Miele Washer & Dryer

[toggleswitch]

Great find, i'm SO happy for you.

FABULOUS~

There is enough reading here for two weeks. LOL

ONE really silly question. What do the black label-maker tapes/strips on each machine say?

I MAY be convinced (eventually) to learn to like Euro machines, but those control panels are SO different than the simplicity of ours!

 

[brisnat81]

The prewash on this machine is user selectable. If you dont want it, you just start the wash, past the prewash increments.

The Timer is amazing, its entirely flexible and it has logic even though its only mechanical (IE if it doesnt get up to spin speed, its stops the spin and increments into the next rinse. But it will try twice before it gives up) If it fails however, I'm looking at about a $350AUD replacement.

The labels on the Dryer, say "Clean filter after each use" and "Set time to 20 minutes, if clothes are still wet, set timer for another 20 minutes" On the washer it says, "Only Use Omomatic" under that it was labeled to show what detergent goes where. IE

Prewash - Fabric Softener - Main Wash

The control panel isnt complcated. Not really, all the labels etc just make it look that way. Its a bit like the colour coding on the whirlpool TL machines, you're supposed to match up the numbers.

You choose a cycle type, select the load size, wash temp, and then turn the dial to start. Then off it goes.

We have a new video camera at work. Once the novelty wears off, I'll see if I can borrow it for some action shots.

 

[nokia2010]

But why did the "Miele" switched from the classic handle to that button for door opening?

 

[foraloysius]

Doorhandle vs electronic dooropener

I assume you mean this difference? The 421 had a door handle and the 421S, the later model, had a door opener with a button on the control panel. This change was done I presume for convenience. European machines got all kind of safety features to insure the safety of children that would try to get the machine open. This was easier to realise with a door button and electronic opener than with a door handle with an extra safetylock on it.

 

[nokia2010]

Yes, I mean that difference. Later models had the door opening button on the front, so a kid could acces it if he/she wanted.
From my pont of view, I preffer the handle. Could open it if the electricity failed.
I see that the W423 had a pump function. When you selected pump, it took away all the water or you could let just part of the water go by switching off pump after you did considered the machine pumped enough water.

 

[foraloysius]

Yes, a kid could press that button, but when there was enough water in the machine, the door wouldn't open. It's a protection for little children. In the past there were several cases of little children getting scalded by hot water when they opened the door, so safety regulations were introduced.

The W423 had an extra hidden safety latch behind the front (behind the pump door, a bit on the side). So if the electricity got cut off, you could still open the door.

 

[nokia2010]

I know that hatch. But it was also avaible on other older models?
Maybe I'm wrong, but there where still some machines that let you openede the door even if it was water inside.
Thank you for posting the panel of the 'W433'. Since the functions are written in English on your machine, I can underesteand what they do. Seems like a pretty versatile machine.

 

[foraloysius]

No, the machines with a mechanical door opener (handle) didn't have the extra latch behind the pump door because they didn't need electricity to open the door. The older ones didn't have the same safety system. In the 1970's more and more machines got safety systems that prevented from opening the door when the machine was working. They didn't have the modern technology that lets you open the door of a washing machine on lower temperatures. Besides that, water levels were generally higher, so water would stream out the door when you opened it. My mother's 1965 Bosch frontloader could be opened during the programme, even when it was spinning. It would just stop what it was doing. If you did a boil wash, you could easily get hot water over you. The 1975 Miele W423 she got then, couldn't be opened when it was working.

 

[nokia2010]

When I mentioned the latch I was talking about the ones made after they've QUYTED THE DOOR HANDLE
So 421S had a latch?

 

[foraloysius]

Actually I don't know about the 421S. The mother of a school friend had one, but I never got the opportunity to look at that.

 

[nokia2010]

I will ask about the "421S" latch on YouTube.