Bendix 7133 Autowasher Deluxe Electronic

[aquarius1984]

Hi folks,

Most of you know i moved house in January and now have the ability to use the machines Paul and myself have collected over the past 3 years.

Had the hotpoint 95620 initially in use for 8 weeks but after a hopefully minor hiccup its been temporarily retired until I can look at it.

So after a week of a Creda Debonair/Concorde style Electra and a week of a Siemens Extraclasse (both of which we do not have a dryer to match) we decided to use the bendix machines we had never used since getting.

so here it is,

Bendix 7133 made in January 1984 - actually 7 months older than me!!!

800/500 spin, Induction motor and one of the most powerful pumps I have ever seen on a machine.

Quiet reliability.

 

[aquarius1984]

Bendix

stacked in the utility room

 

[aquarius1984]

Washer

 

[aquarius1984]

fascia,

 

[aquarius1984]

programmes

fascia

 

[aquarius1984]

programme dials

dials

 

[aquarius1984]

doing its thing

 

[aquarius1984]

hmmmm!

 

[aquarius1984]

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[paulc]

Lovely machine Rob. That was my first machine I bought with my own money, bought it second hand in 1991.

 

[aquarius1984]

and yes for those whom are about to ask.....

videos!

 

[supermaticjames]

Congrats on the move!

Hi Rob,

Congrats on the move and nice to know that you and Paul have the convenience of using your classic pairs. You could have used the 1828 and the 1701 instead surely?!! But I understand why as they are unknown territory yet but you two must have a look and get them restored during the summer as they would look nice in that room. I like the Bendix' but I am not a fan. I only like Hotpoint, Hoover, Servis, Creda and EE. BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HOTPOINT!

I hope the 95620 will be fixed and I hope it is only minor as that is a truely beautiful machine but a 1848 is slightly nicer don't we all know.

If you want a wee chat email me or MSN me on "[email protected]"

Regards, James.

 

[dj-gabriele]

What a couple of neat machines!
I hope they will serve you well for many years to come

How fast does the machine spin? Is the drum the classic Philco-Bendix design?

 

[aquarius1984]

drum

yes its a true Philco machine.

Spins at 800rpm

 

[superelectronic]

So VERY 1980s...

What a lovely set! And the look just screams mid eighties...more so than the matched Hottie set!

You've also managed to capture the classic look: steamed up door. Dunno why that should be but it is for me! Must be all the heat from the induction motor underneath.

I'm liking the programme set up: seems to be choice of maximum/medium/minimum wash plus variable temperature, so unusually for a UK machine of the era programme 5 might be of a decent length...or is it more like twinnie times: 12/8/4 minutes after heating to the required temperature? That's something that puzzles me about the square door programmer: did the programme number dial control both temperature and wash duruation? Surely must have - the wash portion can't have been the same length for all washes?

Anyway, do enjoy the relative silence! You can relax in the bath now...

Incidentally, what prey tell is a Siemens Extraclasse? A Bosch maxx in drag or something more vintage?

I don't know...fancy being able to change your washer as often as your sheets! Lucky sod.

Alex

 

[aquarius1984]

Alex,

the programme dial has me stumped at the minute.

That 70deg cotton wash had us going for a good while wondering if the timer was sticking and ultimately broken. Now we cant be 100% sure but we retracked our time back to when i first switched it on and it had only prgressed 3 clicks into the cycle some 100 minutes later. I panicked and thought the timer was broken so nudged it on 1 click. The rest of the wash portion took only 15 minutes after.

SO with heavy heart did the next load on a 50 deg Synthetics cycle which did the usual 50 minutes cycle in total that most machines of that era did. The following Wool wash progressed in 40 minutes start to finish,

So this morning I set up a 50 degree cotton wash which progressed normally with a 40 minute wash and 40 minutes of rinsing. not bad timing to be fair and the timer didnt stick at all.

SO I wonder if its intelligent enough to add extra time to lower temp washes below regualr ITCL temps.

i.e instead of dialing whites at 90 you were to dial 80 or 70 it adds extra wash time?

Same as dialing 50 degs instead of 60 and 30/no heater instead of 40* etc etc. Im not so sure if that makes sense to you but im not sure about the whole thing myself.

Will do a 90degs wash and see whathappens in the week, perhaps may be quicker than 70degs. Who knows?

Best asking Mike about the square door version - cant say I remember much about its programming but im sure its intelligent enough to use minimum - maximum wash times.

 

[sudsreturn]

My mates mum had one of these for years. I always remember Philco doing a version too. I remember they were advertised on TV as being very quiet in operation, and they were!

 

[aussie-plugs]

Be-yewtiful

What wonderful machines those were! My mum had the single-dial model for about 23 years. I got a white dual-dial around 1986 and it's still being used by my previous partner. They had sensible water levels and were whisper quiet, even at max spin.

I hope you get many years of reliable and enjoyable service from this lovely pair.

 

[superelectronic]

I get ya!

Rob, I do see what you mean about the temperature control maybe being a bit more sophisticated that meets the eye, i.e. turning down the temperature triggers something in the timer to extend the wash time (timer repeats the interval I guess). The only trouble is with just the one cotton setting, how would it bet set up to judge whether you wanted at long wash at 40C or just a normal one? It's a poser.

100 minutes for a wash segment - lord above! 1984 machine with 2011 cycle times! Bet it would get an A rating and the water level looks very generous for a wash too. The worry could be that one of the 'stats are out I suppose - I would imagine there are fixed temp 'stats in addition to the variable one to prevent fabric damage on non-cottons washes; can't be sure tho - very much the wrong bloke to ask!!

Do keep us posted anyway.

Cheers

Alex