How much?

[brummybear]

Video and dimenshions

The depth of the tub is 36cm and the width of the drum is 34cm. Because its such a hog with the water especially heating it I cheat a little. I turn it to program 1 and that it fill with hot tap water witch is gas and considerably cheaper than electric. Then I turn to program 5 witch is 40c and I dont have to heat the water.

I would love a new control panel for it but they rarely turn up.

I have included a littel vid of my phone for the fun of it.

 

[xanx22]

Hotpoint Toploader

Many years ago I had one of those Hotpoint top loaders purchased second hand when I was a student. It was a deluxe model with variable thermostat which was faulty so would not shut off the heater so we used it manually selecting a temp and once water was hot enough turned it to cold and then the wash cycle would continue.
Anyhow on my model it had an Economy setting which meant it filled with the hot water but the heater stayed switched off. Being about 20yrs ago I don't know if there was a thermostatic mixing valve which would control the hot / cold water mix dependant on the cycle or not. Anyhow the point being is that the economy setting maybe better than playing with the cycles.
Euan

 

[brummybear]

Not there

Unfortunately this model did not have the eco button!

I don't have the funds for a new one and I may sell the LG as sparers and repair.

The hart Foundation charity shop has a nice bosh max for £140 I may get that.

 

[paulinroyton]

Ebay

Hi Eean.

There is a hotpoint top loader on ebay at moment, think in Warrickshire area. I still have my 1509, but may have to sell a few of my collection.

Paul

 

[sesteve]

Console

Hi Eean

I would sort out the toploader if I were you. They are such good machines and so fast at a wash. There is a new console available for your TL on this link http://www.buyspares.co.uk/console-panel-96702/product.pl?pid=680961.

I've been sorting out my two 9605's over the last few weekends - will do a thread on it soon - and have both of them working now. They are so easy to work on if you can get the parts but they are heavy on the water and power. I've got solar hot water panels which helps and my machines have the economy switch that turns off the heater. Your model washes at approx 10 deg C less than the programme selected unless you push the super wash button so it does try to save energy.

Here's a pic of mine from the weekend

S

 

[brummybear]

Loverly

Thos are lovely machines, and thank you for the link.

I Have been after a Hot point twin-tub but they end up well out side what I can afford, sometimes going for moor than they were new.

 

[sesteve]

The prices some of the stuff goes for is crazy but then there are others that seem to slip through the net. There was one hotpoint twin tub on eBay recently that went for £280!! While there was another that went for £6. If you can travel to get one then you could pick up a bargain.

I bought a Hoovermatic twin tub from a guy that was also selling two Hotpoint twin tubs. He keeps trying to sell them now in Middlesex. Can pass on his details if you are interested.

 

[superelectronic]

Thank you!

Brummybear - many thanks for being so obliging and for posting a video clip! But 34cm wide? Really? That's tiny! Is that just the top opening? I would have thought the bowl's diameter would have been at least 40cm and hopefully more. The whole point of this is that I'm really trying to work out the volume of the bowl on a quest to compare it against a front loader and whether really it could actually wash its stated capacity load. Part of that stems from my memories of my Aunt's 9600 which was stuffed full to the point that clothes barely moved a centimetre in either direction during the wash...but was this maybe how it was supposed to work? I have to say I much prefer the thorough movement your wash load was getting! Oh, and Bosch Maxx - not far off being the modern equivalent of a Hotpoint front loader of the 80s and 90s in my opinion, or at least in a similar vein. It won't do anything exciting but the fact they're heavily represented in the reconditioned machines shops probably says something for their overall potential.

 

Xanx22 - you must have had a later 15-series machine with controls more akin to a twintub: select the heat and wash time using the two knobs either side of the timeline. I've read the manuals and these did not have thermostatic mixers: what you got was hot and cold fill on all settings except cold. Pressing the economy button gave you hot fill only, suitable for programmes 1, 2 and 3 (and maybe 4 if you were careful to flip the switch mid-way through filling).

 

Steve - roll on your big reveal is all I can say! I'm green with envy, just as with everyone else who's acquired a HPTL over the years I've been on here; the hope of having my own hasn't died quite yet... 

 

Alex