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Odd 70s Hoover Automatic 50 on ebay.de |
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Post# 439923   6/6/2010 at 11:36 (5,044 days old) by 74simon ()   |   | |
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Spotted this when browsing... isn't it a Zanussi similar to the ones Hotpoint imported and re-badged? CLICK HERE TO GO TO 74simon's LINK on eBay |
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Post# 439930 , Reply# 1   6/6/2010 at 13:09 (5,044 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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It certainly looks like a Zanussi, although whether its a basic as those Hotpoints remains to be confirmed. One wonders why Hoover needed these as heaven knows there was such a variety of models and variants you would think they had little need to buy them in. Mind you the same thing could have been those Hotpoints as well. I have seen other German Hoover machines (thanks Paul) which do not appear to have been of UK manufacture but these have had full front solid doors for building in.
Of course Hoover had a long association with Zanussi as most of their refrigeration products from the mid 1960s right through to mid 80s at least were built by Zanussi as of course the first series of Autojet and Superjet dishwashers Al |
Post# 439949 , Reply# 3   6/6/2010 at 14:52 (5,044 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Though I did, on first seeing it, whether it was a clone of the AEG PE. The doors do look very similar, but the lid on the PE appears deeper and the facia attaching is different..... |
Post# 439969 , Reply# 5   6/6/2010 at 17:15 (5,044 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Paul,
It may be that the Lavemat PE is a Zanussi as well, there are similarities in teh picture above. I recall well helping a friend make her first purchase of an automatic machine circa 1983 (replacing a Supertwin 3 incidentally) and her choice was a BOL AEG. It was, very clearly, a Zanussi although the facicia was colour coded to make it look like the rest of the AEG line. Al |
Post# 439974 , Reply# 6   6/6/2010 at 17:30 (5,044 days old) by turnamat (Germany)   |   | |
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Hi!
In the early 70ies,the cheap,basic line of AEG have been Zanussi machines,they mostly named"Lavalux"or"Lavarex"in Germany.They didnīt have many features and programms,were very basic but sturdy machines.AEG Machines made in Germany by AEG that time always have a stainless steel outer drum,the machines made by Zanussi were made from porcelain enamel.The Zanussi machines always open to the left side,original AEG machines to the right!Most of those AEG-Zanussi machines also were sold under the name "Hoover".Some EBD-Models were sold by"Hoover,too!EBD has been an old german company,that have made washers,spin dryers and ironers for a long time,mostly sold with different brand names and always in a cheap,poor quality! Thomas. |
Post# 440038 , Reply# 8   6/7/2010 at 01:19 (5,043 days old) by SeamusUK (Dover Kent UK)   |   | |
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Post# 440366 , Reply# 9   6/8/2010 at 12:39 (5,042 days old) by paulinroyton (B)   |   | |
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Just like some Bosch machines today are produced in Poland, but using German parts. Paul |
Post# 440608 , Reply# 11   6/9/2010 at 15:56 (5,041 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Hiya Mathew. Here be the Hoover A3332 'Energy Control' a.k.a 'Slow Spin 500' machine. Dont imagine that there are many of these still about! (please let one surface, please let one surface, please let one surface)... |
Post# 441017 , Reply# 13   6/11/2010 at 14:40 (5,039 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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It says "Energy Control", but how is a low spin speed energy control when it would take "x" amount of time LONGER to dry the clothes? Drying uses far more electricity than washing the clothes. My idea of an energy saver would be something that spins them FASTER so they wouldn't have to be in the dryer longer. I may be missing a point here, but it doesn't make sense. It should just be the "Money Control" model as it sounds like another way to pitch a low-end machine. It is a very smart looking machine though, appearance wise I like it. I also agree that the lower spin speed should prolong the life of the machine. I could imagine someone going from a Hoover TT's spin to this would have been shocked...
-Tim |
Post# 441529 , Reply# 15   6/14/2010 at 09:37 (5,036 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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I didn't realize there were more things that made up the name. I figured that the 500 RPM spin was being touted as the method of energy savings. I also didn't realize that tumble dryers were still as scarce as you say there. I like line drying, but unless one has a house or an arrangement with a yard, it's difficult. Also I use twin tub washers (a Hoover and a Maytag) for a good deal of my laundry and with the faster spinners on them, it makes drying in a dryer a fairly quick affair.
One thing to remember here, is that most people don't "do" laundry here. People fill the machine, add a cup of whatever and pull the knob. Then into the dryer. I give many credit for even cleaning the lint filter. Hanging laundry is ablsotely unheard of unless you're and old woman in the country somewhere. I quite like my dryer, but I remember living in my apartment with no dryer and only my Hoover twinnie. I had 2 racks and I got along very well with that. People would come over and ask me why I just didn't lug the clothes down the street to the campus laundry. I asked them why they did, and then politely asked them for the $8 it would take per trip not including gas in the car if needed. To me it was very convenient to do the laundry in the house and hang the clothes. I'm not even sure that I would have had room in my 1st place for a portable dryer even. The only thing that made the Hoover so practical was it's worktop since I had only 14" of counter space in the whole kitchen. Ahhh the good old days :) -Tim |