Creda Spinner
But the copper drum is for me the most splendid of them all...
But the copper drum is for me the most splendid of them all...
Spin-dryer!
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northwesty
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Thanks all for the information
Hi Eddy well if you had one there must be at least two over here in North America. Mine does have the correct voltage printed on the plate in the bottom, so they must have made them.
Thanks all for the good advice, I will lift the lid carefully, and the loading info is great. Thanks so much. Even though it is simple it is an attractive little machine. Brian
Hi Eddy well if you had one there must be at least two over here in North America. Mine does have the correct voltage printed on the plate in the bottom, so they must have made them.
Thanks all for the good advice, I will lift the lid carefully, and the loading info is great. Thanks so much. Even though it is simple it is an attractive little machine. Brian
Creda
Hi Brian , could you post a pic of the ratings plate please if you get time please....would be very interested to know if a batch was made for oversea markets that early on in the production run...
cheers, Mike
Hi Brian , could you post a pic of the ratings plate please if you get time please....would be very interested to know if a batch was made for oversea markets that early on in the production run...
cheers, Mike
Creda Extractors
This is really cool that these have been spotted in North America, I will have to keep an eye out for a vintage one, and if we import a 50 cycle one it will run about 15% faster on the 60 cycle power here.
Maybe someone will hide one in my luggage next week when in the UK.
John L.
This is really cool that these have been spotted in North America, I will have to keep an eye out for a vintage one, and if we import a 50 cycle one it will run about 15% faster on the 60 cycle power here.
Maybe someone will hide one in my luggage next week when in the UK.
John L.
northwesty
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Here is that ratings plate,
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
keymatic3203
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Speed
It would run at the same speed, these have brush or universal motors, so speed is dependant upon the number of winding on the armature rather than the frequency of the ac supply.
As Mike said the backbone of many a wash day in the UK. And to think it took probably 40 years for automatic washing machine development to match the spin drying performance.
Mathew
It would run at the same speed, these have brush or universal motors, so speed is dependant upon the number of winding on the armature rather than the frequency of the ac supply.
As Mike said the backbone of many a wash day in the UK. And to think it took probably 40 years for automatic washing machine development to match the spin drying performance.
Mathew
Reading that Creda marketing information above.
It is interesting that Creda boasts spin dryers as being the "greatest post-war contribution..." to wash day.
Well suppose that is true if one was still doing laundry by hand or using a mangle for extracting water. But in the USA housewives in droves were clamoring for (and getting) fully automatic washing machines.
Of course we've discussed this in other threads; that is the why and how British housewives were saddled with semi-automatic laundry appliances long after WWII, while her sisters across the pond were getting shot of them in droves.
It is interesting that Creda boasts spin dryers as being the "greatest post-war contribution..." to wash day.
Well suppose that is true if one was still doing laundry by hand or using a mangle for extracting water. But in the USA housewives in droves were clamoring for (and getting) fully automatic washing machines.
Of course we've discussed this in other threads; that is the why and how British housewives were saddled with semi-automatic laundry appliances long after WWII, while her sisters across the pond were getting shot of them in droves.
warmsecondrinse
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I wonder how much drying time would be reduced if someone limited to a 120V electric dryer had one of these little beauties.
Jim
Jim
Well that would be Moi!
When not using the Oko-Lavatherm dryer (which isn't often because it is a condenser version), use the vintage WP compact/portable dryer. In Harvest Gold no less.
Don't tumble dry bed or table linens as they are mangled and or ironed. But for a full 5kg mixed load out of the Miele or AEG Oko-Lavamat after three to five minutes in spin dryer, things are "dry" in 45 minutes to one hour.
All our bath linen is heavy "thick and thirsty" cotton so they take longest. Body linen OTOH requires much shorter drying times.
This being said have never believed in drying things until crisp. Bath linens are taken out of dryer whilst still slightly damp then hung up to complete the process. Shirts, and some body linen and clothes are removed from dryer while hems are slightly damp, and again smoothed and hung to finish things off.
Have found better off not putting knitted things including T-shirts and undergarments into the spin dryer for long if at all. If allowed to go on for too long the high rpms tend to stretch things out.
This being said if have hand washed knits or other delicates will put them into the spin dryer for about one minute or so, just enough to extract a bulk of the water.
Before got the Laundry Alernative spin dryer would use the extractor basket of my Hoover TT. That got old after awhile both because of a capacity issue and the noise.
Owner's manual for my condenser dryer and pretty much every other have seen suggests spinning out as much water possible before putting things in.
If use the Miele (which only spins at a max of 1100rpms) will but things into the spin dryer before going into the AEG dryer. However depending upon the load if using the Lavamat will set final spin to between 1200rpms and 1800 rpms. That seems to give the same results (shorter drying time in both the WP and Lavatherm) dryers as using a separate spin dryer.
When not using the Oko-Lavatherm dryer (which isn't often because it is a condenser version), use the vintage WP compact/portable dryer. In Harvest Gold no less.
Don't tumble dry bed or table linens as they are mangled and or ironed. But for a full 5kg mixed load out of the Miele or AEG Oko-Lavamat after three to five minutes in spin dryer, things are "dry" in 45 minutes to one hour.
All our bath linen is heavy "thick and thirsty" cotton so they take longest. Body linen OTOH requires much shorter drying times.
This being said have never believed in drying things until crisp. Bath linens are taken out of dryer whilst still slightly damp then hung up to complete the process. Shirts, and some body linen and clothes are removed from dryer while hems are slightly damp, and again smoothed and hung to finish things off.
Have found better off not putting knitted things including T-shirts and undergarments into the spin dryer for long if at all. If allowed to go on for too long the high rpms tend to stretch things out.
This being said if have hand washed knits or other delicates will put them into the spin dryer for about one minute or so, just enough to extract a bulk of the water.
Before got the Laundry Alernative spin dryer would use the extractor basket of my Hoover TT. That got old after awhile both because of a capacity issue and the noise.
Owner's manual for my condenser dryer and pretty much every other have seen suggests spinning out as much water possible before putting things in.
If use the Miele (which only spins at a max of 1100rpms) will but things into the spin dryer before going into the AEG dryer. However depending upon the load if using the Lavamat will set final spin to between 1200rpms and 1800 rpms. That seems to give the same results (shorter drying time in both the WP and Lavatherm) dryers as using a separate spin dryer.
