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Hi Tom, I’m pretty sure Hoover had models up until the late 80s, so it likely was a rare special order option, in the same way suds savers were a special order. By the late 80s it would’ve been rare for someone to not have a central hotwater system, so the need for self heat which took 2...

Glenn, This dates from the very early 80s. Malleys had lost the right to use the Whirlpool trademark and Malleys had been purchased by the Email group. Email was Australias equivalent of White Westinghouse. The Simpson machines all had a Malleys equivalent for a couple of years, all that...

Hi Eugene, Let me know when you burn through this batch and I’m sure I can arrange to send you a box, either of ultimate or original. Cheers Nathan

David, thankyou for taking the time to scan that, its a beautiful manual. I love how unlike the monitor tops, they seem to have a nice easy panel to remove so its possible to slide the unit into the cabinet, rather than needing to lift it 7-8 feet off the ground to drop it into the hole. I'm...

Why do you need a 20 minute plus wash cycle? Back when we had a TL10–12 minutes was generally enough, otherwise your just beating the clothes. Would it not work better to use the soak option, it’s going to create less wear on the clothes and automates what for me was part of using a TL...

If you have an office 365 subscription, just install the full outlook client. It’s much better than the free version that they’re trying to push and works more like a traditional windows app. It may be overkill for some, but it’s a lot nicer than the free version that they’re pushing.

Generally that second fan is to remove heat from the refrigerant system to help with keeping the temperature correct within the air stream and to help with condensing the water. My experience is only with the Mieles, but depending on the model there is either a condenser, or a series of hot...

Are you talking about an overlocker/serger? I use ours when I’m sewing something that doesn’t need a flat seam and where I don’t want to use bias binding or I want a neater finish than just straight stitching and zigzagging to prevent fraying. It straight stitches and oversews, trimming off...

My American sized LG combo is entirely flexible on any of the cycles where the flexibility isn't likely to damage textiles. The cycle selection changes the drum cadence/speed and spin length I can choose soil level, soak or prewash I can choose the number of rinses from 1-5 I can choose the...

The thermostat is designed to measure the water temp, it may not be effective at measuring the temp when the tub is empty of water. You would need to find an element with an integral overheat protection to capture if it was heating without water. If your cold filling, it’ll take 2-3 hours to...

Hi Nick, that’s interesting, normally they were routed through the pressure switch as well. The thermostat was the operating component rather than a safety. Adam, congrats on the new machine, if there is a schematic inside the control panel, it would be great to see a picture.

The pods have been around in Woolies for quite a while, with the liquid and pods at Costco. I quite like the liquid, but the smell of the pods and the level of sudsing was too much, so I’ve only ever bought them the once and then gave them away

The air gets trapped in the pipe that runs to the pressure switch, its that trapped air trips the switch. Its been about 15 years since I've dug into one of these, so I'd need to see a picture of the hoses to remember what I'm looking at. If you shine a light on the white housing and it...

Hi, I second what Chris is saying, from memory the pressure switch hose connects to a clear plastic chamber. Check that the chamber is clean and that you can blow through the hose. Have you run water through the inlet hose while its disconnected from the fill valve, that would confirm that...

The Simpson fluid drives did this, at least early on, allowed for fully variable water levels by filling into the outer tub, heating the water if necessary and then pumping the water back into the tub through two three way valves. They then used a weight switch to start agitation once the bowl...

I recently junked a 3xxx series dryer which would be about the same age. The capacitor on the line cord had failed and would cause it to trip the breaker, sometimes a few minutes in, sometimes 30 mins in. It’s normal for these to billow steam when you open the door mid cycle.

The rule of thumb in Australia, is that it’s never safe to use a water bath for canning meat. Even with tomato’s, you need to add an acid to make it safe. Do you have links to the information that suggests it’s safe to water bath can meat?

Rich, I'm kind of hoping the T2's will fix that annoying ticking that the carbon brushes from the moisture sensor make as the drum rotates. I really don't get how the pre T1 dryers never made a sound and somehow every T1 dryer I've come across has a rhythmic ticking. Miele's response is that...

Do you have a picture of the model tag, I’d love to know how these go running at 100v.

Henrik, LG has just started to heavily promote their 14kg in a 600x660 footprint machines after discontinuing the large format units just before I could buy one to replace my duet. I ended up buying the 16/9kg combo instead and as a washer it does an amazing job, as a dryer it gets hotter than...