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I wished...

That I had a heater light on my Asko machine and preferably an indicator too that tells me how many minutes I have before the heater goes on! I never dare to boil water or use the oven while washing.

With my old Miele I could simply stop and resume the machine at any point in the cycle to do other things, but with the Asko the machine starts again at the beginning when I try that.
 
Sounds...

You have made a nice video, but when you started the machine the sounds of the buttons and the water inlet valve immediately reminded me of Jacques Tati's movie "Mon Oncle" where a housewife is busy pressing buttons in her kitchen.

Another question: Is the drum of the machine suspended? It seems to shake a lot, even with the low spinning speed.
 
spin

Thanks for putting a direct link: I do not know as doing so.

To spin, the balancing system of the machine is a bit difficult to explain in English, but I will try; If you do not understand some things, tell me.

The tub is not suspended.

The machine is based on a pedestal made heavy iron.

During the spin, the drum rotates in a sense preferential ie in the sense that the strength of innertie is best absorbed.

Small movements coming and going are normal, but the machine does not move (provided that the drum is full!)

In addition, there is a security: a sort of arm "fleet" behind the spin button : if the machine jumps, the arm made a sudden movement which cancels the spin: the spin button is back.
 
Temperature setting knob...

So does the machine actually steam when it is set at 100°C? That would be a nice sight. At my work we have a laboratory washer that does that when set at high temperature. It produces a nice cloud of steam. There is also a newer model that has a condensor where the steam is killed in a spray of water:(
 
yes, 100°!

The statomatic can really boil, but the manual instructions says it's not necessary. Indeed, French people, in 60's, were very attached at the boiling option, because the used to the "lessiveuse", before washing machines: It was a metal tub with a central pipe and double bottoms. The "lessiveuse" was put on a gas stove: water was boiling, back in the tube and watered linen, as you can see on a photo in "historique" on my site (it's my "lessiveuse" on my stove!)
 
Lessiveuse

WONDERFUL! I read how it worked and it's incredible indeed how old is the spray action to wash clothes...nothing of new in this manner though! LOL

In practical it worked how the Italian coffee maker do (la "caffettiera" Moka), the boiling force pumped the water through the center pipe which went out sprayed down onto the clothes.... (and the pics is clear enough to see that!)

So it was the first recirculating water system ever made!! GREAT!

Anyway I think that the best way to automatic wash clothes is to follow exaclty the steps of the hand wash, so if the soaking was indespesable in handwash I think it should be the same for washing machines cycle, which instead very often in nowadays models start directly to wash in agitation...

Thanks again and always waiting for any other wonderful unveils!

Diomede
 

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