Hoover (Who Better) Keymatic - Clunks n Clicks

[chestermikeuk]

Just been reading the posts about the Hoover A3060 and other machines, have posted a video of the Keymatic A3008, its just FAB to listen to, this is the spin, listen as it it Clunks and Clicks its way through the cams and levers on the Keyplate etc,

Turn the volume up and enjoy, Dont forget to watch the lights..

AND thanks to Mark , the A3060 and other goodies have been added to the mega-sphere of my collection....wheres that Tardis when you need it!!!

 

[lavamat_jon]

Mike - great Hoover! Reminds me of the A3060 my nana had in terms of noises. Remidns me that we still have to meet up for a Brit wash-in this summer!

All the best,

Jon

 

[jasonl]

OMG

Welcome my son..... Welcome.... to the machine......

That sounds like it could be part of a Pink Floyd album. What an awesome machine! Must be fun to watch it wash.

 

[toggleswitch]

*WOW*
That is amazing.

What is the approximate age of this piece of art?

 

[lavamat_jon]

1976 if I believe rightly, Steve!

 

[westytoploader]

AWESOME video Mike, what a great machine!! Those clunks and clicks are amazing to listen to, and the spin couldn't sound more like a jet engine taking off! Must be fun to play with!

What years were the square-door Keymatics produced?

 

[mixfinder]

Hoover

That was fun to watch.

Can I assume when you pushed the button, some of the clicking was the timer moving into cycle.

What are the other clicks, as the machine is functioning.

It was surprising to hear the spin, which is reminiscent of a blender or an old Dormeyer mixer.

Kelly

 

[brettsomers]

there is one word for the action and sounds of this washer: Outrageous! sounds like some 1950s sci-fi robot! or something Star-Trek.

 

[newwave1]

Hey Mike.
Well i can certainly appreciate the similarity between that & my 1987 hoover logic though its not currently working & i need to fix it i believe that video just gave me inspiration. lol. great video. true classic & i do like how you put in the title "who better". nice touch! lol.

Darren

 

[maytagbear]

Keyplate question--

The keyplates from the first (?) Keymatic work in this machine? The slanted front machine with the impeller on the back wall.....that one?

Fascinating machines.

Thanks for sharing yours, Mike.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tolivac]

Very interesting videos-love all of the sounds-a Foley Mans(sound effects) dream!Whats the spin speed of the KeyMatic?alsmost sounds like it has a brush type motor in it.(universal)and does it run from 220V?

 

[brettsomers]

i believe those DO use a universal motor. they sell the brushes for them on ebay.

 

[panthera]

thanks!

Wow! Now that was a real Hoover!
Goodness me, what a brilliant idea those key cards were.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Austin - I know they still had a Keymatic version when my mum got her A3110 in 1982 (all the models shared the installation instructions and the Keymatic is one of them), but if I'm right in remembering the Keymatics were produced right up until the mid 1980's when the Electron series was introduced.

That Hoover actually sounds very similar to my 1980's AEG spinning too... I knew I recognised the AEG motor sound from somewhere!

I vote that you post an extra video or two, and perhaps one of the A3060 too .

Jon

 

[MrX]

We had one of these machines when I was a kid. Certainly grabbed my attention when I was younger We also had the matching Hoover Tumble Dryer De Lux. Similar design with a large ticking clockwork timer.

 

[vivalalavatrice]

Really a to-die-for machine!!!!

I feel mysefl in tears when I find a such beatyful machine!
Indeed, it remeber me all those old washer I saw in my past...

Well, you have to know that when I was I child I used to "ask for the toilet" (here toilet is togheter with bathroom, where usually wahser take place)many times more than usual!!! So my parents was worried about me! They thought it was a problem of incontinence LOL!

BUT in truth, I needed toilet less thatn the half of the times I asked for it, it was instead to looking for washers and watch at them!
This happend generally and very often when they brought me to visit someone (friends' home, relatives' home, ecc).

When my mom, very worried asked me if I had any problem behaving like that, I easly answerd her that I did so ONLY to watch at washers... You can't imagine how they burst out laughing... At the end it was olny "toy" for me...

Now I can't do so more...but you can't believe how I would like to do it again...

 

[foraloysius]

What a beautiful washer. I really love that shiny door! The sounds are nice too, sort of like older Mieles, especially the ticking timer and the start of the spin.

Lawrence, the older keyplates don't work in this Keymatic, the older keyplates were thicker.

BTW Mike, the video of the Servis Superheat is great too. It looks like it has a very wide drum.

 

[l86810]

wit woooo

Luv for the hoover

Thanks Mike... great video!!

Whats the spin speed on it?

 

[brisnat81]

Definitely Louis

That starting into spin, sounds exactly like my old Miele, on mine its 1100RPM, but its a much lower sound than the new one which is high pitched.