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ecologic 1100 washer dryer

hi guys ive got a hoover ecologic washerdryer will get some pics posted shortly i was curious as to why it seems to look exactly like the previous model the electron and not much like the other logics ive seen in this thread is this the fact that it is a combi machine? as for wash performance well i have never used a machine like it all i can say is I LOVE IT !!!!!!
 
A3308

Hello Seamus and all, Like you I am lucky to have one these beautiful machines, second to the Logic 1300 i consider it too be one of the best Hoover made.......along with a few others.

Today at work i picked up an old electronic 1100 very simular to the "Selectormatic" brown and orange colour scheme on the control panel, it all works, bearings are smooth, motor quiet, programmer advances and no leaks, the only thing is one of the brown spin speed selector buttons is missing, so if anyone has any spare i would be most grateful.

Message for "Sparkymarky1973" The beautiful Hoover dryer delux is going well I am so pleased i bought this from you

Ive added a few pix of my A3308

Have a good new year to all

Gary

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Burco D2 Tumble Dryer

I am going to have to get this rid of the lovely old 1960s working tumble dryer to make room of the Hoover Electronic 1100 i got today, i will post pictures of the machine this saturday

Gary

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Hoover A3110

nice sudsy wash, this was with no powder added so i guess the drum and pipes are cacked in old soap powder.
As you can see from the pictures it is a bit dog eared but i will try getting it looking as good as possible, i love these machines.

Gary

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Thank you so much for those Gary

This, because of my childhood memories is one of my favorite Hoover machines. I used to see them sold throughout the 80s, first of course new and then in secondhand Washing machine shops (which all seem to have gone now. I just love the 70/80s groovy orange on the fascia.

A couple of questions, was this the first Hoover to have the square door set flat into the front of the machine, i.e the replacement to the A3060? Does anyone know when this machine was produced/ended?

All the best

Rob
 
Hi Gary

Glad to hear the dryer de luxe is going strong and that you are enjoying it. It makes me feel so much better knowing it went to a deserving home where it will be cared for and treated properly.

Nice to see the A3110. Fab machine and I love the "New" sticker on the door. I had one of those machines but alas was at deaths door with the dreaded rust and there was just too much of it to be able to save it. I wished I had kept the buttons now as I could have sent you a replacement for yours. On mine the buttons where there but the orange half load button was split in 2.

Hi Rob:

Yes you are correct in that the A3110 was the replacememt for the A3060 and you are also correct that it was the first model with the "flush" door.

They started manufacturing the A3110 in January 1980 but I don't know when production ended. I only know the date because my A3060 is dated Dec 79 and the A3110 I had was dated Jan 80.

Mark
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Hoover A3110

Hello Rob glad you like the pictures and of course the lovely old machine, sorry to say that due to my age my child hood memorys go back before front loaders were the norm, infact my earliest memory is my mums GEC twintub that had na "L" shaped tub with two agitators in the bottom, i remember my dad used to pick me up and put me in it, Thanks two Kevin of the Twin tub emporium fro identifying this machine.

Hello Mark, yup tis lovely, works well and sounds well, pity i cant get it in the house but never mind, one day a matching A3190 washer turn up, have added a picture of it

Sod all of any interest came in work today, shitty modern hotpoint, usual knackered bearings, and a couple of DC01 dysons (Blurch)

Ah well one step closer to Hoover Heaven with this one

Regards
Gary

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Hi Gary.
Fantastic that you have found an A3110. Totally love this style of machine, although I only ever saw the A3110 varaiant which was owned by an Aunt and Uncle. Never saw the A3108 800 variant or A3112 Keymatic and have only recently seen the upper portion of an A3114 Selectamatic.

Where did your machine come from?

Apart from the A3108 (down to personal taste) with its silver facia, the series was a really smart looking design and it was such as shame that it was comparitively short lived.

Wonderful that another (I know of only one other) A3110 is saved.

Any A3112 Keys or A3114 Selectas out there!? Keep your eyes peeled and ears pricked up - there will be one or two still out there, with a bit of luck.

Hi Rob.
cant provide specific production dates but the A3110 appears in the April 1981 Which magazine listings. The next major washing machine report was in May 1982 when the replacemnt machine (A3190 Electron 1100 de luxe) was listed.
Hope this helps a bit - there was also the A3156 Autocare 1100, which was a short lived interim model which was basically a reliveried A3110.

Cheers
paul

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A3110

Wow - my childhood machine!

I think those installation instructions were the ones I scanned in ages ago, I still have them tucked away somewhere probably in amongst my brochure collection in the attic.

Beautiful machine, is what I grew up with as well as nana's A3060, a step up IMO to Hotpoint's offerings at the time. I remember mum moaning to my nana when we got the Creda at how it never washed as well as the Hoover, and until recently mum's still gone on about how good that Hoover was.

Jon
 
I love those classic square-door Hoover's. They're so much better than today's lacklustre Candy based models lol.

It's good to see that there is plenty of those models still in circulation.

I love all models that have been made over the years and even now, they still look great!

I quite like the Computer-Control models and the 1's that followed it as well as Electron and Logic/Ecologic ranges. The high water level rules! I like later Keymatic and Electronic models as well.

I wonder when Hoover discontinued square-door models, I think it was when they introduced the Classica/New-Wave ranges or it may have been sold alongside it for a bit. Correct me on this please.

It has to be said but Hoover is the King of the square-door washing machines!

That is a fact!
 
Hoover A3110

Hello Paul

I work at a recycling centre, so my eyes and eares are always on full alert for such machines, i have pictures of various machines in the office and i have trained the rest of the staff to look out for them when i am not there (they all think i am mad), they thought i was even madder when i had the tumble dryer i bought of Mark delivered to the site he he, but they all agreed it was a great looking machine :-)

I have to agree with other comments that the Hoovers are by far the best of the square door machines

Jon i dont suppose you would like to sell me your A3110 book at all?

Paul that selection of installation instructions !!!! the dream team i would say

Because i have limited space to store any of my machines sometimes i dread a machine coming in, because it will mean i have to get rid of something to make room, like the Burco D2 tumble dryer( it has gone to a good home though)

Ah well im going to service and check the 3110 over this week and you never know manage to do a wash in it :-)

Speak later
Gary
 
Classic Hoover water levels

What a great thread about such a good look!

The comments earlier about a decent wash level of water slightly surprised me as I personally was surprised when using a vintage Hoover A3350 (picured above) just how low the wash water level was - almost comparable to today's machines. Of course, Hoover's approach to water is a bit schizophrenic when you consider the super high rinse level. Was this more for good rinsing or load distribution I wonder? And would a classic Hoover have been more economical on electricity than other machines of the time (e.g. Hotpoint who had water coming 2-3" up the glass - 16 litres actually). Anyone got some historical consumption figures? Anyone want to get their bucket out and measure the drain cycle? Shades of retrospective Eco-guilt have me interested...

Toodleoo!

Al
 
Water levels

Pah! i have never known a bigger marketing con than this new eco religion, it raises huge amounts of taxes for the goverment, allows greater control of the masses through guilt and indoctrination, allows energy comapanies to make huge profits without having invest in new equipment, it makes me mad to hear and read the shite that is pumped out from huge marketing companies for the govement so that they can brainwash the masses into beleiving this crap.
Wash levels, to get clothes clean you need to move them through water its simple, this why toploaders and older front loaders wash so well. modern machines (i have current model Bosch), wash for hours in a thimble full of water to only just achieve the same results......all so the water companies like South West Water for example dont have to invest in new water treatment equipment and can maximise the profits for their shareholders, it is disgusting, the utilities should have never been privatised, thanks Mrs thatcher, you old witch.

The hoover and other older machines rinse by dilution which why the rinse level is so high.

Bah! thats my rant over

Good evening to you all

Gary
 
Crikey - should just have stuck with general curiosity!

Eco and political debates aside, I'm still curious...and not necessarily slating high water levels - it is a renewable resource after all.

Al
 
How do Gary.

from chin-wagging with others on the forum, the production of posters with images and descriptions of machines seems to be the way to go. i will have to get to work in microsoft paint and hand them out at currys and comet etc. always one of those 'do it tomorrow things' unfortunately though.

The installation leaflet is great and was the first time i ever saw what the A3108, A3112 and A3114 looked like - discovering the entire series in one fell swoop. for some reason though, i didnt purchase it - was on ebay about a year ago. probably got too expensive.

keep ypur eyes peeled for more goodies and, again, heartfelt congrats on your new acquisition.

wonderful find!
cheers
paul
 
A3110

Hello Paul yes a good idea poster prints etc........lovely lovely. it grieves me sometimes at work becuase i do not have the room for all the machines i would like to save, i wont say what some of them have been for fear of being lynched by an angry mob.

Hello Al sorry about my rant, but in my line of work i have to put up with guilt ridden people day in day out going on and on about "the planet" , CO2 footprint" "turn to 30" blah blah blah, it just annoys me when i see the affects this eco religion is having on people and how private companies are making a financial killing out of it

Manufacturers have had to adhere to the water levels set down in Europe otherwise of course they would not sell machines, Every machine sold has the "A" rating etc system splashed across it, an engineer was telling me about a certain "Beko" machine that takes 2.5 hours to do a 40 degree coloureds wash, the buyers were contacting Beko saying that there something wrong with the machine only to be told that wasnt anything wrong with the machine and this was normal, it may save water but what tumbling fabrics around for this sort of time does to them i wonder to say nothing of the poor old motor, ah well

Anyway this is a great website and sanctuary.

Cheers chaps

Gary
 
Beko

Hey Gary and all the normal 40 deg programme on the basic Beko is indeed 2.5 hours odd!. I tend to mention it if i sell one ! Strangly most ppl dont seem that bothered - as you say tumbling things for that time cant do then a lot of good !
Seamus
 
2.5 hours sounds about right for a modern machine from my ex

My whirlpool takes at very least 2.5 hours to do a 40 degree cottons wash. The instruction booklet says it should take 2 hrs 10mins at 40 and 2.25 at 60 but thats crap. In actual fact most full loads take 3 hours at 40 and longer if it gets out of balance on spin (which is most of the time). The manual also says it can only hold 5kg on a 40 degree wash and 5.5 on 60 or 95, even though these programmes, as far as I can tell, are actually shorter. The 1200 spin also leaves clothes slightly wetter than the Ecologic's 1000 spin and noticably stiffer due to poor rinsing.
 
2.5 hours sounds about right for a modern machine from my ex

Christ these washtimes are ludricous, my Bosch takes 1 hour 48 minutes to do a stains extra/aqua plus 40 degree wash (I need the extra time and water to get my work clothes clean), my old Hoover A3308 takes just under an hour to do the same wash with excellent results everytime.

However if i add 6 litres of water (4 kettle fulls of water) to the Bosch and do a standard 40 degree wash it takes 1 hour 22 minutes with equally good results as the Hoover

Lets go to an even greater extreme my old Hoover twin tub, a wash takes 4 MINUTES! I joke not, the actual wash time is upto 4 minutes for cottons, obviously though that doesnt include the time it takes to heat the water which is about 20 minutes (cold fill) heating time would obviously less if i put hot and cold water in, add about 10 minutes for spinning and rinsing and the results are excellent!......

so where are we going with these ridiculous wash times

*shakes head*
Gary
 
Water levels

This may throw some light on the water levels about in the 70's. Not sure's who's pic this was and I hope they don't mind me using it! Anyhow here is the Which report which includes a Hoover. The Electrolux I believe is the same as my S218T Zanussi.

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Hotpoint Microtronic SparkyMarky

Hello Mark i found this today and wondered if it was the correct soap draw front for your Microtronic

Gary

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