And Now For Something Completely Different - Miele Twin Tub

[launderess]

Not Trying To Start Anything

But should we be using the eBay seller's pictures without consent?

Group threads are archived and will appear in a "Google" search, so anyone may assume the pictures found that way are fair game to use as they see fit.

Am just saying because every now and then a member comes in wailing how someone "stole" and or is otherwise using pictures posted of their appliances.

 

[foraloysius]

Wait, there is more!

These twintubs were taken a step further by Constructa. They brought one on the market that was also a tumble dryer. After washing in the big drum and spinning in the small drum, the laundry could be put back into the big drum, which would function then as a dryer. The picture is from 1966.

Translation of the text in the picture: From my laundryroom to the drying attic it's not more than 11 centimeters.

 

[launderess]

*Sold*

Looks like the original person who wanted it got in and won despite heavy sniping/last minute bidding activity.

Maybe one day a similar unit or just a "top loader" will turn up on North American shores.

Am that excited about collecting "vintage" laundry appliances as the next collector but dealing with German shipping is O-W-T, out.

 

[mielerod69]

My W 477

Hi Laundress,

I have one of these machines. Bought it off a guy who brought it out from the Netherlands

 

[mielerod69]

wash drum

4 kg

 

[mielerod69]

wash drum

removed

 

[mielerod69]

suds container

with 3000 watt heater

 

[mielerod69]

Spin dryer and detergent dispenser

2800 rpm. Detergent dispenser for main wash powder on left, fabric conditioner on right

 

[mielerod69]

Controls

Here are the controls. I managed to get a new control panel cover from Miele. This photo still shows the worn one. The top dial is for 1/2 load or full load and switches the machine on. The middle dial is for the temperature and the lower dial for the programmes. This machine did 5 deep rinses and used up to 200 litres (44 gallons) for a full wash cycle.

FYI: This machine was built in the Miele Bürmoos plant in Austria

 

[mikeklondon]

Main Point

One main point of these machines was that they vibrated a lot less than a FL and could therefore be use in an apartment building with wooden flooring, I lived in a very old house in the 70s if you used a FL on the 1st floor it would shake the walls.

 

[mikeklondon]

Spin Speed

The water removed by a spin dryer may not look like a lot, but it makes drying times much shorter + shirts bedding ect do not need any further drying, most things being ready for ironing. My Miele washer spins at 1600 but using a spinner cuts my drying costs down by a lot given the cost of power in the UK. + it stops a lot of wear on the washer by using the spinner for the hand washing and bulky items that a washer can't spin well like the dog beds ect

 

[fido]

Yes, spin dryers are very handy items. My mother had a small Morphy Richards spinner that I kept going for her for many years, even when the lid broke in half I patched it with a sheet of aluminium. I could have done with that last winter before I got my heating system completed. One load of washing took 2 weeks to dry inside on the clothes horse (it didn't go above freezing outside so there was no point hanging it out). My Servis M6500W is supposed to have a 1500 rpm spin but the clothes are no dryer than you would get them in an old small drum Hotpoint 1000 spin.

 

[thelaundrylab]

Miele Twin Tub...

My favourite twin tub of all times - these are incredibly beautiful machine's.

Hass.

 

[turnamat]

The main problem of the Miele Twin Tub comparing to AEG Turnamat or Zanker Intimat Twin Tubs was that You could not load the washer drum with the next load while the first one was spinning.There was only 1 lid that has to be closed for the spin cycle so you could not reach the washer drum!Another problem was that you had to be careful with filling the detergent drawers!Powder used to take place next to the spinner cylinder getting into contact with the rinsed laundry!For people that had one of these Miele Twinnys these were the main problems!They were made by good quality and not built as wide as the other "german twintubs"!But they never reached the same popularity than AEG or Zanker did for years!.

 

[foraloysius]

Before this Miele model there was another one. It had a single dial and a rapid advance timer behind a little window. Here is a Miele ad with both the twintub and the single tub. These were automatics too.

 

[foraloysius]

I found a close up of the control panel of the 401 too. The 401 is the single tub.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Miele

Thats some classic find over with you In Australia Rod, Have you had it working yet??, The lid looks great with the polished chrome and the door lock is very sturdy.

Best of all options with an automatic drum washer and a fast spinning dryer!!

Louis , any internal pics of the tumble dryer version constructa??, how did that work, did it use the heating element only or did it have a blower condenser??

Very interesting machines!!

 

[foraloysius]

It had escaped my attention that Rod's machine is a Dutch or Flemish one. The language on the control panel is Dutch.

Mike,

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about how these machines worked. I remember that Olav from Australia knew of the existence of one. I have never seen one in person. It would be a dream come true to have one or at least play with one.