Equator Cobra
What happened is the money needed to finance the introduction of this to the market was lost from a major problem caused by the buyer of Philco of Italy.Philco of italy was the source of manufacturing the Equator.The new owners of POI decided to shut down the factory and use one of their own to make the Equator.They also made Summit and Haire.
the major problem that caused numerous flaws including fires,was the diodes in the control board were made for 50 cycles not 60.So after running for a while on 120 volts a/c,they'd overheat and catch fire.The manufacturer and owners of POI were taken to court and sued by Equator for a large unknown amount which was settled out of court.Now the problem is getting back the business.Eq.lost no money in pocket but did get dropped by sellers who had to deal with the angry customers.Once that gets cleared up and the 70%loss of business regarding the combinaton washer dryers returns,the Cora's will be able to get the financing needed to begin manufacturing them.Next monday,I will be going to the main headquarters in Houston,Texas and see the prototypes hooked up and running.Atul told me to be sure I bring some of my dirty laundry along.
There will be two models.one is the combination illustrated the other looks similar but has two seperate tubs and measures 40" across.One tub is for washing,rinsing and spinning.The other one is for drying and fluffing.It saves space because two seperate pieces measure 54 to 58 inches across and sometimes need adjustments depending om how close the dryer is to an entrance or which way the dryer door opens.Loading from the top using hydrolic hinges,the doors open slow and freely.