Philips AWB098

[antonrob]

Have noticed one has just sold on Ebay for 52.82. A lot of money ? although it stated as being in working order so perhaps not too much to pay for a rare beast.

 

[foraloysius]

If it is fully functional it's a bargain.

 

[antonrob]

Valuable Philips

I had better keep our Philips AWB098 in good running order then. I wonder what its value might be with a full box of 'critical' spares such as motor, programmer etc ?

 

[mrprojectionist]

Is there a link..?

 

[aquacycle]

LOVE those old Philips washers. By any standards, for a washing machine in full working order, £52 is a a bargain!

 

[matchboxpaul]

Monday @ 16.20hrs GMT

Just off out to do a bit of cleaning!

 

[gizmo]

can we have a photo of the front please?

I may have one of these, it is an AWB something, don't remember the number. It's about 400 rpm spin, Italian made, induction motor, not the Philips DC motor.Dark brown dashboard.

Mine is right at the back of the shed, hard to get to, hence I don't know the number.
It might be 094???

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Chris.

Be great to see your machine and know which one it is!

Did a small bit of research of Philips model lineup, expecting it to be simple and easy to understand.

TOTAL POLAR OPPOSITE!

Branding i.e model 808, 707, 606 etc bore no resemblenace to the model numbers.

Then they did loads of obscure exclusive versions for UK independents. All in all, trying to fathom Philips out is one big ARRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.

To know what a possible AWB094 is, would therefore be very useful.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

continuing with the back - now nice and clean...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Behind the back panel...

 

[matchboxpaul]

ickle Permag motor, with a belt that is stripping - edge shreds were all over the base of the machine, so a new one will be procured before it is used in anger...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Polymotor Italiana...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Outer tub produced by C.I (Polymers) Ltd - the same company that produced the outer plastic tubs for Hotpoint.

Just a shame that the date is mising the year...

 

[matchboxpaul]

For comparison, here is the outer tub sticker from mine and Rob's Hotpoint 95620...

 

[matchboxpaul]

The weird depth proportion of the Philips machines, of this era....

 

[matchboxpaul]

Here is the AWB098 Super Variatronic before external cleaning commenced...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Will post an update tomorrow evening.

Paul

 

[markt5004]

OOOOO A new addition..I like new additions. Congrats Paul/Rob..Looks lovely!

Mark
x

 

[optima]

HEATING ELEMENTS

Are my eyes deceiving me or is that 2 heating elements i can see.

 

[gizmo]

mine is an AWB904

Photo to follow in next few days. It won't be much of a photo as there is so much heavy stuff in the way, but you'll see the fascia at least.

Twin heating elements - I also have a Philips skinny top loading tumble washer, slightly newer. It uses the DC permag motor. I love it, though my machine doesn't work any more - electronic controller gone.

It uses the heating element in series with the wash motor to control the motor speed during wash. (all switched by the electronic motor controller module.)

I wonder if the washer in the photo above uses the elements in the motor control circuit too? It could use one or two elements in series with the motor to give a variation in speeds. Or use one in series with the motor for speed control, and the other for water heating. Note the element above the motor has 800w stamped in it, so it would need two of those to do anything useful.

My old Asko has two elements, If I recall right they are 1200w and 1800w, the 1800w is used on 10 amp circuits and the extra 1200w element is used in 15 amp versions. (at 240 volts).

Chris.

 

[ozzie908]

Nice one Paul

Thats the exact machine my Ex Mother in law bought new from the MEB round about 1986 to replace a Servis twinny.....

Austin

 

[richukbristol]

Yay, so glad you have got it, looks amazing. Can't wait to see it in operation. Do you have the matching dryer or do we need to keep our eyes peeled for one? Does Rob's Grandfarthers dryer match.

Rich

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Chris.

Yep - model AWB904 was an Italian made, slow spin machine and it would be great to know what it looked like.

Did a quick spreadsheet of all the Philips UK sold models (that I have been able to find) from about 1978, through to the very start of the right hand drive Series 90 machines.
As you can see, there is a horrific number of variations, with the ones showing in bold me having a photograph of. Its probably about 50/50, with the vast majority of mystery machines being exclusives - Mike - why didnt you keep your sales literature!!!!!! Be saving me old headache if you did!

Be nice to turn AWB904 into bold...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Richard.

I want to procure a new belt before trying it out (this one is going to turn into another Liberator situation, cant you tell!).
The exisiting belt is, as far as I am concerned, badly freying and cracked, so it puts me off letting it do some work a bit.

Rob's grandads dryer is a match to the AWB082 and is a black faciad dryer, so yep I am looking for a matching dryer.

A D165 would be nice...

 

[matchboxpaul]

but would LOVE a D185 Electronic Sensor Dryer...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Some pics of it being tarted up a bit...

obvious where this is...

 

[matchboxpaul]

before facia cleaning commenced...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Undercarriage deployed...

 

[matchboxpaul]

After two evenings of work.....the result....

 

[matchboxpaul]

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