How nice of you to ask.
No luv, nothing new to report. Washer still is sat shoved into cubby and remains unused.
Have contacted several "marine" buffs (those who own boats) and was told my situation isn't uncommon, but solutions are expensive. Just as what everyone else here and elsewhere has stated right down the line.
Absent reprogramming the EPROM (which doesn't seem likely as no one has spoken up, nor does it seem as if any ever will), next solution is to purchase or rig up some sort of frequency converter.
There are all sorts out there designed to do just what one is wanting, and many will also step up or down current in process. Problem is units capable of providing 10 or more amps of power at 230v for 2kW are dear, *very* dear.
How dear you say? Well put it this way, could purchase a new TOL Miele W1 washing machine with all bells and whistles (including Twin Dos and WiFi) for about same or less money.
My boating friends who run washing machines off various devices including inverters say the key is to find a machine where temperature is separate from cycles, then just do not use heating elements. That takes a major load off electrical requirements leaving only the surge created by motor when it begins to spin. That is more easily managed with various *other* power sources.
Sadly that is not an option with this AEG Lavamat and can't get a straight answer out of AEG Canada or France just what machine will do if say 40c/Cottons is selected but incoming water is at or well above that temp. Know what my other Lavamat does (shortens cycle by ten minutes), but that unit is of old and built in Germany. Not sure what Electrolux has done since with these newer models in terms of programming. Machine may work fine as noted above, or throw a code and shut down because it assumes something is wrong with heating element.
Once some other things are out of way may consider simply ponying up the vast sum for a proper frequency converter, but not now.
In any event won't go route of BellaLaundry and take the machine to tip. It will run perfectly on generator power (if the thing is ramped down to 3000 from 36000). Indeed some boating friends have done this when using "shore power".
In theory then someone with a backyard and or other access to outdoors and thus could run a petrol fired generator could use this washer to their hearts content. So would try to find a nice home for unit instead. It is very lightly used and considering the large expat community in NY/NJ/Conn area someone might want.
Again someone out there nabbed that older AEG toplader from Detroit, so obviously knew what it was, and made their move.
