INDESIT 610W

[newwave1]

Dan!
You lucky swine to have owned one of those! My best friend had one of these when we were nippers!

Darren

 

[newwave1]

Dan,
I forgot to reply to your comment about the WIL163 i used!

Yes with extra rinse you get a total of 3 of those whopping rinses! Standardly on cottons you get 2 high levels which are similar to our hotpoints, which you can make it do 3 of too! It was really fun to use for two weeks!

Darren

 

[washboy2005]

R u not on MSN darren? I cant see you online, I aint talked to you for ages it seems!

Yeah, ill dig out the pic of me infront of our brown indesit soon and ill scan it and put it up :-D

 

[matchboxpaul]

Thanks Rob for posting the info manual on the L7LGB - was it coloured anything like the machine below at all?

Great to see piccies of those mid 80s chrome door machines. They didn't half look smart!

Right upto date I had a WIL103 (I think) at my previous house. No real problem with it - it was just a bit noisy thats all. gave it charecter though.

paul

 

[newwave1]

Paul,
What did you think to your WIL103 experience!?

Darren

 

[newwave1]

And how could we forgot the latest contribution...The moon lol.

 

[kirri]

80,s Indesit

I well remember my 1st Indesit.It was a 2093 model with chrome door and black facia. Bought in november '82 for £139.00 from Rumbelows in Brixton! A 400rpm spin and no drain pumping, just going from wash to spin with 5 rinses where the water reached the bottom of the glass.
I remember ringing Indesit in clapham junction and verifing that it didn't drain and spin as my neighbour had that old L5 model which so impressed me with it's quietness (i had a Hoover keymatic deluxe) that i wanted one similar and wasn't dissapointed.It was as quiet as my Miele is today!!

 

[fjs674c]

indesit L6SI

indesit L6SI (1966-1970)
I'm looking for some photos of INDESIT "L5" series with contol pannel on the top.
Can you help me?

 

[matchboxpaul]

Re the WIL103

Hi Darren.

not much to say in all honesty.
we had a Zanussi jetsystem before it and it was noticible how much bigger the drum of the WIL103 was.

results wise - we never had a problem with the way it performed at all.

operationally - the only problem i had with it was that it was significantly more noisy than the zanussi was. we lived in a terrace and there wasn't a dividing door between kitchen and living room area. when it was spinning the volume on the tv had to be put right up in order to hear over it.

other than that there were no problems with it.

paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Nicola.

many thanks for posting that picture of the indesit L6.

is that an old photograph or is that machine still with us today?

i nearly leapt out of my skin when i first saw it as it instantly brought back memories of the machine my dad repaired for my aunt.

it too was an L6 but a UK version of it - not sure of the model number (can anyone help with the model number?).
it was probably a late 1970s machine and was pensioned off by a family friend. rather than being scrapped it was stored in their garage, until my dad acquired it for repair. This was probably my first repair job helping my dad and i was about 4 at the time.

Really pleased to be able to show this machine as its one i am very fond of.

paul

 

[fjs674c]

"is that an old photograph or is that machine still with us today?"
That machine doesn't use today.It has been found in the refusals but it's broken
It isn't an old photo. That photo has been gone off last week.
Your photo should be another version of L6SI, but I'm not sure.
I'm waiting other photos! THIS THREAD OF INDESIT IS WONDERFUL!

 

[mrboilwash]

I`ve had the same looking Indesit as the one in the picture where the pump lid is taped.
But mine had three control lights between temperature control and the pushbuttons.
It was a love-hate relationship ;-) I remember the door seal always felt sticky.

 

[foraloysius]

I second your emotion Nicola, I would love to see some pictures of the L5 series too. That was the first Indesit series that I have memories of. The brother of my grandfather had one and it lasted and lasted. It got a few repairs, but he was able to do that himself.

 

[matchboxpaul]

the only images of the Indesit L5 series machines are two poor quality scans - see below.

as far as i know, the L5 series was basically an extended life version of the 'Europa' a fairly decent image of which i posted earlier.

I am not very au fait with Indesits line up, so if the above statement is wrong - please do let me know.

The scans are from 1970s 'Which' consumer magazines circa 1973 through 1976.

hope they help
paul

 

[2drumsallergy]

Dramatic Spin Drain

Hi Paul,
The Indesit in your picture actually performed a spin drain, the drain pump was mounted on the rear of the main (Induction) Motor and driven directly. They were very dramatic to watch as they had quite high water levels and went from tumble directly into spin full of water. They were brilliant at rinsing with a spin after the wash followed by 5 deep rinses, I think the spin was around the 550RPM mark.

I recall they were sometimes sold under the Sovereign name.

David

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi David.

yep i have heard about the spin drain being rather energetic!

as far as i can remember, the machine was never plumbed in at my parents house - would have meant my dad unplumbing their 3236H and i dont remember this happening.

as a result i have never seen an indesit in its full spin drain glory.

the thought of it is quite frigtening to be quite honest. the thought of a drum load of washing PLUS all its water being suddenly spun about.

i can imagine the results - shame a spin drain indesit cant be seen in full fury today. be really interesting.

Cheers for the info
paul

 

[dubstar85]

Paul

Maybe this can help? Its a spin drain and the guy mentions an Indesit license. The machine is a Hadju Bio Superautomat.

http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=Pityu83

 

[2drumsallergy]

Dramatic Spin Drain

Hi Paul,
Check out dubstar85's link (Thanks dubstar85) that seems to be a clone of the Indesit and shows the spin drain in all its glory.
It's years since I have seen or worked on one, they were very simple and reliable machines. People usually upgraded them with faster spinning washers, they were seldom discarded due to mechanical failure.

David

 

[matchboxpaul]

Cheers David and David

have never seen that before - a lot more stable than i expected. really very pleasantly surprised - or was that just a very balanced load or well behaved machine?
I ask because i expected it to be a lot more unbalanced.

the last one of the Indesit L5's that I saw was owned by a cousin and his girlfiend, way back in the late 80's.

there was also another in the family, belonging to a distant aunt and uncle. this machine lived in a specially modified kitchen unit with doors across the front, so generally you couldn't see it.
the edge of the work surface was hinged so it could be lifted up in order to access the drawer chute and programme dial etc.

once again, cheers for highlighting the existence of these vids. even though it's a clone, it is great to see an L5 again after all these years.

paul

 

[robm]

L7 and L6SI

Hi Paul and everyone

God these pics take me back!

Paul the L7 pic does look quite like my nan's although it didn't have any buttons. Unfortunately, it packed up but how I don't know.

The L6SI takes me back to when I was invited to a distant relatives one summer when I was about 13 and she had that machine in her new house. I got to play with it a bit but the rubber seal was rotten (she had never used it). I moved it for her into the yard and boy was it heavy!

She told me she had been given a second hand machine which was in her garage. What a joy for me to find a square door Hoover 800 (don't know the number) from about 1979 (this was about 1988 btw). I of course plumbed it in for her. What a great day for me!

L series re balance. The machine in the vid spins well but don't be fooled it was a matter of luck how balanced they were and they could quite literally take a walk. Hardly any distribution was the problem. I believe the early ones span at around 420rpm and later models at about 550rpm. The short spin was useless and often used to leave a puddle in the bottom of the drum.

Though not strictly Indesit (Colston Ariston) this machine has a similar look about it! I wonder if they used Indesit parts??

Rob