@Louis: "It will be much easier to get parts for this machine than for the machine you had an eye on before."
That's us both fooled; spent time pouring over AEG spares website and a fair number of parts for this series of machine are NLA. Motor, PCB, intake solenoid, and a few other bits are no longer available from Electrolux. Some can still be found elsewhere however.
@rolls_rapide:
Yes, these modern electronically controlled machines are wonderful in some aspects, but a pain in others.
Did a full load of thick bath towels and wash cloths last night in the AEG OKO-Lavamat. Rated load was 100%, and machine coped rather well. While the older Miele would have banged, clanged, and hardly spun between washes because of rush of water at extraction; the Lavamat can control drum movements, speed, and so forth to get the job done.
Have found out this machine is part of a series that has many different models, some even run on 50hz or 60hz depending upon how programmed.
Am *guessing* such machines are the AEG Lavamat (front loaders only)washers sold in North America and the few other places that use 60hz power.
Equally am assuming that the model series applies to both top and front loading H-axis washers. That is the PCB/control board doesn't know or care which type of machine, though maybe there might be some small differences to account for difference in drums.
What one is getting at is have been pouring over Electrolux service manuals to see if my "FrankenLavamat" idea would work. That is simply swapping out the PCB that is restricted to 50hz, to one that will work on either that frequency or 60hz.
Of course various issues at once arise. The motor on this machine (one assumes) is three phase inverter controlled, speed comes from the frequency. Other Lavamats use AC motors of various sorts. Don't know if simply swapping out a PCB would bother the motor, or are there specific connections and or programming necessary.
The other niggle is that PCB/control board seem to arrive in need of programming after installation. Naturally an AEG repairman could do this; but one would not have access to proper codes.
Still it is an idea am toying around with as PCB boards are far less dear than going with converters an whatever else.
Sadly neither Electrolux/AEG UK or France will give one the time of day. Obviously cannot book on a service call out. And if told machine is out of the country; am directed to contact proper AEG office where one resides.
Am thinking may have to offer that nice young man who makes all those YouTube videos a holiday in New York in exchange....... *LOL*
Still one does have a rather low use AEG Lavamat toploader for very little out of pocket; that is something anyway. Will just have to bide one's time until a solution can be found (cheaply).
