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I thought I had worked on most washing machines from wringers to dyson from american top loaders to chinese crap.But I have just had my first look at a samsung with twin motors one driving the outer tub and one driving an agitator at the back of the tub `o` by the way this is a front loader what will they come up with next ! am I getting grumpy or has the industry gone mad its a washing machine it washes clothes .
mikehha wrote:I thought I had worked on most washing machines from wringers to dyson from american top loaders to chinese crap.But I have just had my first look at a samsung with twin motors one driving the outer tub and one driving an agitator at the back of the tub `o` by the way this is a front loader what will they come up with next ! am I getting grumpy or has the industry gone mad its a washing machine it washes clothes .
Guess you’ve never seen the original, sloping front door Hoover Keymatic then.;)
https://youtu.be/wLXOgyh8BwU These had a small agitator at the back of the drum. You can just catch a glimpse of it for a second near the start. Samsung catching up with 1961 technology.;)
iadom wrote:https://youtu.be/wLXOgyh8BwU These had a small agitator at the back of the drum. You can just catch a glimpse of it for a second near the start. Samsung catching up with 1961 technology.;)
the electric board I worked for reconned these 10 at a time in the early 70’s
Dave
still got two of the keymatic keys somewhere from what I remember we were always changing door rubbers on those .
My mum had a Keymatic for a while, I’m guessing late 60s, but the repair shop in the local high street called out so often to repair it, my mum soon ditched it for a 2nd hand single tub with mangle someone at our church wanted to get rid of. I can can only vaguely remember the Keymatic but in the absence of many toys, the program cards were likely a source of entertainment, as was the mangle, along with the lid-operated spin dryer which came later.
I remember the keymatic, but am not old enough for the sloping front one, although my old man still talks fondly of them, I just about remember a Hotpoint 1600 with an indicator on a cord ??
Lawrence wrote:I remember the keymatic, but am not old enough for the sloping front one, although my old man still talks fondly of them, I just about remember a Hotpoint 1600 with an indicator on a cord ??
with the module and pmc ( just an encapsulated diode and thyristor)
Dave
For anyone wanting a bit of nostalgia, check this out:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/albums/72157713212541087stratfordgirl wrote:For anyone wanting a bit of nostalgia, check this out:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chestermikeuk/albums/72157713212541087worked on a few of them
the Parnell brough back memories. The only machine you could pump the water to save and it pumped it down below so when you spun the washing you could pump the water back up and re use it on more washing
Dave
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