Australian Simpson '700' Series Washers Use and Care Manual Scan

[mattywashboy]

Hi Guys

I recently found this Use and Care manual for the 700 range of Simpson washing machines here in Australia.

One of our family friends recently put one of these machines out to be collected by the rubbish and this was inside it.

Its a great range of machines, very popular here in Australia, I can name at least 5 people I know with one of these machines. I remember coming to Australia at the age of 4 and Dad letting me sit on Aunty Annes new 'Big Simpson' as he put it.

Anyway I have scanned in a few cool pages from it so you guys can peruse through it

Seasons Greetings for scorching hot Aussie!

matty

 

[mattywashboy]

This page details the wash system the machine uses. Also the Top Suspend System to eliminate balance problems while spinning.

 

[mattywashboy]

This page details how to load the machine correctly

 

[mattywashboy]

This page explains the way to add detergent. Down the agitator, quite unique!

 

[mattywashboy]

This is how the softener is dispensed using a Two Cup system. This is due to the Pulse spinning during Spray Rinses.The initial short pulse spins will have chucked the softener into the first cup. Then the machine would ramp up into a full fast spin and chuck it out into the agitator. Then dispensed into the water.

 

[mattywashboy]

This is a breakdown of the cycles on the machines control dial. Permanent Press has its own cycle as you shall see.

 

[mattywashboy]

This page has some of the Control Panels in the range on it. There are more later on but these are the Aquarius models. More dials and less buttons.

 

[mattywashboy]

Wash Options Page

 

[mattywashboy]

These are the control panels from the Riviera models. These would be more higher end and had the added bonus of Suds Save.

 

[mattywashboy]

This is how the Suds Save system would work. The machine would have had two hoses.

 

[mattywashboy]

and the Suds Return system.

 

[mattywashboy]

and the Riviera wash options.

That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed it

 

[mattywashboy]

Here is one of these machines in the flesh.

Great machines, a piece of Australian laundry history.

 

[mattywashboy]

The (rather dirty i might add) money shot. Some machines had Stainless Steel bowls instead of plastic, not quite sure which machines did and did not. The plastic did tend to discolor overtime. (Exhibit A)

 

[macboy91si]

Reminds Me of...

This reminds me of a F&P design, were these made by F&P?

-Tim

 

[ronhic]

Nope....

Not at all. These were out before Fisher and Paykel were a force in the Australian market...and whilst some aspects may look similar, they are not related.

 

[electroslumber]

Simpson 700 series

I have seen a large number of these machines thrown out on the clean ups (especially Eastern suburbs). I do remember looking at buying a Hoover top loader new around 1994 and being kind of shocked at the "stainless" bowl being an extra cost option over the painted steel drum, there was the "deluxe" steel top model with "stainless" bowl, those two extras made it nearly $500 more! Around 1996 the "BOSS"(Balanced Orbital Suspension System) appeared, our building ordered one of the first new series BIG models, 2305, no options on that one, but it was expensive. My theory and suspicions are that the "stainless" bowl was an option on the Simpson, that could be the only explanation I could offer after seeing two identical models on the street with different bowls unless either or both had been "shopped". I imagine the "stainless" bowl would have been standard on the higher models, either way, by then Simpson appears to have lost its porcelain bowl (so its not REALLY a Simpson anyway & alluding something French by way of being named "RIVIERA") Lately in the East there has been a mass exodus of 1990's Simpsons, Hoovers & Paykels, dryers & washers. The motors disappear almost as you blink.

 

[ronhic]

"BOSS"(Balanced Orbital Suspension System)

...was a Hoover system, not a Simpson one.

Hoover was owned by Southcorp - the wine and beer people - from around December 1994 to 1999 and the BOSS system came out during this time.

Southcorp already had Chef and Dishlex. In 1999 the whitegood side was sold to Email who closed Hoovers Meadowbank factory which had already had its workforce decimated by Southcorps management. All the manufacturing of Hoover whitegoods (Front loaders and vacuums having already stopped production in about 1998) was then moved into the Simpson plant in South Australia....

Hoover Australia ceased to exist....and not long after this, Electrolux bought the lot. They almost immeadiately stopped leasing the Hoover name and Godfreys got the Vacuum side to retail. Now we only have larger refrigeration and some ovens made here as Electrolux have shipped everything else offshore.

As for the stainless steel/poly inner tubs, well that is a case of specification level - nothing more and nothing less in just the same way as you can buy a car with standard alloy wheels or with plastic wheel covers....

 

[electroslumber]

Hoover, the great demise.

I think what happened to Hoover was most unfortunate. I distinctly remember the period of 1994-1999. I was setting up house and shopping for appliances. That period really was the end of the more-or-less Australian made appliance. I imagine Southcorp instigated the facelifts and changed the faceplate colours hoping to squeeze some more blood out of their customers. I distinctly remember that in 1994 prices of Hoovers were reasonable, but by 1997 the prices became rude. The brilliant and beautiful (in my opinion) Hoover 550 Electra morphed into the 1000 Electra sometime around 1995/6. I am convinced they are identical machines, the faceplate changed and the price rose by 50+%. This backfired on them as this timed in perfectly with the real estate boom that began in 1997, in prime Sydney spots, prices literally doubled between mid 1996 & mid 1997, the last thing a stretched home buyer would be doing is going out and buying a Hoover washer, dryer and fridge for over $3000. Around the same time David Jones and Winnings were having trouble selling Miele to the wealthy and the Miele washer and dryer were being offered at a "paltry" $5000 for the pair and with great generosity they were even throwing in the stack rack! What hope was there for Hoover? Once prices rise too much it is extremely difficult to discount heavily and maintain consumer confidence. Electrolux relegated Hoover to junk status, naturally the first thing to never contemplate again was the mighty Electra, too good for most people to understand. Between 1996 and 1998/9 the new series of (Southcorp) Hoover dryers were brilliant efficient (3 star rated) machines, once Electrolux had worked its magic it was one star and increased drying times. Electrolux will just keep cleaning up with a totally uninformed customer base, they've got something for everybody and it's built to not last.