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P.O.D. 9/06/08 Hoover 565 |
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Post# 301833   9/6/2008 at 12:28 (5,702 days old) by impala276 ()   |   | |
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Anyone know why Hoover stopped making laundry products? I never knew they made washers and dryers until I joined automaticwasher.org Just curious. Thanks. |
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Post# 301843 , Reply# 1   9/6/2008 at 13:48 (5,702 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Post# 301912 , Reply# 4   9/6/2008 at 21:48 (5,702 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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...except the front loaders.... Hoover front loaders made in Australia were based on the 'square' door British machines. In fact, the only reason manufacture of the Australian machines stopped was that production of square door machines in the UK stopped and some of the parts were imported. This was pre Email days. I had a Hoover Electra 550 from 1994 until 2005. A friend now has it and it is going strong. They are a basic 5kg machine. Maximum cycle length is about 50min. Mine had no heater (that was 555) and only 2 spin speeds - 500 or 800rpm dependant on cycle. I had 2 minor things done. A water leak fixed where a hose split on the detergent drawer and a door seal replaced. Pretty good given the machine had been tranported 14 times as I transfered around the country with work. |
Post# 301922 , Reply# 5   9/6/2008 at 23:28 (5,702 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Though perhaps hard to come by, are not so rare. Production was only halted quite recently in the UK that MIB parts can still be found with some effort. Even in the United States, if one knows where to look and or keeps one's eyes peeled,parts do turn up. Weakest link in Hoover TT's appears to be the pump, again, they can be hard to find, or you will be tripping over them, depending upon what mood the gods are in. Was quite blessed to have a member send a pump from Oz, to replace the knackered one in my machine. However later found one, then another NIB pump, so am setting pretty pump wise. Hoover in the United States probably stopped making their portable washers and dryers as the market for semi-automatic, wringer and such machines decreased as more housewives and others moved to fully automatic washing machines. Even the portable washer and dryer market soon had fully automatic offerings by GE,Kenmore,and Whirlpool. Twin tub washing was really a bridge niche, or variation if you will from wringer washing machines. But still, if one gets in the mood, one can easily run though a mountain of laundry quite fast in a twin tub, versus a normal washing machine. Of course the easy solution, provided one has the space, is to purchase a second Hoover washer to use for donor parts. There is a posting from a member about NIB twintub washers for sale. |