What this is doing in California is anyones guess. Looks like a cool machine to add to a collection in the USA....
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seamusuk
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8kg!!!!!!! ?????
Probably bout half that lol
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As rare as it is- especially over there it isnt worth $500!
Seamus
Probably bout half that lol
.As rare as it is- especially over there it isnt worth $500!
Seamus
Riding On My Coat-tails!
*LOL*
We covered this appliance already! *LOL*
It did'nt sell the first time, so seller relisted.
Vintage European washing machine which some members on the otherside of the pond have or had, at least a simliar model.
Slow spin speed, and cold fill only. Then again with over 3Kw of heating power, shouldn't take long to bring even Alaska tap water in winter up to 200F.
L.
*LOL*
We covered this appliance already! *LOL*
It did'nt sell the first time, so seller relisted.
Vintage European washing machine which some members on the otherside of the pond have or had, at least a simliar model.
Slow spin speed, and cold fill only. Then again with over 3Kw of heating power, shouldn't take long to bring even Alaska tap water in winter up to 200F.
L.
hoovermatic
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8 kilos? This must be the Tardis model!
My designer eyes can't be wrong
I'm 99,9999999% sure it's a 6kg machine.
I'm 99,9999999% sure it's a 6kg machine.
Sticker, where?
Oh, now I checked again and saw there are more pictures of it, including the sticker...
supremewhirlpol
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Yes, that is 6kg alright. Thomasortega, your eyes seem to be fine to me.
hmm
Well, it certainly looks like a real Bauknecht - one from before Whirlpool destroyed them.
Still, it is truly vintage and - here's the bad news - getting parts for them is enormously, tremendously, horrendously hard.
Whirlpool intentionally destroyed all inventory which was 1/10 of a nano-second outside of the required warranty period when they took over the company.
Over here, it would be worth perhaps €80 at best.
Now, that doesn't change the fact that these were really quite good machines and even if Stiftung Warrentest knocked that "6 Kilos" down to 4.5 in their reviews back then, they were wonderful washers.
And, yes, with 3.3Kw, they did heat water quiet rapidly. Actually, their special enzyme programs were designed to raise the temperature to the optimal range for enzymes of those days, hold them there for a period and then raise them to the temperature needed to activate oxygen bleach.
Used with an American diaper detergent with enzymes like Drift, I suspect this machine would probably do a brilliant job.
Of course, 500rpm isn't anything special. Clothes would come out about as they do from a good American TL running about 650rpm - the Bauknecht spin program was praised in its day for removing more water than other machines running even 150 rpm faster. It is not only how fast you spin, but how long and how you get up there that matters.
Well, it certainly looks like a real Bauknecht - one from before Whirlpool destroyed them.
Still, it is truly vintage and - here's the bad news - getting parts for them is enormously, tremendously, horrendously hard.
Whirlpool intentionally destroyed all inventory which was 1/10 of a nano-second outside of the required warranty period when they took over the company.
Over here, it would be worth perhaps €80 at best.
Now, that doesn't change the fact that these were really quite good machines and even if Stiftung Warrentest knocked that "6 Kilos" down to 4.5 in their reviews back then, they were wonderful washers.
And, yes, with 3.3Kw, they did heat water quiet rapidly. Actually, their special enzyme programs were designed to raise the temperature to the optimal range for enzymes of those days, hold them there for a period and then raise them to the temperature needed to activate oxygen bleach.
Used with an American diaper detergent with enzymes like Drift, I suspect this machine would probably do a brilliant job.
Of course, 500rpm isn't anything special. Clothes would come out about as they do from a good American TL running about 650rpm - the Bauknecht spin program was praised in its day for removing more water than other machines running even 150 rpm faster. It is not only how fast you spin, but how long and how you get up there that matters.
No Dave, I haven't seen the sticker before. The only picture I saw before posting my comment was a picture of the drum that I enlarged randomly.
