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Welcome Mieleboy!

I guess something like £399 must be double that value today. We've got quite a few members with encounters with this machine!

I am surprised that Hotpoint were also part of the "Washer dryer fires" facade. I thought it was only the lower brands like (Yes this will cause people to disagree) Candy, Servis, Kelvinator probably even Ariston. But I guess this machine had teething problems as it was the first. I would be even more shocked if Zanussi had fires as they'd been making washer dryers for a while by this time (First one was WD2290 made in 1980).

I do remember when these washer dryers were on Watchdog in 1993 though, when they kept shredding clothes during the drying cycle. I guess we had the problem too, as when we did move we opted for a 95 something with 800rpm and two buttons, but in the same gorgeous almond colour as the 9924/34 we used before we had our own house. I loved that colour, but ironically, I don't like eating almonds!!!
 
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Welcome Ultimafan and Mieleboy

I'm a fan of hotpoint washers from the 70s and 80s. My mom's first hotpoint was the new generation 95620 which I loved to watch as a child. I do remember things going wrong with it on a regular basis through the years! Hehe

I remember the washer-dryer problems too as they there were always horror stories of them catching fire, I don't think they are much good now!

Rob
 
Washer dryer fires and Hotpoint washer dryers on Watchdog

Hi Rob

I pretty much like the Hotpoints from these times too, though I am mainly an Ultima fan!!!

I actually wasn't born during the dark period of washer dryer fires!!! I know what the problem was though.

Basically many manufacturers had just released their first ever washer dryers. However it didn't occur to them that the dryer may overheat and catch fire, so there was no safety equipment like thermostats although I was surprised that Hotpoint didn't think of it! I knew that Candy, Servis Kelvinator and Electra had recalls though, were there any else? I wonder if anyone has any press info, I'd like to see Hotpoints!

I know there was a recall on Hotpoints in 1987 though, concerning the Ultimas 9560, 9561 and 9551. But it wasn't a fire risk, it was a fault which meant the door could be opened while in use, an interlock fail. But I remember that the Ultimas had extra door security, as the door relase button had an additional lock, so people didn't actually have to worry.
 
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