Hotpoint Washer Dryers History???

[hotpointjames]

Hi, Hotpoint have made great Seperates but their Washer Dryers were great too. I'm especially fond of them because my aunt owned a WD22 from 1995. I miss it so much since it died of electrical problems due to being used as a normal washer for a quarter of it's life after she moved. It would have been used as Washer Dryer after she moved too but the Dryer part of it burned out and therefore was isolated by my local engineer. I loved it so much and probably all possible hopes of finding one are banished. It was Almond. I've only saw inside it once but i don't have great memories of it. Can all British/Irish Hotpoint fans try to help me on reminicing the History Of Hotpoint Washer Dryers? Pics would be nice eg. inside and pics of models or info on them etc. Thanks alot and i'll be back tomorrow to check up. James

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

There's still a Handfull of these around - in 2013, WD31 seems to be appearing on Ebay quite a few times these days.

 

[fido]

Washer dryers are always a compromise and are never as good at drying as a stand alone dryer. The 9900 series and early WD models had quite a small drum to allow room for the condenser. They also had quite a lot of stuff packed into the internal space so things sometimes got broken during violent spinning. There was a small pcb for some of the switches which regularly got clobbered by the front of the dryer heater housing, especially if one of the top springs broke. For a collector, a metal tub 9900 series would be worth preserving though, especially if placed between a Liberator a plastic tub 9500 or 95000 series.

 

[supermaticjames]

Funny!

This was probably my first post here! Ironic enough look what I have 4 years on!