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norfolksouthern
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Favorit: Thanks! The brochure on the third post, on the lower left, has a photo of a machine very similar to mine. So, I'm assuming it was made back in the late 1980's. So far, it has performed quite well in spite of sitting outside for a number of years.
NorfolkSouthern
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Late seventies : Zerowatt 2005
Double door machines have always been a niche production, so they aren't updated as often as common freestanding models are. As the machine in the next pic (model 2005) is a late seventies one, I'd dare to say that your machine was made in early eighties
As many washers sold here in those times, the 2005 hasn't any temp dial, just a thermo-stop and then timed heating ... the longer the cycle, the hotter the wash.
Anyway it has a no-heat button (1st from left) then a "E" half load button (note the level in the door, despite it is pressed !!) and a no-spin button.
Lights are (left-->right) spin, wash/rinse , heater on, machine on
This is a slimline model and has the lever to pull out the trailer (actually a frame with 3 wheels)
It's a silent machine : silent timer (even more than my dear W780 sensor one), silent pump and silent spin
Double door machines have always been a niche production, so they aren't updated as often as common freestanding models are. As the machine in the next pic (model 2005) is a late seventies one, I'd dare to say that your machine was made in early eighties
As many washers sold here in those times, the 2005 hasn't any temp dial, just a thermo-stop and then timed heating ... the longer the cycle, the hotter the wash.
Anyway it has a no-heat button (1st from left) then a "E" half load button (note the level in the door, despite it is pressed !!) and a no-spin button.
Lights are (left-->right) spin, wash/rinse , heater on, machine on
This is a slimline model and has the lever to pull out the trailer (actually a frame with 3 wheels)
It's a silent machine : silent timer (even more than my dear W780 sensor one), silent pump and silent spin
Candy P 6.11 formula inox (stainless steel tubs)
and this is not exactly a silent washer. Its 400 rpm spin is even louder than the 1100 rpm one of the W780 sensor. Both this crap.. ops Candy and the sensor miele are 25 y.o.
The zerowatt 2005 is at least 30 y.o.
and this is not exactly a silent washer. Its 400 rpm spin is even louder than the 1100 rpm one of the W780 sensor. Both this crap.. ops Candy and the sensor miele are 25 y.o.
The zerowatt 2005 is at least 30 y.o.
aquarius1984
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Zerowatt
Now this could be interesting,
I am desperate to find out what machine my parents had when they married in 1982.
I dont know who made it and I can only just remember what it looked like. Could it have been a Zerowatt?
Facts...
I know it was badged as a Frigidaire
It was 600rpm
Cost £199 from Comet (a UK chain electrical store)
Bought in around September 1982
What I remember....
It had a largish round protruding dial with a metallic front cover not unlike the dial on this Hoover....
Now this could be interesting,
I am desperate to find out what machine my parents had when they married in 1982.
I dont know who made it and I can only just remember what it looked like. Could it have been a Zerowatt?
Facts...
I know it was badged as a Frigidaire
It was 600rpm
Cost £199 from Comet (a UK chain electrical store)
Bought in around September 1982
What I remember....
It had a largish round protruding dial with a metallic front cover not unlike the dial on this Hoover....
aquarius1984
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From what I remember,
The control panel was also metallic in a brownish shade.
The machine had a round door but I cant remeber what colour it was.
Im sure it had a round filter cover but that could be my imagination.
It also only had 2 buttons at most IIRC.
It lasted until 1988 when we bought a Candy but I dont know it it was broken or only sold on so my mum could have a faster spin - the Candy was 1000rpm.
I know that next door to us had the same machine ironically before we moved house in 1988.
It must have been reasonably popular but there seems to be no adverts or brochures of it.
Until I clarify what it is it will bug me lol,
The control panel was also metallic in a brownish shade.
The machine had a round door but I cant remeber what colour it was.
Im sure it had a round filter cover but that could be my imagination.
It also only had 2 buttons at most IIRC.
It lasted until 1988 when we bought a Candy but I dont know it it was broken or only sold on so my mum could have a faster spin - the Candy was 1000rpm.
I know that next door to us had the same machine ironically before we moved house in 1988.
It must have been reasonably popular but there seems to be no adverts or brochures of it.
Until I clarify what it is it will bug me lol,
Rob, maybe ....
it was a Sangiorgio. Kic once posted in a old "vintage" thread a pic of a late 70s Sangiorgio bagded Frigidaire. It has a blue fascia, white big dials, round buttons and round filter. In the same series there were some models with "metal" dials/buttons
I've found this thread with the searchalator, but there's the 404 bug
In another thread Kic posted a Sangiorgio Thesi badged as G.E.
The round filter door has never been on old truly Zerowatt built washers. It is possible in modern cra..Candy rebadged as Zerowatt, Hoover or Zerowatt-Hoover (double blasphemy ...)
it was a Sangiorgio. Kic once posted in a old "vintage" thread a pic of a late 70s Sangiorgio bagded Frigidaire. It has a blue fascia, white big dials, round buttons and round filter. In the same series there were some models with "metal" dials/buttons
I've found this thread with the searchalator, but there's the 404 bug
In another thread Kic posted a Sangiorgio Thesi badged as G.E.
The round filter door has never been on old truly Zerowatt built washers. It is possible in modern cra..Candy rebadged as Zerowatt, Hoover or Zerowatt-Hoover (double blasphemy ...)
vivalalavatrice
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SpazioTOP!!!
yeah! Ossì Carlo...
I did a SpazioTOP refreshing (not a proper restoration on a such young machine!) twice! One I see still running and the other was for a customer.
Really a very strange and difficult machine but honestly quite strong and reliable...
Zerowatt has 600 and 400-800 rpm spin moels, then Hoover left with the 400-900 only with electronic motor control
BYE
Diomede
PS: and it's indeed the LAST 60cmwide TLHA, AFTER the 2001 Ignis Kpiù
yeah! Ossì Carlo...
I did a SpazioTOP refreshing (not a proper restoration on a such young machine!) twice! One I see still running and the other was for a customer.
Really a very strange and difficult machine but honestly quite strong and reliable...
Zerowatt has 600 and 400-800 rpm spin moels, then Hoover left with the 400-900 only with electronic motor control
BYE
Diomede
PS: and it's indeed the LAST 60cmwide TLHA, AFTER the 2001 Ignis Kpiù
superelectronic
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Candy P 6.11X
Favorit, do you have any further information on the Candy pictured above? It's virtually identical to the machine my Mother had for 18 months between 1985-6 that had to be replaced due to bearing failure that was too expensive to repair - apparently it would have had to be returned to the factory...though that seems a bit excessive in retrospect; I may be wrong.
The only difference is that ours had a brown plastic door rather than chrome. I was, however, under the impression the spin speed was 600rpm and not 400rpm - but perhaps machines on the British market had to have comparatively boosted speeds!
What does the flower/snowflake symbol represent?
I can't exactly recall if the reduced load was the 5/3 or more conventional 1/2 symbol.
Despite their widely acknowledged lack of build quality, I have a bit of a blind spot for Candy machines and really quite like them. I wish now the P 6.11X had lasted a bit longer - my final recollection is of it sitting in the delivery van to be taken away and my thinking "that new machine looks really good" only to realise it was in fact the Candy we'd had. In reality, the now "classic" Hotpoint that replaced it was dull, dull, dull and lasted nearly 10 whole years! Not knocking 1980s Hotpoint, of course - just the mind-numbing extra basic model 9510...I need features!
Any further info much appreciated. I can barely believe one is still in existence!
Thank you
Alex
Favorit, do you have any further information on the Candy pictured above? It's virtually identical to the machine my Mother had for 18 months between 1985-6 that had to be replaced due to bearing failure that was too expensive to repair - apparently it would have had to be returned to the factory...though that seems a bit excessive in retrospect; I may be wrong.
The only difference is that ours had a brown plastic door rather than chrome. I was, however, under the impression the spin speed was 600rpm and not 400rpm - but perhaps machines on the British market had to have comparatively boosted speeds!
What does the flower/snowflake symbol represent?
I can't exactly recall if the reduced load was the 5/3 or more conventional 1/2 symbol.
Despite their widely acknowledged lack of build quality, I have a bit of a blind spot for Candy machines and really quite like them. I wish now the P 6.11X had lasted a bit longer - my final recollection is of it sitting in the delivery van to be taken away and my thinking "that new machine looks really good" only to realise it was in fact the Candy we'd had. In reality, the now "classic" Hotpoint that replaced it was dull, dull, dull and lasted nearly 10 whole years! Not knocking 1980s Hotpoint, of course - just the mind-numbing extra basic model 9510...I need features!
Any further info much appreciated. I can barely believe one is still in existence!
Thank you
Alex
Candy icons require some imagination ...
Hi Alex,
the snowflake should recall something "cold" .... meaning no heat. The resistor symbol with a cross on it on the Zerowatt is more intuitive. Go figure the Candy rinse icon has always been a shirt on the line, under the rain .... I don't know anyone who hangs clothes under the rain to rinse them...
Even 5/3 is less intuitive than 1/2 , as you pointed out.
Brown door vs chrome - I do believe it, they produced in sevaral different colours depending of the country. Go figure once I saw in Munich a turquoise Aquamatic (the 3 kg smurf-washer) never sold in Italy.
Spin speed : you're right, even Zanussi made/makes faster spin models for the British market.
Here dryres started getting common ten years ago. So low spin speeds weren't an issue for people living in windy places. But for us living in the foggy north was a pain !
the 2 cycles have those positions
1 - boilwash with hot prew
2 - boilwash with cold prew
3 - boilwash without prew
4 - fast coloured cottons
5 - non-fast coloured cottons
6 - rinses with interim spins
7 - separate bleaching
8 - last FS rinse
9 - spin
10 - fast coloured minimum iron with prew
11 - fast coloured minimum iron without prew
12 - somewhat 50°C minimum iron
13 - 40°C minimum iron
14 - woolens
15 - rinses without interim spin
16 - last rinse and final spin
Z - drain only (useless, this model has no anticrease rinse-hold)
Hi Alex,
the snowflake should recall something "cold" .... meaning no heat. The resistor symbol with a cross on it on the Zerowatt is more intuitive. Go figure the Candy rinse icon has always been a shirt on the line, under the rain .... I don't know anyone who hangs clothes under the rain to rinse them...
Even 5/3 is less intuitive than 1/2 , as you pointed out.
Brown door vs chrome - I do believe it, they produced in sevaral different colours depending of the country. Go figure once I saw in Munich a turquoise Aquamatic (the 3 kg smurf-washer) never sold in Italy.
Spin speed : you're right, even Zanussi made/makes faster spin models for the British market.
Here dryres started getting common ten years ago. So low spin speeds weren't an issue for people living in windy places. But for us living in the foggy north was a pain !
the 2 cycles have those positions
1 - boilwash with hot prew
2 - boilwash with cold prew
3 - boilwash without prew
4 - fast coloured cottons
5 - non-fast coloured cottons
6 - rinses with interim spins
7 - separate bleaching
8 - last FS rinse
9 - spin
10 - fast coloured minimum iron with prew
11 - fast coloured minimum iron without prew
12 - somewhat 50°C minimum iron
13 - 40°C minimum iron
14 - woolens
15 - rinses without interim spin
16 - last rinse and final spin
Z - drain only (useless, this model has no anticrease rinse-hold)
paulc
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favorit
I seem to remember a similar looking candy machine with a 400 spin drain. One of my relations had one.
I seem to remember a similar looking candy machine with a 400 spin drain. One of my relations had one.
My Miele Has A Drain Only
One uses this either for certian items that cannot or should not have any sort of spinning, or when one wishes to drain the washer in case of some sort of emergency.
Suppose today with electronic controlled motors, washing machines can spin low as 200 or 400 rpms, which should be gentle enough for all but the most delicate items. However there are times one may need to abort a cycle and drain the machine.
L.
One uses this either for certian items that cannot or should not have any sort of spinning, or when one wishes to drain the washer in case of some sort of emergency.
Suppose today with electronic controlled motors, washing machines can spin low as 200 or 400 rpms, which should be gentle enough for all but the most delicate items. However there are times one may need to abort a cycle and drain the machine.
L.
superelectronic
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Thank you...
Thanks for the info, Favorit.
Could this machine have been cold fill only, hence the snowflake icon? I don't think it was an extra large button for no heat - that side on our machine didn't push in.
I think this was one of the last machines to use the manual push button drain of the conditioner compartment - after the mid 80s siphons were used instead. That dispenser draw had two funnels in the main wash compartment that I imagine should have been very effective in washing out the powder in conception but less so in practice. Then again, powder got stuck in any compartment in those days - it wasn't uncommon to see drawers that didn't close due to all the buildup if they hadn't been cleaned.
The timed fill on these machines was a liability - a hair grip got stuck in our pump and with each rinse the level got higher and higher until I convinced my Mum it was going wrong...in a state of panic she pumped the door release til the door opened and flooded the laundry and hall in the process! Did they have any pressure sensor or was it all timed?
Bye for now!
Alex
Thanks for the info, Favorit.
Could this machine have been cold fill only, hence the snowflake icon? I don't think it was an extra large button for no heat - that side on our machine didn't push in.
I think this was one of the last machines to use the manual push button drain of the conditioner compartment - after the mid 80s siphons were used instead. That dispenser draw had two funnels in the main wash compartment that I imagine should have been very effective in washing out the powder in conception but less so in practice. Then again, powder got stuck in any compartment in those days - it wasn't uncommon to see drawers that didn't close due to all the buildup if they hadn't been cleaned.
The timed fill on these machines was a liability - a hair grip got stuck in our pump and with each rinse the level got higher and higher until I convinced my Mum it was going wrong...in a state of panic she pumped the door release til the door opened and flooded the laundry and hall in the process! Did they have any pressure sensor or was it all timed?
Bye for now!
Alex
