One of the members of the German Club visited the Miele Museum in Gütersloh and took some great pictures.
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bobofhollywood
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COOL photos.
Thank you for sharing those with us on this side of the world.
Thank you for sharing those with us on this side of the world.
I remember these,
I had the dryer and the dishwasher from this long-running set. The washer, dryer and dishwasher all used the same touch-panel, indicator and that 7-segment LED display. The dishwasher didn't have the knob - instead there was an extra light for the salt level.
The machines were astonishing. The frame was one piece, porcelain enamel inside and out...the machinery "dropped" into it.
The electronics were astonishingly reliable...to a large extent because Miele was careful to separate high load bearing circuits from the power supply for the electronics with good filters.
The door on the left had the function (on mine, a condensor) of sucking in "scent" to make your laundry smell good.
Silly, never used it, never even saw one in use.
The heating elements were open nichrome and not of the same quality as the AEGs of that time; they tended to build up lint and either short or trip a safety thermostat. But before it tripped, they had melted a nylon bushing in the one-piece drum bearing. Or maybe the lint would build up on the blower and it would go off-center, taking the motor bearings for everything else with it.
Changing belts was easy - you lay the belt around the drum, then made a "loop" by pulling it taut and putting a strip on either side of the bight. By carefully rotating the drum, you then had this loop at the bottom where you could run it over the tensioning roller and the motor shaft. Poly-v, of course...
Solid, reliable, well-thought out, easy to service, the problems I listed above were from my notes from 1989-1993. In that time we had less than 0,1% of the Miele Trockner back in the shop for service.
They were especially popular with saunas (not our type, sheesh) and massage parlors and beauty salons. Capable of running three-phase (the real thing), they could dry like no-body's business...and the condensor versions needed neither venting nor extra space...so could be built in to cupboards.
Wonderful machines. Would buy one - even though they are going on 20-27 today in the blink of an eye.
I had the dryer and the dishwasher from this long-running set. The washer, dryer and dishwasher all used the same touch-panel, indicator and that 7-segment LED display. The dishwasher didn't have the knob - instead there was an extra light for the salt level.
The machines were astonishing. The frame was one piece, porcelain enamel inside and out...the machinery "dropped" into it.
The electronics were astonishingly reliable...to a large extent because Miele was careful to separate high load bearing circuits from the power supply for the electronics with good filters.
The door on the left had the function (on mine, a condensor) of sucking in "scent" to make your laundry smell good.
Silly, never used it, never even saw one in use.
The heating elements were open nichrome and not of the same quality as the AEGs of that time; they tended to build up lint and either short or trip a safety thermostat. But before it tripped, they had melted a nylon bushing in the one-piece drum bearing. Or maybe the lint would build up on the blower and it would go off-center, taking the motor bearings for everything else with it.
Changing belts was easy - you lay the belt around the drum, then made a "loop" by pulling it taut and putting a strip on either side of the bight. By carefully rotating the drum, you then had this loop at the bottom where you could run it over the tensioning roller and the motor shaft. Poly-v, of course...
Solid, reliable, well-thought out, easy to service, the problems I listed above were from my notes from 1989-1993. In that time we had less than 0,1% of the Miele Trockner back in the shop for service.
They were especially popular with saunas (not our type, sheesh) and massage parlors and beauty salons. Capable of running three-phase (the real thing), they could dry like no-body's business...and the condensor versions needed neither venting nor extra space...so could be built in to cupboards.
Wonderful machines. Would buy one - even though they are going on 20-27 today in the blink of an eye.
westytoploader
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Thanks Louis for sharing; I would just love to see that museum in person someday. Those vintage Miele washers were definitely beautiful machines, especially the early ones! I also thought a couple of them bore quite a strong resemblance to the Bendix machines.
And bikes, motorcycles, and even a car in addition to the appliances...who would have thought?
And bikes, motorcycles, and even a car in addition to the appliances...who would have thought?
vivalalavatrice
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GREAT!!!!
Washers was...are and will always be MY LOVE!
Thank you so much Louis for sharing those really cool photos...
They remeber me incredibly all those washers I saw in my life... with such a lot of different models.... better (sorry for US people) than all those american washers... at end these are the washers I grew up with... apart of the wooden ones of course! LOL...
GOOD BYE
Diomede
Washers was...are and will always be MY LOVE!
Thank you so much Louis for sharing those really cool photos...
They remeber me incredibly all those washers I saw in my life... with such a lot of different models.... better (sorry for US people) than all those american washers... at end these are the washers I grew up with... apart of the wooden ones of course! LOL...
GOOD BYE
Diomede
mielerod69
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I was there too
Hi everyone,
I went to Germany in 2004 as a Miele dealer, now I work for them! I was always impressed the way Miele did things and this just reinforced it.
Rod
http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ro....pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rodders1169/my_photos
Hi everyone,
I went to Germany in 2004 as a Miele dealer, now I work for them! I was always impressed the way Miele did things and this just reinforced it.
Rod
http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ro....pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/rodders1169/my_photos
Louis,
I was so excited, I forgot to say "thank you" for sharing. You are a real dear.
Keven
I was so excited, I forgot to say "thank you" for sharing. You are a real dear.
Keven
You're welcome! I just posted the link to pictures of somebody else.
Rod, thank you for posting your link too.
Rod, thank you for posting your link too.
mayken4now
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Very awesome pictures you have there from the tour! Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Steve
Steve
Thank you both for the links & all of the photos. Rod, I am very glad you took pictures of the insides of some of the dishwashers. Very very fine lloking machines, each & every one of them.
vivalalavatrice
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where?
Where's exactly that museum... how do you have to do to visit it? Why don't I plane to visit to it in the next future?YES Rally why not...?
THANKS ALL!
Diomede
Where's exactly that museum... how do you have to do to visit it? Why don't I plane to visit to it in the next future?YES Rally why not...?
THANKS ALL!
Diomede
irishwashguy
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That would be a great wash in in the DE
Than you for sharing all of those pics!! I would be so courious to look inside some of those machines to see how closely they reseble what I have in my home as a daily driver.Miele is great.
Than you for sharing all of those pics!! I would be so courious to look inside some of those machines to see how closely they reseble what I have in my home as a daily driver.Miele is great.
Those are great picture Louis, thanks for posting! I would love to see it sometime, where exactly is Gütersloh?
Gütersloh is close to Bielefeld in Germany. The museum is only opened on Wednesday afternoon from 14.00 - 16.00. If you come with a group you can make an appointment. I think I read somewhere that the museum is going to be closed for a while for a renovation I think. Can't find the information back though.
