Parnall SpinWasher De-Luxe 1966

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Mike what a great thread and all the extra info, graphics and pictures.  I enjoyed the instructions on how to adjust the flow of rinse water.  Must of seemed a little intimidating to first time users.  Thank You!   Arthur
 
Hi Mike & the Parnall-etts,
Looks like you all had a good time fiddling with the Spinwasher !! I have always thought they were great machines and offered the housewife total control over the wash with energy saving opportunities.
The machine looks in great nick, luv the 3-way diverter valve, much better design than the Hoover diverter valve.
Happy Spin-washing !!
Keith

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Parnall Spinwwasher De-Luxe EWH601H

Hi Leon, its cleaner now with all those hands on it ha ha, must admit if ever I see a vitreous outer tub " Its gotta be shined" ,
can you see the similar outer tub was talking about on the Thor?

Morning Keith, yes its a labour of love with these isnt it, glad all the mechanics where fine, just need brake shoes adjusting, and thanks for showing the pic of your agi cover, we where trying to work out what type it was, a Beemer badge fitted perfectly so getting one pressed with a P on it!!

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What a fun day you all had - restorations go more quickly and tons more fun with lots of hands in the mix.

That's a really cool washer, how fast does it spin?  You're right about the diverter valve, it looks very reliable compared to what Hoover used, especially in the early models.

 

Looks like your peanut butter test passed with high marks.  That's such a cool dishwasher. 
 
Hi Mike,

Yes they are a labour of love..lol - i need to get the brake shoes adjusting on mine when i find time, they apply to hard.

Regards the agi cover, there is a blue centre cover which covers the agi nut and then the large disc is the retaining ring.

Cheers Keith
 
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I am with Louis on this one - I have an irrational love of this machine (and the earlier models with controls on the front which have also been rescued by Darren) and have had since I first saw Keith's around 10 years ago and am so pleased to see it well on its way to full functionality again.

Its a shame that these machines were not more popular back in the day as they were about the same price as a better twin tub (like a Hoovermatic or Supertwin) and would have been a great deal less work to use. But Parnall always seemed to be a smaller scale manufacturer so probably did not have the manufacturing capacity - there was also a fully automatic version of this machine, although it was considerably more expensive - about on a par with the Hotpoint and Servis top loaders.

I believe Parnall to have been the only machine manufactured in the UK to have a suds saving capability, although they approached it rather differently to North America in that the hot suds were retained in the machine and the washes completed consecutively before moving on to rinsing and final spin. I imagine that most users would have rinsed the first load (at least the first rinse) in the sink while the second load was washing just to save time.

Louis, if Mike does not have a close up of the heater and timer controls I can do one for you at the weekend.

It is such a pleasure to welcome friends back for another weekend (although this was a "working" weekend rather than just a "knees-up" like we had back at Halloween) sharing knowledge, stories and generally enjoying each others company which is what it is all about. The only shame is that somehow the clock accelerates and what seemed like a nice long weekend is past in the blink of an eye.

And also so much fun having the Electrolux dishwasher back again, it got several runs over the weekend.

And don't I look ancient - OK, maybe I am - in that picture with Richard (with a smile like that he should be selling toothpaste not dishwashers!) - next time I think I will have to instigate a policy of prior veto before pictures get posted - "Oh that God the gift would gie us ....."

Al
 
Sorry Mike,  I deleted my above post when I realized your were still at work on your interesting thread about the Parnall.  Looks like you had a helpful group with you.  The instructions on how to overflow rinse must of caused a bit of concern, until one got the hang of balancing the incoming water with the pump out rate.  Would this machine of been more about conserving energy for water heating than conserving water? 

Thank You, for sharing the info and pictures.

Arthur
 
Parnall Spinwwasher De-Luxe EWH601H

Hi Louis, glad you like it, I first saw one of these when was 9 yrs old, I was at my aunts new house and as back then newlyweds had everyone elses donations until you could afford new. My Aunt had an old wringer washer and had wrung all my cousins nappies when new neighbour came in and commented on wet nappies " Bring them over and will run them through the Spin Dryer for you to aid drying, So me and my Aunt carried a pile each of said nappies accross the road, when we walked into her kitchen I watched in complete fascination as she "Spun to Save" took her own washing out, loaded the nappies then spun them dry, then while we where folding them she proceeded to pump the saved washwater back in and carried on....I was only used to twinnys and wringers so to see this was the best thing ever ha ha..

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