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Philips Variotronic 082 - Another classic saved |
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Post# 559424   11/26/2011 at 16:22 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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After spending quite a lot of money, time and petrol procuring two twin tubs which both require remedial action I promised myself there would be no more. That was before tempter-in-chief "Matchbox Paul" got to work! Well it was:
1. Laughably cheap - £5.50 ($7.00) 2. Close - 8 miles away 3. And most important, the first washing machine I ever bought, back in 1980 |
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Post# 559425 , Reply# 1   11/26/2011 at 16:24 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559426 , Reply# 2   11/26/2011 at 16:26 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559427 , Reply# 3   11/26/2011 at 16:28 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559428 , Reply# 4   11/26/2011 at 16:28 (4,506 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 559430 , Reply# 5   11/26/2011 at 16:31 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559431 , Reply# 6   11/26/2011 at 16:33 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559433 , Reply# 7   11/26/2011 at 16:34 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559435 , Reply# 8   11/26/2011 at 16:37 (4,506 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 559436 , Reply# 9   11/26/2011 at 16:37 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559437 , Reply# 10   11/26/2011 at 16:39 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559438 , Reply# 11   11/26/2011 at 16:41 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559439 , Reply# 12   11/26/2011 at 16:46 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559441 , Reply# 13   11/26/2011 at 16:49 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559442 , Reply# 14   11/26/2011 at 16:52 (4,506 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559443 , Reply# 15   11/26/2011 at 16:54 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559445 , Reply# 16   11/26/2011 at 16:57 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559446 , Reply# 17   11/26/2011 at 16:59 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559447 , Reply# 18   11/26/2011 at 17:01 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559449 , Reply# 19   11/26/2011 at 17:03 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559452 , Reply# 20   11/26/2011 at 17:06 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559453 , Reply# 21   11/26/2011 at 17:11 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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No "Y" connectors on this machine! I well remember when I got my first one how the instructions showed how to easily convert the machine to cold fill only. In the previous picture you can see a spare terminal on the cold solenoid. You simply take the cable from the hot and attach it to the spare terminal
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Post# 559456 , Reply# 22   11/26/2011 at 17:20 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559458 , Reply# 23   11/26/2011 at 17:29 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 559466 , Reply# 24   11/26/2011 at 18:16 (4,505 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Quick video on the link. This machine was designed to launch into the spin while the drum was still full of water. And for those who complain of low rinse water levels you can see this does not suffer from that problem. I might add that the regular (as opposed to delicate) programmes have five, yes FIVE, rinses! I am on metered water where I live, I dont think I will be using it all that often.
The video has been edited, it does take quite a bit longer on this rinse, which is the one where fabric softner is added Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK |
Post# 559659 , Reply# 25   11/27/2011 at 09:48 (4,505 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 559668 , Reply# 26   11/27/2011 at 10:08 (4,505 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Post# 559888 , Reply# 29   11/28/2011 at 10:39 (4,504 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Congratulations Al, now one washer becomes 3 Lol, told you the bug would bite, lovely machine and this is the first version 082 and in 1981 they relaunched the Brown Fascia series, mainly sold through independants of the day and the Co-operative stores....
I started selling the Brown Series at Agri Electrics and they where very popular, the Spin Drain is amazing to watch and of course it was the first machine with the Polypropylene Drum and the much smaller Permag (Permenant Magnet )motor... These where launched with a 10yr guarantee on each, so confident (and rightly so) that Phillips where, your washer was one of the first made in the UK at the Hipperholme factory in Halifax. Interestingly that the drum is hung from four springs slung from the cabinet top and two U shaped metal snubbers that the drum rests on, certainly kept them stable, in fact because the drum was wide and had a narrow depth these machines where often used in built in kitchen as they could sit in the space behind a flush kitchen door... We are on the look out for the rare tub to pump sump hose as you can see it has a groove which just pushes into a hole outlet of the tub no clamp outlet as such... The matching dryer has been on ebay recently, so all you need now is the 2000sx dishwasher!!! Enjoy, Mike |
Post# 560387 , Reply# 31   11/30/2011 at 13:03 (4,502 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 560390 , Reply# 32   11/30/2011 at 13:04 (4,502 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 560411 , Reply# 33   11/30/2011 at 13:37 (4,502 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 560419 , Reply# 34   11/30/2011 at 14:44 (4,502 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Paul
Thanks very much for the hint about dating the machine - January 1980 it is then - just a few weeks off 32 years old. Mike Interesting to see the cut-away picture you posted, they had something similar in the showroom when I bought mine. And a very good point about the depth of the machine (just under 21 inches) not only for placing it behinh a door but ideal for those occasions where the stand pipe an taps are right behind the machine - I HATE seeing washing machines and dishwasher sticking out beyond the line of cupboards Al |