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This Lovely old lady has finally been put out to grass at the ripe old age of 51. But it still runs like a Rolls Royce.
I have been looking after this for some years now. Sadly the gentleman that owned it has now died. The family has decided to put in a slightly more modern machine a second hand 3kg Candy and use the house as a holiday house, hence my previous post looking for instruction.
http://www.ukwhitegoods.com/modules.php … c68#160181I have question for any really old Londoners. The service manual has a few notes inside.
“Delivered January 1956. Re-wired to 230/250 volts 25/9/1961 by SEEBOARD on area voltage change.” What was that about?
Take a look at some of the other pictures that I have posted under the file Bendix. http://www.putfile.com/arosview/images/160419 Some interesting innovations that have not stood the test of time. eg. No pressure switch, instead a small amount of the fill water was diverted to a tube which lifts a float which in turn operates a switch. About 4 years ago I had to make a new one of these, I used a section of scaffold pole, a piece of high density foam and a brazing rod. I have also some pages from the original book.
Davidsomeone from idesit shold be looking at that and wondering why the hell their machines only last 3 minutes
a testament to a time when the british safety mark actually meant something, and the machines were designed and built to the best spec available at the time
maybe modern day stuff hasn’t advanced at all
Re: End of an Era
arosview wrote:I have question for any really old Londoners. The service manual has a few notes inside.
“Delivered January 1956. Re-wired to 230/250 volts 25/9/1961 by SEEBOARD on area voltage change.” What was that about?In those days London and most cities were on a 200volt supply and in the early 60’s had to be modified to run on the new 230/240volt supply. Therefore SEEboard, London Electric, Southern Electric etc had to replace motors etc on many different appliances. In those days they had their own workshops and did all this work ‘in-house’ so to speak.
The larger appliances such as fridges and automatic washing machines and launderette appliances had to be sub-contracted out usually to the manufacturers. In the case of the Bendix, which incidentally was bolted to the floor as there were no shock absorbers or springs fitted.
The most common breakdown on the model D was the water solenoid valves scaling up through hard water and rusty iron supply pipes. And the drain solenoid/dump valve sticking otherwise there was nothing to go wrong. The float system was never a problem and the water level could be easily ‘tweaked’ by sliding the spring clip up or down the copper rod. 😀
There are still loads of ‘Bendix’ stop taps around these days, I’m sure you’ve come across them? Most seized up years ago but remain as testimony to a bygone era. 🙁
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Thank you for that information Martin. I don’t recall any of that when I was growing up in the 60’s. We didn’t have any electrical appliances at home. A gas cooker and a gas fridge and that was it. Mum would push a pram full of washing about 3 miles to the public laundry, which was part of the local swimming baths. Everything was boiled and pummelled.
Although I do remember when I started work in the lift industry in the mid 60’s I spent a long time in the West End of London converting DC lifts to 3 phase. Although I was just an apprentice I remember getting a “fortune” for my share of the scrap mercury arc rectifiers. Some of which stood 6 feet high. Goodness knows want the fitter and mate got.
David
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