so far, but I have several more boxes of assorted stuff to dig out when the weather is dry enough. All best Dave T

Whirlpool Door switch, Pump, 900rpm spin speed. She has been using a 'stand-alone' spin dryer for the last 12 months, in order to have any chance of getting washing dry in a reasonable time. The tumble dryer is offline at the moment, needs new door switch, too. Luckily, it's just a lever...

Before Pic#2 If it works, this machine will be replacing a Whirlpool AWM 822. Working apart from a dodgy door switch and drain pump. If anyone local wants it for spares, let me know....

Before Pic#1 Info from data plate (if this means anything to anyone)..... Type : P6298705 Product No. : 914787524 00 Still no chance to plumb in/test, so no idea if it works at all yet... :-( I suppose I should have got a shot of the gungy detergent drawer...