Hi Guys Im Back!!!!!!!

[hoover3060]

Hi Guys. Hope all is well in appliance land. I am finally back! When we moved we had major problems with broadband so had to cancel it and go onto dial up. It was pants and expensive as it was pay as you go.Well finally we have now got broadband back and so I can now return as a member..yey!
Ive got loads to catch up on and so will be busy reading lots of posts. The news I have is that we have got 2 more machines in the collection (we werent intending to get anymore after we moved and downsized what we had but you guys know how it is!). A Servis twn tub model 111. It was one near the end of the production of the 111 as it has no name badge on the front but thankfully it still has the rinse facility in the spinner. Also a Hoover Logic 1200 Model A3786 from September 1989. I got this off my partners sister and husband as they decided to get a modern Hoover machine. Ive had to replace the door seal as it was covered in mould and it had wrecked the rubber and so it was leaking . Also had to replace the soap hose (the hose from the dispense to tub) as this was leaking also. The sump hose will need replacing as its started to crack but is ok at present.The suspension is a bit dodgy as sqeaky sometimes.The motor bearings are also noisy.I use the logic as our everyday machine now.We did buy a whirlpool top loader for the new house for our everyday machine but this is being sold as unfortunately it kept ripping clothes/towels etc. Its a shame as I was very excited about owning one.
Well we also got a Electrolux Insight dishwasher for the new house and I love it. I have done a video of it and will be loading it on you tube shortly. I have also done some vids of the Hoover front loader A3060 and the Logic in competition with each other on a 60 cotton wash. I had to put an extra rinse on the 3060 as there were too many suds and thats on the vids also. I have tried many experiments with the 2 machines. Both filling same time hot/cold, Logic filling first then 3060, Logic on hot cold fill and 3060 on cold fill only. All have been very different on results. The videos are of them both on Hot/Cold fill and filling at the same time. I will be loading those on you tube also.
Well next post I will put the links for the vids.

Its great to be back!!!!!!

Mark
x

 

[toggleswitch]

Welcome back.

 

[gadgetgary]

Get Busy reading and......

Welcome back to the AW 'family'

 

[newwave1]

Welcome back mark!
Did wonder where u vanished too lol. Great to hear you have a Logic. cant beat em. i love mine. tho it went faulty yesterday.

That dishwasher is very nice looking and slightly more interesting than your average one with it having a window Glad your pleased with it. I have an intergral AEG with very similar options and its fantastic.

Cant wait to see the rest of your videos.

Darren

 

[fredriksam]

Nice you are back. Cool Logic machine. The dishwasher is also cool. What is anyone poured regular dish soap in it. Then you would see the bubbles rising, altough it would ruin the dishwasher.

I have myself done that one time when we were having a party. Suds were on the march out of the kitchen LOL. The dishwasher didnt survive the ordeal and i had to buy a new one. The old dishwasher was about 20 years and had problems with the heating and the timer so it would have been replaced anyway.

Hey newwave1, what has happened with your logic? You said it went faulty.

 

[robm]

Hello Mark

I never got a chance to speak to you. You have a great collection of machines I love. Square door Hoover's are my thing.

Cheers

Rob

 

[hoover3060]

Hi Guys and thanks for your welcome back messages and your comments.

Hi Rob! Thanks for your comments.I love any square door machines. I have a thing about square doors for some reason. Servis square door machines are great also but ive yet to find the one im after!

Well ive uploaded the dishwasher video and there are some parts of the Electronic 1100 V Logic videos uploaded. There will be 11 parts in total.

The link is for the dishwasher vid.

Mark

 

[seamusuk]

Hey Mark

I have aquired a rather nice "new" toy- just got to buy a new fridge freezer so I can make kitchen space lol!!!!(well actually theres 2 new toys lol!!!)

Seamus

Will do vids once ive sussed how to do them!!!

 

[seamusuk]

And the other one.....

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[hoover3060]

Hey Seamus

Congratulations on your new toys! They look fab! Id love to aquire a Computer control as I think they they are lovely machines. Your a lucky man. The Servis is great also.I love machines with lots of lights and buttons and the servis motors have a fantastic sound to them.

Mark

 

[nickuk]

Welcome back, it's nice to see you again. Fantastic videos BTW, really enjoyed watching the old Hoover start with a spin imbalance. It coped with it really well, many of those old Hoovers used to bang violently with an imbalance. At least ours did and the people over the road who owned a similar model, theirs did too.

 

[robm]

Hi Mark

I absolutely loved your videos, got to part 5. What struck me was how different they sound. The older machine definately sounds louder but has a more vigourous wash action.

Why can't you live nearer LOL, I love those machines.

Rob

PS is the attached your machine?

 

[hoover3060]

Hey Nick.

Congratulations on your second child on the way! And a big good luck on the move.Im glad our move went well and I hope yours does 2. Thanks for your comments. I wish in a way I filmed them when the Logic was on Hot/cold fill and the Electronic 1100 was on cold. The wash times then were nearly identical and it was great fun watching them go through the rinses and spins together.The electronic 1100 takes much longer on the rinses and spins than the Logic. The thing that annoys me about the Logic is that it doesn't have the final tumble.I dont know why they took this away as its such a great feature.

Hey Rob

The machine you pictured isn't mine. Is that the one which was on eBay? The fascia on mine isn't as good. I got a new/old stock fascia and a door of eBay a while back. I haven't got round to replacing the fascia yet.The current door on mine is in great nick so don't need to replace but its handy to have the spare.
I love the more vigorous wash action on the electronic 1100.It really gives things a good clean.Yes it is louder than the logic as it has a different motor and I love it. The machines are in the garage and we actually had a nice of days here the other day and I was sitting outside having a cuppa and a fag and the garage door was open and it went onto final spin. It was great listening to it.
I have only been in Scotland 3 1/2 years. My home town is Luton so you wouldn't have been far then!

Mark

 

[robm]

Hi Mark

That is indeed the machine from Ebay. I have just finished watching your vids and I have to say I loved them. What a piece of history you have there. Intresting the newer machine had the suspension problems. I think I prefer the way the older machine washed and span. I think starting the final spin with 500 is easier on the motor than 800.

I loved your easy going commentary too. You definately have a southern accent, I didn't think you were Scottish listening to the vids.

Rob

 

[newwave1]

Hi mark,
I've just watched all your videos through. Have to say i loved them. With hoover being my favourite make and owning one it was great to see! My logic makes the odd squeek with the suspension too. Nothing too bad though. I'm wondering how common parts are going to be in the next few years? because they're are loads of models still around and im sure hoover are well aware of this.

I always have this cringy thought in my head that big dogs at "example" merloni are telling they're engineers to tell customers to replace their old 95series with new WF series hotpoints when faults are beyond "economical repair" When its something simple like a pump or motor. lol *cringes*

Darren

 

[newwave1]

I'm such a div. i forgot to post what i was intending on saying lol!!!

There were a few noticable differences between my A3632 and both your machines,

When my logic is distributing for the intermittent spins the timer will click on. stop the drum. then redistribute and go up to spin. But from what i could see neither of yours did that.

And like your logic mine goes up to 800 on the final spin without that first burst like the 3060.

I did a similar test with my logic and my newwave.

They ran very similar, the differences were all on the newwave. they were all new additions to the cycle that they hadn't had before; like the spin burst in the wash, lower rinse water levels but were still high by 1994 standard, and on interm spins it did lots of pulse spins before doing a long steady interm spin.

The tumble, and drain distributions were all the same. Except my newwave had a module fault so i couldn't tell if the 1300 spins were the same or if either one was better.

Darren

 

[lavamat_jon]

Mark, it's great to see that A3060 go through it's cycles. I grew up with that machine (my nana had one), and also our A3110 which was slightly different, and I *think* the A3110 did 4 rinses too. Many happy childhood memories, thanks for bringing them back!

Jon

 

[hoover3060]

Hey Rob

Yes born and bread in Luton. Thats why I slip into my Lutonion common speech sometimes..lol. I always laugh at my comentarys as sometimes I sound such a pleb..lol

Hey Darren

You are correct in that the logic I have goes straight from distribution to spin. Its funny how Hoover change the programme sequence ever so slighty in different models. Guess they constantly research and think some things are better/worse than others in previous time frames/models. I had a A3110 a while back when I had the 3060 and on the 3060 on final spin it does a quick burst first and then tumbles intermitently a bit with the pump on (as you will have seen on the vids).On the 3110 it would do the short burst of spin but then turn the pump off and go into constant tumble and then like the 3060 go into distribute and complete the rest of the spin cycle.

Hey Jon.

Glad you had memories brought back to you!
Yes the A3110 is a nice machine. I really wish I hadn,t dumped the one I had and I didnt want to but there were to many rust issues on it and especially on the outer drum and i havent got the confidence to completely take the machine apart as I have tried to do things on previous machines I owned and have completely cocked them up!

Mark

 

[hoover3060]

I forgot to say that as you are aware from the vids I am not impressed with Ariel! How many suds????????????? I bought a big 120 wash box of Bold yesterday from Costco. Just done first wash with it and was very impressed. Not half as much suds! Havent bought bold for a very long time and I forgot how nice the scent was was (Bought the blue one as thats what I always used to buy before all the other scents arrived).

Mark