Introducing the HOTPOINT 95620 Electronic De Luxe L.E

[matchboxpaul]

barring the side strips - she is now complete!

looks pretty good if i dont say so myself...

 

[matchboxpaul]

here is rob setting the programme for the first load...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Mains light and rinse hold lights both glowing nicely...

 

[matchboxpaul]

with the instruction manual...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Job in Cardiff done and nearly time to unplumb and set off for Crewe...

 

[matchboxpaul]

and finally for tonight...

fully fitten facia, with a bit of a load, distribute and short spin...

enjoy.
final update on sunday evening.

cheers
paul

 

[chestermikeuk]

Oohhh!!..Programme 5

Nowthen, just remember that feeling when after all the hard work you finally get to "Simply Switch On" for the first time ....wasnt is sooo worth it....its looking great boys....i`ve forgotten how those timer dials sound as you ratchet the program....great stuff..and then the Whoooooshh of that spin!!!

Enjoy, Mike

 

[aquarius1984]

First Wash Back Home

When we got back to Crewe from Cardiff we couldnt wait to get it going with a mountain of washing accrued over our weeks holiday.,

First wash was the whites.

No.1 White Cottons @ 70deg.

Being a Low Energy Machine it washes approx 10 degrees lower than the cycle number indicates unless you press superwash which sees that it washes at the full temperature for each cycle.

So ~I selected number 1 and pressed superwash to get a high temp 85deg wash for whites.
being white cottons I selected full spin speed of 1000rpm.

Here it is not far into the wash.

 

[aquarius1984]

Heated up and about to start the longer periods of fast tumbleing.

These machines gave much regular, longer and faster tumbles than the Hoover contempories - IMHO its quite evident this made way for a better clean and it certainly shows compared to results from the Hoover Electron.

 

[aquarius1984]

Rinsing away

 

[aquarius1984]

The rinsing performance of this machine is also IMHO better than the Hoovers of the era despite Hoover using way much unneccessary water.

THis is evident due to the fact that Hotpoint rinse cycles had a spin after each rinse whereas Hoover only had one inbetween the 2nd rinse and the 3rd of 4.

Here is the complete cycle. its amazing how much you could get into a 9lb load which seems so small these days with 18lb load machines on the market ean readily available.

Pic 1 nearly full

 

[aquarius1984]

with some of the load removed there is still a fair way to go.

 

[aquarius1984]

Next Wash

THe race to get stuff washed and dried...

Load of acrylic sweats and jumpers.

 

[aquarius1984]

Detergebt in the dispenser.

Lidl Formil which comes in a bottle similar to the 80s/90s Persil bottles before it went to a concentrated Micro liquid.

 

[aquarius1984]

Wash set!

Slower spin speed now. 600rpm

 

[aquarius1984]

Time for a cup of coffee ....

 

[aquarius1984]

Washing away

 

[dubstar85]

Such a beautiful machine! Listening to the machine going into the short spin sounded exactly like my old washer drier. I just have a question though. Does the machine tumble in between spins? My old washer drier would spin loosen a few times during every spin cycle. I would love to know if Hotpoint used the same sequence in washing machines.

David

 

[aquarius1984]

Found one of my fave pics of it awaiting in our storeage unit proir to its trip to Cardiff.

 

[aquarius1984]

the 2 washers circa 1985. Nice to think these were displayed not far from each other 23 years ago in a nice showroom.