Candy Superautomatic 75

[vivalalavatrice]

Hi all!

I was busy in november with this...

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It was the hardest restoratione I've never done since the Superautomatica.
- case repainting
- drum bearings replacing
- timer regenerating
- all couplings replacing
The machine was completely desassebled and each part processed separately. The broken ones have been replaced the repairable ones have been regenerated.

And here you are the first test cycle!! I was really frightened from leaking...

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And the first wash cycle was this!

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The machine now has been given back to owner who's now storing it to prevent ice demages. Next spring I'll reparing the last problem to the timer (it stops at middle of 3 cycle) to give him back his machine completely working!!
I suppose we'll hook it to hot-cold fill saw that the timer was provided with the two separate wash-prewash solenoid contacts...

BYE
Diomede

 

[chestermikeuk]

Bow Front

Wow, another great restoration, well done looks showroom condition, that timer certainly makes a noise..LOl, lots of controls & pushbuttons!!! Bring back bow fronted machines I say, what does the 5/3 button do?? Mike

 

[superelectronic]

From a little studying...

...I have learned that 5/3 is the Candy version of half load (i.e. 5 or 3kg).

Very nice machine - is 75 a reference to the year of production? Styling does seem a touch retro even for the mid 70s.

I've often wondered why Italy has been such a powerhouse of washer manufacturing: Candy, Merloni, Philco and Zanussi to name but a few - all made in Italy. What was it - enterprising spirit or a nation obsessed with clean clothes?

Ciao!

Alex

 

[laundromat]

talks back??

Way back in the mid 70's o late 80's,I remember seeing an article in one of the appliance mags regarding the Candy washer that talks back.It suposedly had some kind of lazer?light in the opening that sensed the shade of the garment and would verbaly recomend the wash and rinse temps,tumble velocity,spin speed and would have a sensor that tracked down the level of dirt and stains and increase or decrease the wash time. It,I believe,was the first front loading washer that introduced "fuzzy logic" to the industry.That would sense when the suds level was retarding the tumble speed and drained out the original wash water refilling and draining as many times as it needed to decrease the suds to a more acceptible level.My L.G had that feature and,when I'd attempt to pour mour water into the tub via the detergent dispenser,the pump came on,emptied all the water then refilled to its factory set level.

 

[vivalalavatrice]

Thanks guys!

Thank you very much for appreciating my job and the machine too!!

5/3 was the buttun for the half (better say reduced) load.
The button didn't switch to the lower level electrically (the level switch had one level only) but palyed directly onto the level switch screw decresing the gap of action... so that the level to start became lower.

LOL! A lot of washing machine producers but indeed very few good machines...(

Never heard of a talk back on machines of that era but more further. This machine was only able to say the customer which detergent dispenser to be filled for each program and this was possible due to a level linked with an underneath disk coaxial with the timer.

Bye
Diomede

 

[favorit]

my gran's washer !

Ciao Diomede, what are the two round buttons for ?

the "max" one i guess is to have 95°C instead of 80°C

but what about the "cott" one ? programmes 1--->7 are the cotton cycle, a further cotton button doesn't make any sense

Anyway the Philco comes from a different planet ..... Candy had nice ideas but had always been poor quality materials and built

 

[vivalalavatrice]

a further cotton button doesn't make any sense

Carlo, devi sapere che...

"COTT" does'nt stand for COTTONS but it means COTTONOVA which was a very popular sturdy fabrics in seventies here. It was a "permamente press" fabric which didn't need to be spun with the whitening of cotton and the stability of synthetics so to able to be washed even at highest temperature (untill 95°C!!).
That button though eliminated completely the spins during the cycle, either the intermediate than the final ones.

"MAX" thus rised the temp until almost the boiling point, as the timer heated the water for a time useful to reach near the 75°C becase the heating element was not active for each click when the button was unpressed. Pressing the button insteda the heating element became active each click for all the cicle and for a period after the cycle 5 (which normally was a cold wash)

Diomede