Total restauration marathon on vintage AEG FL
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And look at who it works after the rebuild! Love the water running over the window when it starts spinning!
That is a nice washer - I like the 2-door concept, no door boot!
Was this the first of the electronics for AEG?
I spotted this strange looking combo while checking out the above vids - is it a condenser or does it just vent into the room with the screen thingy on top?
Was this the first of the electronics for AEG?
I spotted this strange looking combo while checking out the above vids - is it a condenser or does it just vent into the room with the screen thingy on top?
Greg
I'm not really sure if this is AEG's first electronic model. I think I remember a similar one with a silver control panel, that one would be a bit older. But the innards are the same, the brown control panel was only a modification to the fashion of that era IIRC.
Don't know much about the Eudora combo. Hopefully somebody else has more information.
I'm not really sure if this is AEG's first electronic model. I think I remember a similar one with a silver control panel, that one would be a bit older. But the innards are the same, the brown control panel was only a modification to the fashion of that era IIRC.
Don't know much about the Eudora combo. Hopefully somebody else has more information.
AEG Lavamat Bella
Thats one of the nicest AEG machines to date, sturdy & solid, engineering as it should be, Love the brown fascia and those lights, AND, whats old is new again!!!! no door boots to boot!!!
That door looks like you could swing off it!!!
Nice one, Mike
Thats one of the nicest AEG machines to date, sturdy & solid, engineering as it should be, Love the brown fascia and those lights, AND, whats old is new again!!!! no door boots to boot!!!
That door looks like you could swing off it!!!
Nice one, Mike
First electronic model? Yes!
Indeed, this was the very first fully electronic model by AEG (no more mechanical timers). Also, this machine had the first carbon brush motor to reach the 1000 rpm. (All former models went up to 700 or 800 rpm. and had an 24-pole induction motor). I do remember, because my Dad worked for AEG and my aunt asked him to get this one for her. It was delivered with some delay and only 4 months of use, the PCB went "kaputt". There was some repair done on it, then the second breakdown. Apparently the first circuits could not withstand damp surroundings. It was a drama all over Germany, my Dad told us. (Must have been a similar story as with the Calypso machines in the US).
After about 3/4 of a year, AEG offered all customers a newly designed circuit board, no more problems after that.
I still remember this reddish spiral-bound catalogue on our table, the brown front panel with its rounded corners was called "AEG softline series". Along with the freestanding FL, in this catalogue they also offered a second model with silverish front panel (to match existing appliances) as well as some "Dekorrahmen" (decoration frame) for the installation in kitchens: Some aluminum rails for the outer door and the service door. In this frame you could insert whichever (ugly) 70s designed kitchen panel you wanted (screaming orange, pea green, wannabe oak wood, ketchup red etc.)
Joe
Indeed, this was the very first fully electronic model by AEG (no more mechanical timers). Also, this machine had the first carbon brush motor to reach the 1000 rpm. (All former models went up to 700 or 800 rpm. and had an 24-pole induction motor). I do remember, because my Dad worked for AEG and my aunt asked him to get this one for her. It was delivered with some delay and only 4 months of use, the PCB went "kaputt". There was some repair done on it, then the second breakdown. Apparently the first circuits could not withstand damp surroundings. It was a drama all over Germany, my Dad told us. (Must have been a similar story as with the Calypso machines in the US).
After about 3/4 of a year, AEG offered all customers a newly designed circuit board, no more problems after that.
I still remember this reddish spiral-bound catalogue on our table, the brown front panel with its rounded corners was called "AEG softline series". Along with the freestanding FL, in this catalogue they also offered a second model with silverish front panel (to match existing appliances) as well as some "Dekorrahmen" (decoration frame) for the installation in kitchens: Some aluminum rails for the outer door and the service door. In this frame you could insert whichever (ugly) 70s designed kitchen panel you wanted (screaming orange, pea green, wannabe oak wood, ketchup red etc.)
Joe
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Great link and post! Thanks!
His machines are amazing!
Brent
His machines are amazing!
Brent
