Et le voila! La laveuse de Ross....
Ici nous avons la chose en question....
Ici nous avons la chose en question....
A Beautiful Window Lid Thor in France for our Euro Friends
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Left side says "Clothes" I don't recall what the upper-most postion reads.
In case one's French is rusty, this is Ross' machine in Tucson, Arizona seen during the March 2007 wash-in!
In case one's French is rusty, this is Ross' machine in Tucson, Arizona seen during the March 2007 wash-in!
~Nominally, the UK (and Europe) are all on 230v now, in theory but not necessarily in practice!
Nominally=> from the French "NOM" in name (only).
Australia is also now on 230v. "OFFICIALLY"
In reality the UK and Europe still probably deliver 220v and Australia still delivers 240v as always, but "on paper" everyone has a standard of 230V. The actual voltages suppplied are with acceptable tolerances, of course.
Nominally=> from the French "NOM" in name (only).
Australia is also now on 230v. "OFFICIALLY"
In reality the UK and Europe still probably deliver 220v and Australia still delivers 240v as always, but "on paper" everyone has a standard of 230V. The actual voltages suppplied are with acceptable tolerances, of course.
A Response from Bernard
Hi Robert,
thank you for posting my pictures and comments. I see the post provoked many
questions. Let me complete the blanks :
The upper most letters say "Appuyez et tournez", which means "Push and turn". It is the way
you may use the dial, not a position. The rest is straightforward with the picture
of the english equivalent. ["Appuyez" does mean "support" in a very different context,
like in "appuyez ma requête" = please support my request, for instance]
How the dishwasher worked... Wow... this is going to challenge my english so,
please excuse my french !
The motor actually activates two vertical co-axes in different ways. For
clothes washing, the tub rotates back and forth while the agitator moves forth
and back. For spinning, both tub and agitator turn at max speed and the water
is evacuated through holes all around the tub.
For dishes (and forks, knives, pans...) the things to be washed stay still (hopefully),
one axe spins a flat recipient with a border, placed at the bottom of the machine, which pushes water
in periphery of the recipient by centrifuge force. The other axe goes back and forth, it holds two
arms with horizontal tubes curved at one end and cut at 45° at the other end.
A drawing would help the explanation ! The movement of the tubes collects water in periphery
and projects it vigorously upwards. That's it ! If you open the cover while washing, your ceiling
is ruined. That happened to my grandmother.
In both case, water inlet was through the cover (different covers for dishes and clothes)
and the machine did not heat as far as I remember.
My grandmother bought this machine after WW2. It came from england. I still have
the notice. At that time most (all ?) of France was in 110V. We progressively switched
to 220V, area by area, house by house and we would accomodate for years with bi-voltage
appliances and transformers ! I don't have a clue how many appliances burned because of that.
The 220V delivery is not as precise as the 50 Hz frequency is. It may have ups and downs
even now. We actually use a 3-phase balanced current with 380V between 2 phases, which ends up
to about 220V between one phase and neutral (this is trigonometry).
Robert, I love to browse your web site - everything is so well transposed to the
washing machines world ! Keep up the good job. Feel free to simplify the above
explanations if possible.
Yours faithfully,
Bernard
Hi Robert,
thank you for posting my pictures and comments. I see the post provoked many
questions. Let me complete the blanks :
The upper most letters say "Appuyez et tournez", which means "Push and turn". It is the way
you may use the dial, not a position. The rest is straightforward with the picture
of the english equivalent. ["Appuyez" does mean "support" in a very different context,
like in "appuyez ma requête" = please support my request, for instance]
How the dishwasher worked... Wow... this is going to challenge my english so,
please excuse my french !
The motor actually activates two vertical co-axes in different ways. For
clothes washing, the tub rotates back and forth while the agitator moves forth
and back. For spinning, both tub and agitator turn at max speed and the water
is evacuated through holes all around the tub.
For dishes (and forks, knives, pans...) the things to be washed stay still (hopefully),
one axe spins a flat recipient with a border, placed at the bottom of the machine, which pushes water
in periphery of the recipient by centrifuge force. The other axe goes back and forth, it holds two
arms with horizontal tubes curved at one end and cut at 45° at the other end.
A drawing would help the explanation ! The movement of the tubes collects water in periphery
and projects it vigorously upwards. That's it ! If you open the cover while washing, your ceiling
is ruined. That happened to my grandmother.
In both case, water inlet was through the cover (different covers for dishes and clothes)
and the machine did not heat as far as I remember.
My grandmother bought this machine after WW2. It came from england. I still have
the notice. At that time most (all ?) of France was in 110V. We progressively switched
to 220V, area by area, house by house and we would accomodate for years with bi-voltage
appliances and transformers ! I don't have a clue how many appliances burned because of that.
The 220V delivery is not as precise as the 50 Hz frequency is. It may have ups and downs
even now. We actually use a 3-phase balanced current with 380V between 2 phases, which ends up
to about 220V between one phase and neutral (this is trigonometry).
Robert, I love to browse your web site - everything is so well transposed to the
washing machines world ! Keep up the good job. Feel free to simplify the above
explanations if possible.
Yours faithfully,
Bernard
Hi Guys.. Just saw this thread and thought i must respond. The machine in question is a Thor Automagic model 244 it was introduced in the UK in 1955..and was rather revolutionary at the time as it used the spinning method to remove excess water from the clothes instead of wringing !!
I have one of these machines in excellent working order which i got about 8 years ago, i did have to do quite a bit of restoration on it but it is in showroom condition now. I have the dishwashing attachment, but have never tried it with a load..The only thing i can see that the machine in question is lacking is the water in-spout which is located over in the left hand corner at the back of the machine.
I have a short video that i did some 2 years ago showing the machine in operation, it is a bit ad-hoc, but it was really made on the spare of the momment to show a friend.
I would up load it but it is a big file and am unable to compress it, but if mail me at [email protected] i will try send it to you.
Cheers
Keith (uk)
I have one of these machines in excellent working order which i got about 8 years ago, i did have to do quite a bit of restoration on it but it is in showroom condition now. I have the dishwashing attachment, but have never tried it with a load..The only thing i can see that the machine in question is lacking is the water in-spout which is located over in the left hand corner at the back of the machine.
I have a short video that i did some 2 years ago showing the machine in operation, it is a bit ad-hoc, but it was really made on the spare of the momment to show a friend.
I would up load it but it is a big file and am unable to compress it, but if mail me at [email protected] i will try send it to you.
Cheers
Keith (uk)
Keiths Thor AutoMagic
Keith, I took the liberty of downloading the file for you, compressed it and loaded it on youtube for all the guys to watch,
Keith, I took the liberty of downloading the file for you, compressed it and loaded it on youtube for all the guys to watch,
