Yesterday I picked up my £35/$55 Bendix "Tumble Dry" 7414 Compact Drier!
I think it was made in 1979, as the last number of the Serial No is 9, but I am open to corrections!
Let me tell you, the whole machine is in new condition. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest - NEW CONDITION!
I don't think it had even been used more than a handful of times by the last owner. Probably just bought on sale and kept in the laundry room unused.
Even my 2011 Beko WM5100W washer already has a couple of marks after 1 year of use, but after around 30 years of use the Bendix doesn't have a single sign of wear... Amazing.
When I got it home I plugged it in and turned the time control knob, but nothing happened. Words can't express my disappointment, BUT, I then opened up the plug. Aha, thar be the problem, a 3 AMP fuse!
I put a 13 AMP fuse in, plugged it back in, and twisted the knob yet again, to hear the motor fire into life and run VERY, VERY QUIET!
So I shut it off, gave the whole thing a wipe down, put a few drops of oil into the bearing on the rear, and dried a load of clothes for 90 minutes.
They came out bone dry and without a crease on them! No need to iron
This is a vented drier, and in the manual (it has the original manual!) it says you should buy a vent kit for it, which would include either a permanent or temporary hose, but I didn't have a hose included with the sale, so I just used it as it was, and the room didn't get steamy at all after 90 minutes. So I'm not going to bother with buying a hose, it isn't needed. All it did was make my kitchen nice and toasty, which I'm all for!
Anyway, I'm rambling on, so I'll post the pictures.
I think it was made in 1979, as the last number of the Serial No is 9, but I am open to corrections!
Let me tell you, the whole machine is in new condition. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest - NEW CONDITION!
I don't think it had even been used more than a handful of times by the last owner. Probably just bought on sale and kept in the laundry room unused.
Even my 2011 Beko WM5100W washer already has a couple of marks after 1 year of use, but after around 30 years of use the Bendix doesn't have a single sign of wear... Amazing.
When I got it home I plugged it in and turned the time control knob, but nothing happened. Words can't express my disappointment, BUT, I then opened up the plug. Aha, thar be the problem, a 3 AMP fuse!
I put a 13 AMP fuse in, plugged it back in, and twisted the knob yet again, to hear the motor fire into life and run VERY, VERY QUIET!
So I shut it off, gave the whole thing a wipe down, put a few drops of oil into the bearing on the rear, and dried a load of clothes for 90 minutes.
They came out bone dry and without a crease on them! No need to iron
This is a vented drier, and in the manual (it has the original manual!) it says you should buy a vent kit for it, which would include either a permanent or temporary hose, but I didn't have a hose included with the sale, so I just used it as it was, and the room didn't get steamy at all after 90 minutes. So I'm not going to bother with buying a hose, it isn't needed. All it did was make my kitchen nice and toasty, which I'm all for!
Anyway, I'm rambling on, so I'll post the pictures.
