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Post# 265803   2/20/2008 at 05:04 (5,902 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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im getting one and i want to know if it has a 800 or a 500 rpm spin?

im not too sure about this one.

i had a brown one and that was slow as but this one is newer and its blue and grey so mae its a bit faster




Post# 265804 , Reply# 1   2/20/2008 at 05:06 (5,902 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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the programmes

Post# 265814 , Reply# 2   2/20/2008 at 06:48 (5,902 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        

I think it is one of the last of the slow spin machines. I think it is more like 400 rpm.

You can tell when it changes from tumble to spin. Easiest to tell when the machine is running empty. The earlier machines with the very slow spin just jump straight from tumble to spin, there is no "distribute" speed. It is a simple 2 speed motor with no electronics. The later ones have an electronic controller. When it changes from tumble to spin speed, it accelerates in a couple of bursts, just a second or so each, before hitting top spin speed. It is still very quick to hit spin speed, it doesn't fuss around trying to balance like more modern machines.
I am reasonably confident it is NOT 800 rpm. The faster spin machines were badged Electra or Electra-economiser, except the last of the series, all white controls, which was badged Hoover 1100F. (Despite the model name, it spins at 800rpm.) Also the faster spin machines have a detergent dispenser drawer.
Chris.

Post# 265888 , Reply# 3   2/20/2008 at 15:24 (5,902 days old) by bearpeter ()        
would love to see more....

 Of that panel!!!
What are the programme options and what does that rocker swithch do???
Pete

Post# 265974 , Reply# 4   2/21/2008 at 04:23 (5,901 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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thats really crappy:( ill go and cry now haha. nah il just spin them in mums washer after. but yeah. my friend had an old zodiac 12 and it was the old brown one and it spun at 800. i have no idea. im pretty sure ill be pissed off when it comes:(

Post# 265984 , Reply# 5   2/21/2008 at 07:29 (5,901 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        

There are two rocker switches. The wide one, white plastic, is the normal/gentle button. Normal gives almost continuous tumbling in wash with only a brief pause before reversing. Gentle gives three short bursts of tumble in each direction with pauses in between, before reversing. (ie: clockwise-pause-clockwise-pause-clockwise-pause-clunk(timer increments)-anticlockwise-pause-anticlockwise-pause-anticlockwise-pause-etc.) I think gentle gives a short spin, too.
The illuminated button (smaller, orange plastic) is the spin/hold button. Lights up orange when hold is on.

The timer is another giveaway that it is a slow spin machine. The older machines have the dial which covers all the way around for one cycle. The later ones have a split dial, first half is normal cycle with 800 spin, second half is gentle cycle with 500 spin. Older models have the two rocker switches as above, with fill temp selected by the cycle - 1 and 2 are hot fill, 3 is warm fill, 4 is cold fill. No heater if model number ends in 0, heater models end in 5. (470, 480, 490 have no heater, 475, 485, 495 have heater.)Heater models always heat to temp, you can't select a no heat cycle. No dispenser drawer. On/off by pulling timer in/out.

Newer models have dispenser drawer, select wash temp with push buttons hot/warm/cold, push buttons to select spin or hold, on off button, heater models have heater on/off button.

I can not be 100% certain that the 520 is slow spin as I have never been inside one, but all the evidence points that way. It would be very interesting if the 520 had the old model controls but the fast spin...

chris.

Post# 266161 , Reply# 6   2/22/2008 at 07:04 (5,900 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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ok well now im thinking i might get an electra or economiser cos i want something that wiol acctually spin something.

Post# 266162 , Reply# 7   2/22/2008 at 07:05 (5,900 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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Post# 266163 , Reply# 8   2/22/2008 at 07:05 (5,900 days old) by hooverzodiac12 (Melbourne, Australia)        

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