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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some more

 

[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

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hiya guys.

Posted another vid - onto the longer tumbles...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Mention should be most definitely be made of the fact that this machine was acquired from another collector - Nigel (reversomatic).

If he is about, I am sure he will be able to tell the machines history! hint hint

Suddenly noticed, when looking at the ratings data plate, 4 very date code orientated symbols - '0184'.
Thought does this mean January 84, so went and looked at the dryers ratings plate which showed '1185'. November 85!

There staring me in the face and seems to work, so go date your Bendix's...

 

[servisslimline]

i knew i was looking at the right bit

my bendix is bated november 1982 so im glad to have finally confirmed that exactly

 

[servisslimline]

bated???

i meant DATED LOL

 

[bellalaundry]

Nice set!

These were also available in Canada back in the 80's. It was my first set that I bought. They had different names...Kelvinator, White Westinghouse, Viking (as in Eatons department store), and also Philco.

I miss my set. It was sold along with a house years ago. Love to get another set!

Thanks for the vids and memory!

Guy

 

[chestermikeuk]

Bendix

Look great there boys, they are beautiful sets, and so quiet with those big induction motors, now please keep the "Boil Washes" to a minimum although I see we arnt using Ariel so perhaps...Hhmmm

Rob try advancing the time a bit further on when selecting programme 1,2 or 5...it looks like its at the very start, so it might be slightly out of alignment and not quite engaging...

How quick is the dryer after the hotpoint...probably difficult to answer that with the 800rpm spin...

Happy washing!!!

 

[reversomatic]

Bendix

Hi all,i am pleased to see the Bendix doing what it was made for.As for the history of the washer before you got it from me, all i can tell you is that i got it for a relative,from the trade in pile at work about 16 years ago.The relative not being quite the full shilling didnt use the washer and still took his washing to his brother to be done,so washer stood unused in his kitchen for 16 years untill last year when he had to go into a care home and his house contents had to be cleared and i got the washer back.As for the programe timer,they were quite advanced for their day.The timer will only work correctly if the previous programe was completed and not cut short or advanced manualy so that sub interval cams are in the correct place.Also the programe selector must be at the blank line before the the required programe number for it to work correctly as the first cam position is the prefill,to fill the sump prior to flushing the detergent.Which is what most current machines do today,so they were ahead of their time.The pump should be powerful at 95 watts compared to most machine pumps now being about only 30 watts.Anyway its nice to see it paired up with its matching dryer and glad to see it in use.I have new project at the moment which now the weather has warmed up a bit i can get on with and i will post some photos soon ,Its an AEG Bella 1002 ,something a bit diferent .Take care,regards Nige.

 

[hotpoint9534]

Timer Diagram

Hi Rob,

I thought you might like the timer diagram for the 7133. I read earlier in the thread that you were curious about the timings of the programmes. Hope it is of some help to you. I can also track down the exploded parts diagrams if you would like them.

See the link below.

Tom.

http://procornerpdf.electrolux.com/static/Pictures/Info/U0000/C03/340EN.PDF

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Nige.

Thought you would be pleased to see tha machine again.

Just a shame that it has taken so long to be able to plug it in.

I remember you mentioning that the programmer was an exact science and I have been reminding Rob ever since it was installed to make sure alignment is exact.

Its a lovely machine, quiet in operation and with nice long tumbles on the rinses. Really pleased I was able to acquire it from you.

AEG Lavamat Bella 1002! Lovely. Cant wait for the thread to be set up! When you do, I will add the brochure for this series of machines - a very nice machine I am sure.

Cheers
Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Cheers Tom for the link!

Have downloaded a copy and added it to my computer.

Any further information links you can post, would be gratefully received.
being a bit of a newbie to Bendix's, having a resource of information for would be great.

Cheers
Paul

 

[chestermikeuk]

Interesting...

Hello Nige

Was the timer unique to this model then??

Because on the earlier Philco / Bendix / Cyclotrons if you selected the "Cottons" progs equiv to 1,2 or 5 then you could advance the timer portion to long or shorten the "TIME" element...

Also, I cannot imagine every customer would have aligned to the line every time you programmed it, in which case if you missed CAM3 for PREFILL and hit CAM 4 or 5 then would it just fill flushing the powder drawer straight away!!

I sold tons of these and never heard of any issue with people complaining (Back to us anyway) that programmes where not completing correctly because of not aligning straight to the line!!

Will be interested to see if Robs issue is more likely to be an incomplete programme or programme not completed then??

Lovely machines, now I want to see a pic side by side...(Coughs... Ahem!!)