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hi garn hear
came across an electra GL2 MINT CONDITION TODAY
52 YEARS OLD NEVER BROKEN DOWN
WOULD YOU KNOW SOME PARTS NUMBERS OR MODEL?
NEEDS BRUSHES & PUMP
THANKSRe: electra gl2 (italy)
Where did 50 odd years come from? If you give me the serial number, on a silver palate at the rear just below the tub breather pipe, I can date it to the month.
Electra GL2 500 spin, was sold through the Electricity Boards 1974 to 1977, made by Zanussi along with the 300 spin GL1. The bearings on those was bigger than the present day ones on the 1,000 spin machine.
Prior to that was the L1 & L2 1972 to Oct 1794. These were eventually replaced by the Hoover Electra A3E02 range. No Electra ones were the DL range.
How come it needs brushes is beyond me, they used an induction motor?
Zanussi only entered the uk in the mid 60’s, but was badged Imperial.
Alex
Alex wrote:Where did 50 odd years come from? If you give me the serial number, on a silver palate at the rear just below the tub breather pipe, I can date it to the month.
Electra GL2 500 spin, was sold through the Electricity Boards 1974 to 1977, made by Zanussi along with the 300 spin GL1. The bearings on those was bigger than the present day ones on the 1,000 spin machine.
Prior to that was the L1 & L2 1972 to Oct 1794. These were eventually replaced by the Hoover Electra A3E02 range. No Electra ones were the DL range.
How come it needs brushes is beyond me, they used an induction motor?
Zanussi only entered the uk in the mid 60’s, but was badged Imperial.
Alex
thanks alex
a pensioner saw my van this morning
her husband bought it many years he worked for the old electricity board high street shops.
the machine was running at the time
couldent withdraw it.
symtoms are clothes are damp on the spinRe: electra gl2 (italy)
Sounds like a blocked filter to me….. 😉 It may be difficult to pull out, but it is possible with patience. Electra GL2 , Zanussi DL / SL series and Zoppas machines were ultra reliable, durable, simple and cheap to fix – everything the modern day manufacturers have lost sight of.
IIRC, pump, door gasket, inlet valves and door handle are still available today.Steve.
Re: electra gl2 (italy)
Proper rubber drain hose collapsing will do exactly this. 480rpm spin – they’re never exactly going to be dry, I’m afraid.
Penguin45.
Re: electra gl2 (italy)
Capacitor used to play up, but then you would get a poor wash, and failure to ramp into spin. Think it was 16mf
Also watch for overfilling, then the water would not evacuate enough before spin, and the drum would send the water around in a vortex, and would not drain properly. Water level on Cottons 1″ up the front plastic door inner, on delicates halfway between the lip of the door seal and the centre of the door handle.
Alex
Re: electra gl2 (italy)
Alex wrote:Capacitor used to play up, but then you would get a poor wash, and failure to ramp into spin. Think it was 16mf
Also watch for overfilling, then the water would not evacuate enough before spin, and the drum would send the water around in a vortex, and would not drain properly. Water level on Cottons 1″ up the front plastic door inner, on delicates halfway between the lip of the door seal and the centre of the door handle.
Alex
ok thanks for the info
il check it out
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