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[ricky5050]

how the Bendix LT works

Hi the drying part of my machine is vented, the one and only motor has a gearbox with 2 drives constantly running from it at the back , one to the drum ( through a 2 speed gear changer) and one to a fan which runs all of the time, when a drying mode is selected a soleniod valve opens a flap at the back of the wash outer drum allowing the ever turning fan to suck air through the drum from the heating element which is located on the top of the outer drum which directs heat down in to the front edge of the wash drum.Its very effective dryer and can be set to auto dry a wash load.
please see more kitchen pics and a link to the bendix washing (its less noisy in real life !)

Richard

 

[ricky5050]

more vids

hi some more vids and kitchen pics

 

[favorit]

I'm amazed the way that small Whirlie microwave oven matches the old AEG fridge and that beautiful range (which brand is it?).

Does your LT have interim spins between rinses on wool cycle too ? Old washers were "afraid" to spin wool. Philco was the first to understand that wool is shrunk by tumbles, not by spins

 

[aussie-plugs]

Thanks everyone

Hi Gabriele, "Favorit" and Richard,

Thanks for all the information. I understand a lot more now than I did when I started. Who makes the heat pump models you mentioned? I'd heard of something like that in Japan, but haven't seen anything like it here in Australia.

Nick

 

[ronhic]

Nick

Heat pump dryers use the same principle as reverse cycle airconditioners...

Miele has just released a heat pump version here - Choice have just tested it and it is more efficient and rates very well...BUT it is expensive

...and AEG and Siemans have heat pump dryers available to the European and UK markets though AEG seems to have gone from our market of late...

 

[aussie-plugs]

Heat Pump Drying ...

Hi Chris,

Thanks. I'll check the "Choice" web site tomorrow for that report.

Nick

 

[favorit]

also check this old, interesting thread (link)

Found by the Searchalator (forum home page,scroll down)

AEG H.P. dryer- Here Elux has just released the REX rebadged version, so guess you'll have in OZ the Zanussi or Electrolux badged version very soon

In the meanwhile they launched in Germany the AEG ProSteam dryer, that's a rebadged Zanussi Iron Aid (uses steam to dewrinkle clothes as the LGs)

Condenser dryers (both air and heat pump types) require not only lint screen cleaning, but also heat excanger cleaning.
Bosch/Siemens models are the only ones that have a self cleaning heat exchanger.

Last thing about self-cleaning. Combos DON'T have any lint screen, so their fan/air circuit get easily clogged by lint.
Only mieles have a drying circuit cleaning cycle.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIVE/MODERN/2008/18690x44.htm

 

[vivalalavatrice]

Che spettacolo!!!

Grazie Carlo!!
Uno spettacolo di foto!

Really I'm impressed of the goodlooking of those machine and how can't be nostalgic about their realiability!!!!

Then apart from the extralarge drum...here you are how the "Doppio attacco" (hot-cold fill) is not nothing of new...

Very very nice the W65 model with the top control panel...)

Buone le lasagne ... Gabri ma le fai tu?
CIAO!
Diomede

 

[dj-gabriele]

Certo, tiro anche la sfoglia a mano!

Anyway, I want a washer dryer so badly! I'm against machine drying but there are some textiles that get so nice and fluffy done that way!

 

[ricky5050]

no wool!

Hi favorit the Bendix has only temp and time settings, the drum runs constantly and at only one speed (unless spinning) so its not really suitable to wool, as its agressive washing action. It does do a spin between rinses , short bursts on programme 4 (cold rinses) and longer ones during programmes 1,2,3, (warm rinses). The cooker is a New world 44 and has just undergone a major repair and i was very close to scrapping it if i didnt think it could be repaired.

Richard

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Richard.

Totally loving the kitchen! My grandma had similar kitchen wall units, but hers had yellow rather than blue siding doors.
I had a 'Mr Men' mug (think it was Mr Strong) and that lived behind the left hand sliding door.

Truly a wonderful achievement.

Re the Bendix picture - it is a photo of the pamphlet - I dont own it. Will try and seek out the owner and will ask for you.

One final LT memory - the cousins boyfriends machine! I visited the day after it had been replaced by a Generation Innovation Indesit washer Dryer (thick chrome door - right hand drive). The LT was in the backyard waiting for final disposal and to get it out of the backdoor they had to remove the door from the machine and remove the back door from its hinges!
They truly are wonderfully massive machines.

cheers
paul