Creda Compact dryer in Australia?

[brisnat81]

Hi Nick,

Those early Simpson DW's were Bosch.

We still have michaels mums, which has never been used. The door seals and pump seals have badly perished nowadays, and it all got to hard trying to find replacements. She never trusted it, so it sat there for 30 years until she got ours.

The Plastic tub was unusual for Australia, choice rated them as a good performer but dangerous as they had a tendancy to tip forward with both racks fully loaded and extended. The User manual specifically states not to fully extend both at the same time or it will over balance.

 

[gizmo]

German Simpson DW

We had one of those German-made Simpson dishwashers. Ours was the single dial version too, but there was a twin dial version too. (cycle selector on one, timer on the other.) Silver dashboard with orange pilot light.

Nathan - are you sure they were Bosch? Ours had a sticker on it, inside the door from memory, saying "made for Simpson by (XYZ) in Germany, and it was a brand I don't remember but I don't think it was Bosch. It had more letters in the name, and I think it began with K, or had a K in it. Could it have been Bauknecht?

It was a very good machine, but noisy, and yes it was easy to tip over by pulling two racks out. Ours was mobile, on castors and with a sink tap attachment, and a cavity at the back to store the hoses. It finally died from regularly flooding due to a pressure switch fault.

Chris.

 

[brisnat81]

About 5 years ago, I went through trying to find the door and pump seals to bring it back to life, as it fits her 70's style kitchen perfectly. I had 3 different repair agencies tell me it was by bosch. We're up there today, I'll try and get to it and crack the door open and see.

Funny you should mention the flooding, that was partially why she never used it. The Builder that built the house lived in it for 6 months whilst it was completed and told her that they'd had issues with it randomly overfilling. So when they moved in, she turned the inlet tap off and there it sat idle.

 

[aussie-plugs]

How those memories flood back ...

... but not in a bad way.

Chris: I remember the silver two-dial model. Family friends had that in the early 70s. Mine was the later model with the brown fascia. Dial on the right, orange pilot light and power button on the left of the door handle. Well, door "pull", actually. There was no handle, lever, latch as such ... you just pulled with even pressure and the door popped open. Mine was stainless steel too, so perhaps the plastic interior mentioned was the earlier dual-dial model.

Mine started life as a mobile model and it tipped over just as Nathan mentioned. Once it was built in later on, it was fine. In fact we moved it to three different houses, I was so attached to it.

Regarding flooding, it never happened. In fact, I remember reading in the manual that it was flood proof. This suggests they did have problems with earlier models and therefore redesigned this one. The trick was a second water pressure switch set for a higher level. If this higher level was reached, the unit started to drain. (Single, reversible motor). How do I know? I just had to try it out, like any appliance nut would! Once filled and washing, open the door, add a jug of water, close the door ... wash ... open the door, add a jug of water ... wash ... open the door, add a jug of water ... bingo and drain!

Of course if the hose splits ...

Nick