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Post# 196963   3/12/2007 at 18:53 (6,225 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

A cement mixer style Lightburn twin tub for sale.

I have never seen one of these machines.


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Post# 196964 , Reply# 1   3/12/2007 at 19:05 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
I've already made enquiries with the Seller

And he'll hold onto it until I can organise collection.

I've got the repair manual for this model.

He sent me through some additional pics.


Post# 196965 , Reply# 2   3/12/2007 at 19:06 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
Wash tub

You had to reach into the bottom to open the drain plug

Post# 196966 , Reply# 3   3/12/2007 at 19:06 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
Spin dryer

You pull the clothes out of the wash tub into the spin dryer

Post# 196968 , Reply# 4   3/12/2007 at 19:08 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
Underneath.

1 wash and 1 tumble motor.

The water from the spin can drains through an open galvanised box channel to the back where the pump collects the water, when you unscrew the plug in the wash drum, the water also runs into the tray at the rear.

The wash tub is driven by a rubber roller and was apparantly susceptible to slipping due to condensation.

Note the brown bakelite switch at the bottom, this was the same switch as was used in all houses up until the mid 60's.


Post# 196993 , Reply# 5   3/12/2007 at 21:29 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
That sure is different!

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May I ask what the trap door on top (with the red knob) is for?
Also what does the lever on the side control?

Thank you in advance.


Post# 196997 , Reply# 6   3/12/2007 at 21:38 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
Red Knob

To operate:

Plug the machine in and turn the powerpoint on.

This starts the wash motor and the pump running.

To start tumbling, turn the red knob to start and the wash tub will move. A Mechanical linkage moves the drive roller into contact with the wash tub.

Flick the little metal lever above it actuates the switch you can see underneath and stops and starts the spinner.

Simplicity at its best.


Post# 197002 , Reply# 7   3/12/2007 at 21:45 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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powerpoint => Outlet.

In UK and Australia electrical outlet are switched for safety, since the plug does not go into a recessed part as it does in most parts of Europe. As we all probably know the mentioned places use 220-240v, now nominally 230v.

French Nom= name
So "nominaly" here is used to mean "in name" :-)


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Post# 197003 , Reply# 8   3/12/2007 at 21:47 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Australian wiring/electricity

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Post# 197004 , Reply# 9   3/12/2007 at 21:48 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Australian plug/receptacle

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Post# 197006 , Reply# 10   3/12/2007 at 21:58 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Left: Euro recptagles, recessed.

Right: UK receptacle, flush (not recessed). Right side is switched "on" (down is "on" up is "off"). In the Brit version inserting the longer grounding/earthing prong opens a shutter allowing the other two prongs access to their proper places.

Sorry to digress. Now, back to our regularly scheduled programme.


Post# 197008 , Reply# 11   3/12/2007 at 22:02 (6,225 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

Its so weird. I can see that it would be at all easy to use. As the lightburn spinner design doesn't really facilitate a spin/rinse procedure, it would be a lot of back and forth between the two tubs to get a load done.

The curiosity would be great though to watch the wash action you could use as little water as possible or fill it up to capicity.


Post# 197009 , Reply# 12   3/12/2007 at 22:02 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Sorry yes, I deserve 10 thrashes with a wet noodle.

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That huge thing is a std. Brit duplex outlet. Their plugs are huge in that (IIRC) EVERY appliance has a fuse in the plug, due to a thing called a "ring" circuit.

That is a WHOLE other thread.........


Post# 197015 , Reply# 13   3/12/2007 at 22:51 (6,225 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
definitely no spin rinses here

My Current lightburn TT also has the opening around the spinner drive. On my TT if the water level gets to high there is an overflow pipe that directs the water onto the ground. As the pump on mine is quite slow, I've ended up with wet feet a few times now.

On the machines that have no overflow pipe, if the water level gets too high, then the water just runs down the spinner drive shaft and through the motor.



Post# 197044 , Reply# 14   3/13/2007 at 06:35 (6,225 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Of what material is the wash tub made? Is there a separate finish coating? At first, my guess was plastique.



Post# 197106 , Reply# 15   3/13/2007 at 13:20 (6,224 days old) by brisnat81 (Brisbane Australia)        
Washtub is Fibreglass

You could say that Lightburn Industries had a belief that life goes better with Fibreglass.

The Lightburn Zeta Station Wagon and the Lightburn Zeta Sports Coupe both had Fibreglass bodies. The twintubs had fibreglass wash tubs and tops. It did give them a way of having lots of pretty colours, at a time when colours where hard to apply.

The spin tub seems to always be metal, with a fibreglass like coating.


Post# 197123 , Reply# 16   3/13/2007 at 15:08 (6,224 days old) by waterstreet ()        
Marching to a Different Drummer

The Lightburn Zeta automobile also has the same zany charm as the twintub. It is noted that company also made cement mixers and there seems to be a bit of cross pollination with the twintub.

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Post# 197177 , Reply# 17   3/13/2007 at 19:17 (6,224 days old) by rolls_rapide (.)        
UK 13 Amp Sockets

Hi,

The cheaper (still perfectly legal and safe) 13 amp sockets do indeed open a shutter to accept the live and neutral pins, as the oversized earthing pin is inserted.

However, you photo depicts the "MK" brand of socket. They are generally regarded as the "Rolls Royce" of electrical accessories. Their socket does not rely upon the insertion of the earth-pin to open the shutter. Instead, equal-balanced pressure from the live and neutral pins, swivels the shutter out of the way.

They seem to be the only ones to have this feature, so I presume its patented by them.

Ring-circuit mains in the UK, is basically to ensure that a particular socket and its wiring cannot become overloaded, thus avoiding fire-risk.


Post# 199757 , Reply# 18   3/27/2007 at 09:06 (6,210 days old) by gocartwasher ()        
shure is a interesting machine

looks like a railroad car toilet LOL


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