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UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Now whats happened to the Frigidaire Mastertwin Twintub?

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium And this NIB New In Box Servis MK108 Supertwin twintub , never been used, first produced in 1978 so it celebrates its 45th Anniversary this year along with the 50th Anniversary of the Servis Supertwin MK2 & Autowash Models. This model has the stainless...

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium And too have a look at Als latest treasures outside in the twintub room . First up the Hoovermatic Twintub, its the rare model without heater and linked timer and no Auto Rinse, it sold for not a lot less than the De-Luxe 3314 of which sold extremely well...

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium After dinner time for a little reading ready for the next project !!

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Time for Lunch, "We know the drill" , "Dont Cross The Red Line" - Or Else Lol

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Meanwhile Darrens vintage family tablecloths where getting a bit frayed so Jamie brought his super duper Pfaff Electronic Computerised Embroidery Sewing machine. Jamie scanned in a picture of the pattern required , set the machine up , pressed Start and...

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Even manged to retro fit a bulb to retrofit an illuminated timeline.

Bottom is the Frigidaire Brushed Spin Motor Middle the Pull Water test and all fine, outer tub is polypropylene, inner tub is perforated and made on Vitreous Enamel, spins at 1050 rpm Stephen overseeing Steve with the Hotpoint 1504 !! [this post was last edited: 3/25/2023-06:23]

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Here is the workings in the top control fascia panel, mains hot & cold in, Top RHS water Mixing Chamber Middle Pressure Pot for water levels

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Next day it was time for a Hotpoint 1504 Top Loader Tweek after it was over filling , nothing Hotpoint Steve and a new pressure hose cant sort ..

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium And round the table for dinner !!

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Richard And Jamie ready with the fizz !!

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Time for dinner !! Als ready with the toast !!

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium And a Happy Birthday Ian !!

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Meanwhile its been a long day and time for drinks , celebrations & dinner. Celebrating Richards Birthday something with a 5 in it ? [this post was last edited: 3/25/2023-10:41]

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Frigidaire UK Twintub by General Motors . Here is the spin dryer unit, typical arrangement , brush motor driving a pulley for the spinner and pump, very powerful, its actually the single unit of the famous Frigidaire Spin Dryer , spinning at 2,800 rpm ...

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Now this is the washtub, usually driven by an induction motor, the first few models of the Frigidaire used a BRUSH MOTOR as found usually in the spin dryer ? very odd, WHICH Consumer Magazine did a report saying how unreliable it was and soon after it was...

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium The recirculating jet and the pulsator which you can see is different from the rolls system. The original outlet pipe is toast & crumbling and the new spares ready to go.

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium Needs a new spinner outlet hose, and inner hose from the washtub pump to the recirculating jet, in many ways it looks like a typical Rolls Twintub but nothing of the sort .

UK Meet Up March 2023 at Als Emporium With everything that old and original one is very wise to check all wiring hoses and connections before a maiden wash. So on its side , toolbox out and check everything,