Hi Kyle
I was given the motor for one of those machines even thought they were never sold here in Aus.
A few years ago my partner and I wanted a rainwater tank built for the house we were/are building. We contacted a couple who came out and made on site a couple of concrete water tanks. They are English migrants who had lived here a few years, they brought out all their appliances and their parents did the same. They saw my collection of washing machines and parts in the garage and told me about their beloved Zanussi which had conked out. No local repairer would touch it. I looked at it, the electronic motor controller had died. It was a brush motor model but looked just like your photo, it was 1000 rpm spin. I chased up electronic chip suppliers and found that the motor controller chip was available in UK from an electronics supplier. (This was older technology, a generic motor control chip, these days the chips would be unique to the model and not available separately.) I ordered a couple of the chips and fitted one when they arrived. I still have the spare. The washer worked perfectly when I repaced the chip and a couple of other electronic components. I was very impressed as it worked perfectly on our solar power system, which at that time had a very unsophisticated square wave inverter, and this was the only front loader which has ever worked properly on it. (Now I have a sine wave inverter which is much better.) the Zanussi also used very little power.
The owners were very happy to have their Zanussi working, they said their parents had just wrecked their Zanussi which was the induction motor model, they didn't realize the parts wouldn't be compatible. They gave me the motor in case it ever came in handy. So far it hasn't but I still have it.
Murphy's Law - if I hang on to it, I will never see another Zanussi again. If I throw it away, within a week I will stumble across a Zanussi that needs it....
Best Wishes.
Chris.
