steve1-18
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Thanks to a small flood salt month, the floors got clean and every machine got pulled out. After some rearranging, here are the first pictures.
Floow the link to a slide show.
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steve1-18
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Frigidare Lane
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Front Load Blvd.
Steve
When did you get that little AEG Lavamat? I never knew you had one too. Great little machine.
When did you get that little AEG Lavamat? I never knew you had one too. Great little machine.
Laundry Studio
Great work there Steve, all ready for some Laundry action!!! Hey Eddy thats was what I was thinking???, enjoy, Mike
Great work there Steve, all ready for some Laundry action!!! Hey Eddy thats was what I was thinking???, enjoy, Mike
aldspinboy
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Hello I am like Eddy ....Where did you find the AEG ? Nice.
and a very nice arrangement on the washers.
Darren k
and a very nice arrangement on the washers.
Darren k
Laundry Studio
Steve,
It is absolutly awsome
Speak to you soon
Peter
Steve,
It is absolutly awsome
Speak to you soon
Peter
steve1-18
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AEG washer
The AEG came from a friend of a friend. A former co-worker bought a Miele about 4 years ago and her neighbor ordered hers at the same time. My friend replaced a Whirlpool top loader and her friend replaced the AEG. Supposedly the AEG wasn't working. Well I got it home and it works just fine. It is my 'stain-out' machine. Just hooked to the cold water, it has an internal heater that can raise the water temperature up to 95 degrees C. No chlorine bleach allowed. I usually use my everyday detergent plus a small scoop of BIZ.
The AEG came from a friend of a friend. A former co-worker bought a Miele about 4 years ago and her neighbor ordered hers at the same time. My friend replaced a Whirlpool top loader and her friend replaced the AEG. Supposedly the AEG wasn't working. Well I got it home and it works just fine. It is my 'stain-out' machine. Just hooked to the cold water, it has an internal heater that can raise the water temperature up to 95 degrees C. No chlorine bleach allowed. I usually use my everyday detergent plus a small scoop of BIZ.
Hi Steve, as "Favorit" (AEG dishwasher) I'd dare to say your Lavamat is a 520 because of the single button aside the orange light (half load). Is that right ?
What about that Merloni (Equator) aside the Lavamat ? Has it any vibration issue while spinning ?
What about that Merloni (Equator) aside the Lavamat ? Has it any vibration issue while spinning ?
Love your Frigidaire's Man!
Your Rapidry is just like mine!
Your Rapidry is just like mine!
I can opersonally testify to the effectiveness of the AEG. Steve had that machine when I visited prior to the 2002 Convention in Maryland!! I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes--the whites and the water color as the dirt was taken out of the fabrics!! It's why I think front loaders with heaters are the best and Frigidaires and the next best!! With results like that, I don't care how long the cycle takes--it's the results that count. So take that all you front load bashers!!!
Your Rapidry is just like mine!
Yes Joe, when I saw yours, I knew it was just like Steve's.
Yes Joe, when I saw yours, I knew it was just like Steve's.
Uhh, Steve, where's the Kenmore 900 pair? I know these aren't all the machcines hooked up in the Studio!!
Steve's AEG
I have the sister model to your AEG, it's got the extra door for the built in look. Mine's called the Lavamat Bella.
I have the sister model to your AEG, it's got the extra door for the built in look. Mine's called the Lavamat Bella.
autowasherfreak
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Very nice Steve. What is the harvest gold stacked set? I'm a sucker for harvest gold.
Harvest Gold set is Westinghouse front loader and matching dryer. Am almost certain as Grandmama had them installed when she had her kitchen remodeled.
Washer had a water level selector and door was "weigh to save".
Washer had a water level selector and door was "weigh to save".
steve1-18
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Wow, so many questions.
Favorit: The AEG is a Lavamat 539. The Equator has no problem with vibration, yet. I say yet, because I just moved it up on concrete blocks. I ahve had my other [Fridgmore, Westinghouse & Lavamat] on blocks for years without any issues. The floor in the studio is concrete.
Bob: Testifies on the effectiveness of the heated wash. When the cycle fist starts, there is hardly any water visible. The clothes are saturated and are in a concentrated detergent solution. They start out at ambient water temperature and gradually heat up to about 60 C [140 F]. The beauty of this spectrum of temperatures is hot water will set certain stains whereas some stains will not come out in cold or warm temperatures. I was told not to use chlorine bleach [not good for the machine] but was assured I would not need it. At the end of the wash, there is a cool down. Water fills half way up the window. Then you see how filthy the wash water really is! I remember my first load in the AEG. Not knowing I set the temperature to 95 C [203 F]. Needless to say my tighty-whities were bright, but there was more than enough 'ball room!' Bob was the one who turned me on to the BIZ when I brought him the fridgmore a few years ago. He made a believer out of me. I wash my friend's white chef smocks in the AEG and his co-workers noticed a difference. The Kenmore pair is on the other side. I currently do not have plumbing on that wall, but plan to do so later on when the weather cools.
Eddy: Question for you on the AEG's. What are the other buttons for? From L-R the first is no spin, second is 1/2 load; those are the only buttons on my machine. I assume the third is spin speed and the fourth has me stumped.
Autowasherfreak: The harvest gold stacked set are Westinghouses. I found them one night behind Lowes. At first glance, I thought it was a refrigerator. Sure glad I drove over to check it out. I called my friend to help me load them into the back of my van. The washer needed a little lubing in the back and a new boot in the front. I also took the dryer apart and cleaned it up, lubed the rear bearing and it worked fine. The washer is such a fun machine. I rigged the light to come on during the wash and with all the lights out it almost looks like a fireplace. I usually put a tad more soap than necessary, to get the suds to splash up on the window. Love the washing drama! It has the weigh to save scale - very good Launderess. The washer is so quiet, too. Has the solenoid clunks for draining and spinning.
Hope this answers all your questions.
Steve
Favorit: The AEG is a Lavamat 539. The Equator has no problem with vibration, yet. I say yet, because I just moved it up on concrete blocks. I ahve had my other [Fridgmore, Westinghouse & Lavamat] on blocks for years without any issues. The floor in the studio is concrete.
Bob: Testifies on the effectiveness of the heated wash. When the cycle fist starts, there is hardly any water visible. The clothes are saturated and are in a concentrated detergent solution. They start out at ambient water temperature and gradually heat up to about 60 C [140 F]. The beauty of this spectrum of temperatures is hot water will set certain stains whereas some stains will not come out in cold or warm temperatures. I was told not to use chlorine bleach [not good for the machine] but was assured I would not need it. At the end of the wash, there is a cool down. Water fills half way up the window. Then you see how filthy the wash water really is! I remember my first load in the AEG. Not knowing I set the temperature to 95 C [203 F]. Needless to say my tighty-whities were bright, but there was more than enough 'ball room!' Bob was the one who turned me on to the BIZ when I brought him the fridgmore a few years ago. He made a believer out of me. I wash my friend's white chef smocks in the AEG and his co-workers noticed a difference. The Kenmore pair is on the other side. I currently do not have plumbing on that wall, but plan to do so later on when the weather cools.
Eddy: Question for you on the AEG's. What are the other buttons for? From L-R the first is no spin, second is 1/2 load; those are the only buttons on my machine. I assume the third is spin speed and the fourth has me stumped.
Autowasherfreak: The harvest gold stacked set are Westinghouses. I found them one night behind Lowes. At first glance, I thought it was a refrigerator. Sure glad I drove over to check it out. I called my friend to help me load them into the back of my van. The washer needed a little lubing in the back and a new boot in the front. I also took the dryer apart and cleaned it up, lubed the rear bearing and it worked fine. The washer is such a fun machine. I rigged the light to come on during the wash and with all the lights out it almost looks like a fireplace. I usually put a tad more soap than necessary, to get the suds to splash up on the window. Love the washing drama! It has the weigh to save scale - very good Launderess. The washer is so quiet, too. Has the solenoid clunks for draining and spinning.
Hope this answers all your questions.
Steve
AEG Lavamat
For awhile a high end kitchen appliance dealer in Canada (Euroline) was selling and shipping AEG washing machines and dryers down south to the US. Problem was one had to do the install one's self and there wasn't any local service. Should something go wrong you had to ring Canada, speak to a tech who would then ship parts (if they were in stock), or they would have to be ordered from Germany.
Long story short the scheme didn't last too long, and not many units were sold anyway. As with Miele units of the same time, the AEG's are small by USA standards and required a 220v connection. Mind you unlike the Miele units, AEG washers and dryers were true 220v, which meant one could run them off a converter as there weren't any 120v parts (again unlike Miele USA's models), and the unit did not care if it got American or European 220v power.
Only fly in the ointment was that the appliances were 50hz, not 60hz. This of course made certian things run faster, such as the timer/electronics and therefore cycles. One owner over on THS posted how he got used to and made mental adjustments for the differences in speed/timing.
For awhile a high end kitchen appliance dealer in Canada (Euroline) was selling and shipping AEG washing machines and dryers down south to the US. Problem was one had to do the install one's self and there wasn't any local service. Should something go wrong you had to ring Canada, speak to a tech who would then ship parts (if they were in stock), or they would have to be ordered from Germany.
Long story short the scheme didn't last too long, and not many units were sold anyway. As with Miele units of the same time, the AEG's are small by USA standards and required a 220v connection. Mind you unlike the Miele units, AEG washers and dryers were true 220v, which meant one could run them off a converter as there weren't any 120v parts (again unlike Miele USA's models), and the unit did not care if it got American or European 220v power.
Only fly in the ointment was that the appliances were 50hz, not 60hz. This of course made certian things run faster, such as the timer/electronics and therefore cycles. One owner over on THS posted how he got used to and made mental adjustments for the differences in speed/timing.
