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Post# 558245   11/21/2011 at 07:03 (4,531 days old) by HOTPOINTMARK ()        

electra gl2 my mum add one of these machines it lasted 17 years it was still goin strong after that i love to get of one again i swap it for my hotpoint wml720 its like bake bean can itsnot hotpoint any more

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Post# 558567 , Reply# 1   11/22/2011 at 15:25 (4,530 days old) by bendixdeluxe ()        
They are nice machines

 In the process of restoring mine, if I was ever to swap this machine it would have to be swapped for a BENDIX 7147B.

Post# 559120 , Reply# 2   11/25/2011 at 12:11 (4,527 days old) by aquarius8000 ()        

the programming on the knob looks simalar to those old radios. nice electra Matthew.

Post# 559123 , Reply# 3   11/25/2011 at 12:15 (4,527 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)        
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The Macintosh SE near the phone is a nice touch as well :)

 

-Tim
Post# 559170 , Reply# 4   11/25/2011 at 14:17 (4,527 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)        
That Mac

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I saw that! I sooo want an old Mac like that! If you want to get rid please let me know!

Great Machine!

Jacob

Post# 559202 , Reply# 5   11/25/2011 at 17:02 (4,527 days old) by hotpointmark ()        
electra gl2

 yes good machine hope to see yours on you tube soon

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Post# 559392 , Reply# 6   11/26/2011 at 14:12 (4,526 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)        
Matthew

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Whats the MASSIVE button in the middle of the panel?

Jacob

Post# 559455 , Reply# 7   11/26/2011 at 17:18 (4,526 days old) by hotpointmark ()        
electra gl2

 it was a stain button weather it work or not i dont no my mum add her electra gl2 from 1978 till 1994 it was still workin then she got the electra awm 8oo it was a service under neath then after thatfrom 1994 till 1996 a hotpoint wm 25 then from 1996 till 2001 she add the wma62 then from 2001 till feb 2011 a beko 1400 spin the 3 best machines was the gl2 the hottie wm25 n wma 62

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Post# 559602 , Reply# 8   11/27/2011 at 03:36 (4,525 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)        
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I had a Hotpoint WDM73 from about the same era as the WM62!

Fab machines!

Jacob

Post# 559605 , Reply# 9   11/27/2011 at 04:10 (4,525 days old) by hotpointmark ()        
gl2

 i hav had wm 64 then wma 62 then wf430 then wf 860 then whent back to wma76 then wmf 760 now got wml720 its washers ok but gis me the creaps cus just found out they been exploding iam only in flat with thin walls dont want get butched by a washing machine in my sleep

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Post# 559624 , Reply# 10   11/27/2011 at 06:09 (4,525 days old) by HotpointFan (United Kingdom)        
Mark

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How many Hotpoints have exploded? 2
How many Hotpoint washing machines are there in the country? Millions
Don't worry, theres a very teeny tiny chance that yours will explode:P

Jacob


Post# 559867 , Reply# 11   11/28/2011 at 07:04 (4,524 days old) by hotpointmark ()        

tnks if mine did i would sue the pants of them i dont think a big company should be playing with peoples lives by manfacturine shoddy goods like they do i thing from may 2003 hotpoint hav got poor now we no its not hotpoint cus it just rubbish there makin i think beko are better made machines

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Post# 765957 , Reply# 12   6/25/2014 at 18:47 (3,584 days old) by gletts (Crawley)        
Memories

 Hi all,

New here, and great to see a GL2 surface. Brings back memories of growing up! My parents got one of these just as I was born (March 1975), and it was finally replaced by a Hotpoint 9534 in 1987 due to the slow spin speed.

The large stain button in the middle used to make the tumbles longer - I remember as a small lad 'playing' with it. When a tumble finished, if you pressed the button immediately, it would start tumbling again for a few seconds in the same direction.

One day the drain screen filter broke and the machine flooded the house. Not quite sure what happened (I was only 5...) but the plastic "nut" on the front had basically cracked. My dad mended it with the top off a basin tap!

For the record - the 9534 was replaced in about 1997 by a Zanussi FL1081 which lasted precisely 2 weeks. Its replacement had the same fate (must have been a bad batch - screeched on spin), and was replaced by a low-end Siemens (can't remember the model no) which was a godawful, noisy, slow machine that absolutely refused to die. Replaced in about 2012 by an equally noisy, Bosch - the motor sounds "gritty" and is screechy on spin.

I probably notice it more as my own AEG 14850 is almost silent - and in an odd way, reminds me of my Aunty Joan's old Bendix 7147 - with its lack of motor noise!

I would be interested to know how many litres of water the GL2 used on a typical wash with those very high water level rinses, compared to the tiny amount my AEG uses (albeit with awful rinsing!).

Cheers guys,

Graham

Post# 766095 , Reply# 13   6/26/2014 at 06:08 (3,583 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)        

Hi Graham,

Welcome to the forum.

The GL2 uses 3.3 gallons at normal level and 4.4 gallons at high level. On a cottons cycle the main wash fills at normal level and there are 5 rinses at high level, plus a cool down phase after the main wash (which fills to the high level or maybe higher, but being a timed fill it would depend on water pressure). I would say each cycle would use at least 26 gallons of water which equals 118.2 litres!

Looking at the instruction manual for the L14850 I can see that it uses 58 litres on the Cottons 40c and 60c programmes.

You might be interested in this link which describes the workings of the GL1, GL2 and GL3 machines: procornerpdf.electrolux.com/stati...

Tom

Post# 770209 , Reply# 14   7/12/2014 at 11:26 (3,567 days old) by gletts (Crawley)        

Hi Tom

Thanks. And thanks for the info - very interesting! Ah yes I remember those 5 high-level rinses. Compared to 3 rinses with just about a pint of water nowadays !! (exaggeration but you get the idea...)

That's a huge amount of water - just shows how technology has advanced over the years. Definitely at the expense of good rinsing though - or it may just be that my AEG is particularly bad.

Thanks for the document too - that's very interesting. I'm sure I've seen that before, although quite a few years ago - was it distributed with the GL2 as part of the manual, or is that the service guide?

My dad did do a couple of repairs to the GL2 we had, in particular the door catch/lock, which got broken when we moved house, so it's possible he had that technical document.

I have also remembered that our next door neighbour had the same machine, another GL2, bought at the same time. Interestingly, hers was also still working when she replaced it about the same time we did (also with a Hotpoint 9534) - reason for replacement was the slow spin speed. I think what happened, is that my parents (and neighbour) were then able to afford tumble dryers, and that highlighted the need for a higher spin speed otherwise towels took forever to dry.

For anyone who's interested - I actually know the fate of our old GL2. My uncle runs a dry cleaning machinery supply/service/repair business. He took the GL2, which was still working, and as part of a project he was working on at the time to develop a small, domestic dry cleaning machine, adapted it to run some tests with dry cleaning fluids instead of water. I guess he replaced the hoses and seals with materials that would stand up to Perc. He abandoned the project after it proved too difficult (with legislation starting to regulate that industry in the late 80's/early 90's), and so the machine was, unfortunately, scrapped in the early 90's.

I reckon I have a photo somewhere of the GL2 in both our kitchen at Leatherhead, and later in Barns Green - both kitchens in a lovely shade of 70's yellow and formica! I will try and find them and post them here - they seem quite rare machines compared to some of the Hotpoints/Hoovers/Zanussis.

Post# 770232 , Reply# 15   7/12/2014 at 13:23 (3,567 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

Hi Graham.
Would be superb to see your machine in the photos. Nice machines, the 70s Zanussi's and their many derivitives. Unfortunately they had a propensity to rust, as shown in the other thread with Mark's Hotpoint version 1826.

A few years ago I managed to secure a 1826 as well and it too is now beginning to show its age. Just grateful that Seamus and Matt's Electra GL2 is in such ine visual fettle.

Paul


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