YAY!!! I found my dream machine!!!

[foraloysius]

Dutch Convention?

Oy vey mir! LOL My apartment is rather small, people often ask where I keep my washers! I guess it will work if not big group is coming over. If I win the lottery I will move! LOL

Lawrence,

Under the control light there is indeed a brown button. I assume you meant that one. It's for releasing the lid lock.

 

[scott55405]

Your Majesty, this is a most Royal acquisition indeed. Hearty congratulations from our side of the pond on this most wonderful news.

QEOM

 

[toggleswitch]

YAY!

Now click your heels three times and say
"There's no place like home....for this machine"

 

[westytoploader]

WOOHOO!!! Congratulations Louis on this Philips...I knew you had been looking for one of these for quite some time. Very cute!!

Love the styling...the control panel looks so 80's...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hhmmm

Does sound like a friday afternoon machine, never heard of bearings being changed on those two bearing machines!!

We must have had different specs in UK because the AWB119 was definatly a 1000 spin machine, it was marketed as a better extraction than the new Hoover at 1100rpm because of the wider diameter drum...interesting..

I love the dispenser as its deep and plenty of flushing water to quickly dissolve the powder into the drum.

The pump will be a doddle to change,

Happy Washing.

 

[jetcone]

Oh Louis I am Happy For You

You have pined after that machine as long as Robert has pined for an Apex!
It is so like a high end stereo with those Aluminum knobs for the controls!
Can't wait to see it run and see Mike's Keymatic run too! I'll be back over just you WAIT!

Does it have a heat setting for a boil wash?
I was so surprised to learn at Mike's how many machines have that feature in Europe and how the English have all switched to Electric Showers in the last 30 years!
Even Mike's Dishwasher starts with a COLD Water wash and then heats the water. There is almost no central hot water, he has a small dishwasher sized booster heater mounted under a counter in the laundry room but ( and I know you told me ) I can't remember what it was used for except filling the Twin Tubs.
But even his Hoover has a heater in it!

A very different approach from what we do over here.

O Louis you'll have some fun washing ahead

jon

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Louis,
That is such a good looking machine! It is obvious how old it is, but it looks so now.
I bet you can't wait to get it running!
Will it be your main squeeze so to speak?
It is a very, very cool looking washer.
What is it's capacity?
Brent

 

[foraloysius]

Thanks guys!

Mike,

Aren't you confusing this machine with another Philips? Philips made indeed a few 1000rpm machines (Philips was the first manufacturer to release an H-axis washer with 1000rpm spin) but as far as I know 850rpm was the max on these machines until the more plasticlike machines with 1100rpm. However I noticed there were two AWB 119 models. I have some pictures of other Philips toploaders, I will post them later to show what types of toploaders Philips made.

Jon,

Yes, this machine can do a boil wash, or actually a 90* Celcius (195* Fahrenheit) one. Although I have central hot water (heated by the compact furnace) my appliances are also connected to cold water only.

Brent,

This washer can handle 10lbs of laundry. My main washers are the Miele and AEG frontloaders, the rest is only used now and then. To be honest the Philips is not as well built as the German machines so I don't want to use it too often. Indeed a very cool looking machine.

Louis

 

[foraloysius]

This is a Philips toploader from the seventies. Glass lid and control panel already towards the style of mine. I'm not sure but I think the spin was only 300rpm. These machines were made in France.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Waschmaschine-Philips-passt-in-jeden-Haushalt_W0QQitemZ7537697765QQcategoryZ30324QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[foraloysius]

Somewhere in the seventies Philips introduced the Philips CC1000. As I said the first H-axis machine (front- or toploading) that did a 1000rpm spin. I'm not sure but I think these machines were made in England. The control light is the same as on my machine. I have never seen one of those in real.

I borrowed these pictures from the German website www.waschmaschinen-forum.de where they were displayed as pictures of the day.

 

[foraloysius]

There was another style of machines made by Philips, I think also in the early seventies. Before I saw the above picture of the CC1000 I always thought that was the CC1000. A while ago I made a few pictures from a Ruton labeled Philips machine that was waiting on the street to be picked up by the trash men. I think I remember that the colors of the control panel of the similar Philips machine were blue. The state of the machine was awful, but the picture shows the type of the machine.

 

[petek]

Louis, I can't quite tell from the pictures but on those machines does the drum opening open automatically when you lift the lid or do you lift the lid, then the drum lid?

 

[launderess]

Used top loading H-Axis washers when living/staying in France (where such models are VERY popular), and one opens the outer lid first, then unlatches/opens the inner drum.

Inner drums lids are usually closed and locked by some type of "pinch" lock which one supposes also helps keep little hands from danger.

Launderess

 

[spiraclean]

Hi Louis,
Congratulations on your new Philips horizontal axis Top Loader. I remember seeing one of those machines when I was 14; I was totally fascinated by the design. Philips have made some great washers over the years my favorite being the Series 90 machines with the 160 RPM distribution drain and the Permag™ Motors.
I wish you many years of happy Philips washing

All the best.
Hugh

 

[foraloysius]

Yesterday I got some life in the old pump. I did a load of towels, it was great to hear the sounds of the machine again! I'm still going to replace the pump though, it's leaking oil.

I also got a mail from the mother of the previous owner. The first owner was her mother, so the grandmother of the previous owner. She shared with me some memories which make this machine even more special.

Louis

 

[gregm]

bottles on floor on right 1st pic

what are the purple bottles on the floor to the right of the machine in the first pic ? Begins with a "W", is that fab soft. ?

 

[foraloysius]

Hi Greg, that is indeed fabric softener. Lavender scent.

 

[shanonabc]

NEATO MOSQUITO!

 

[statomatic]

Great machine, I love the spin draining on these ones.

Their weak point were the timers, the mechanism can get stuck due to dried grease and dust accumulation, the switches tends to burn too.
Already fixed one of those, it wasn't easy but worth it.

The Philips with glass lid exists also in Bosch and a few other French brands.