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Ha, reminds me of the time that Hotpoint used a Zanussi made machine as a short term stop gap whilst a new production line came on stream over 40 years ago. The 1823 and 1826, pathetic spin speeds of 370 and 520 rpm at the time the current Hotpoint 1600 was doing 1100 rpm. The number of calls we got complaining of poor spin. 🙁

I went to do a warranty service call on one in Chadderton, walked in and said to the customer, “don’t tell me, let me guess, it’s jumping all over the place”. She was amazed, “how on earth did you know that, I haven’t told anyone”.

“Well the large concrete block that you are using to prop your gate open with is NOT part of the transit packing”. :rotfl:

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stratfordgirl wrote:Testament to the strength of the old Carboran tub.

vitreous enamel 40 odd years ago on mine. 😀

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Ah the old Hotpoint 1600 . These were a nightmare for independent repairers the dc motor used to blow and take everything out module,pmc and programme switch. My boss used to say ‘dont get involved or you’ll be married to it’. I just think the 1000 spin machine didn’t arrive properly until ac motors were introduced, the 1600 was ahead of its time. Customers that took out the maintenance contracts were the lucky ones and became quite familiar with Hotpoint engineers. The early 1800 series also had problems – I remember one with three microswitches on the interlock and the middle one failed and caused mayhem to the electronics however most of the electronic problems were eventually ironed out.

I didnt see many 1823s but the 1826 Zanussi model was one of the most reliable machines around and lasted many years although I think there was a problem on the rinse cycle as it was a timed fill -Jim will probably correct me on that one. Hunting through my knob box (Ooh matron!) today I noticed on passing a purple knob probably off one of these.

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🙂