ADA wringer washer

[keymatic]

Hi Lance,

I will try and get a scan done over the weekend, yes, the 3kw heater would certainly bring the water up to the boil quickly !!

You mention the Burco 21, I have never seen one either, they look fab..I think someone in the Uk has got one as i saw someone salvaging one from the scrap yard, last year or the year before. Up at the top of the machines is the Acme Twinspeed..not sure what this was like, but with the name "Twinspeed" wonder if you could choose between gentle & normal wash power ??? I don't think Which rated it very well.

Good luck on the AEG, i know the spin outer can is sheet steel which is prone to corrosion..

Cheers
Keith

 

[keymatic3203]

Adamatic

From talking with older repairmen and parts suppliers, i have often been told that the twin tubs, rather than a gearbox for the adgitator, they used a nylon( i may have the material wrong) strap which I would think would work like a crude rack and pinion type drive, and these were very prone to breaking. In fact it was probably similar to the modern Norfrost twin tub ( see chestermike youtube video).
So that would go with the line of thought of them not being one of the better quality machines.

Another thing I remember being told was that the Acme twin tub, I assume the earlier adgitator model rather than the rolls type, was that it took three people to lift, from memory of the which technical data, it was going on twice the weight of a hoovermatic. And judging by the weight of the sun breeze dryer and the spin dryer I can well believe it, solid cast iron chassis.

Lance all the best with the AEG repair, as Keith say, built like a tank, though the wash action can be a bit feeble with anything more than a moderate load, until the load catches and sends a wave pushing the lid up and sending splash over the user. Its also enjoyable to see the spinner running through the clear lid, though the instructions say not to rinse in the spinner, mind you with the independant pump, i find no problems in rinsing so long as you have the pump running.

It has been said of the Aeg, with such a quality build, it seems odd that it was fitted with such flimbsy lids, though they are quite sufficient.

This one I got some years back in excellent condition, just the usual brittle rubber hoses inside.

 

[keymatic3203]

AEG Lavalux

wash tub

 

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AEG Lavalux

Spinner

 

[keymatic3203]

So Keith

I am probably misunderstanding you, do you mean with my version pictured above, if the water level were to rise in the spinner, from rinsing or a large absorbent load the pump would cut in even if it were not switched on, I would say when I use the spinner for rinsing, Ie a series of saturating the load and spinning out 3 or 4 times, I have the pump running all the time, not to build up a quantity of water in the outer tub, so I can't say if this is true or not.

Also going back to the acme twin speed, I always assummed that being as where the lever is, it incorperated some sort of variable diameter drive pulley, which changed the ratio and hence the adjitator speed. Rather than being a two speed motor, as the switch would have been with the main controls.

Interesting if anyone knows

Mathew

 

[keymatic]

Hi Mathew,

Nice machine there !! With reference to the rinising..the pump doesn't cut in if you don't have it switched on, i think what i was ment to say was, if you over filled the spinner slightly when rinsing, there is a sort of valve thing that just empties the spin can all over the floor, unless i have a dodgie machine !! My older machine with the black knobs doesn't do it for some strange reason.

I think your right about the Acme Twin-Speed..i know Which didn't give it a very good write up, stating the control lever was to low to the floor. Although it did have a nice emptying arm for the spinner, bit like the Hoover spinarinse.

Going back to the AEG, the internal hose set up inside is a nightmare, the wash & spin hoses into the pump are so small, and are arranged in a Y shape set up, on one of my machines i had to put an electric pump in.

Cheers
Keith

 

[keymatic]

ADA Wringer Washer / Acme Twin-Speed

Hi Guys,
Has anyone got any info on the Acme Twin-Speed ?
Regards
Keith

 

[keymatic]

Hi Lance...
Well I spent 3hrs this afternoon after a long burn out on the motorbike scanning some of the last 5years worth of literature i have obtained, and i was still only half way through...arhhh !!

I did a scan of the Adamatic Twin Tub, if you need and more info let me know.
Keith

 

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...Inside the pamphlet
Keith

 

[anthony]

with regards to

the Ada wringer washer .As a young boy i remember my aunt having an Ada wringer washer but it was much older [or at least it looked older ]it was cream and was the size of a hotpoint empress .I remember it being used and then later being replaced with a twintub .the Ada was pushed into the corner of the washhouse where it sat for many years till my aunt died