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My Hotpoint 9534W!

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Post# 281074 5/21/2008 at 15:05 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes After a year in storage I've swapped by Zanussi Z9191T with the Hotpoint. I've been promising for ages that I'd get some pictures up. The machine was manufactured in around March 1989 at Kinmel Park in North Wales. I bought it in December 2006 from an appliance engineer who reconditioned it for me, however, it's in pretty good condition for its age!

Post# 281075 , Reply# 1 5/21/2008 at 15:08 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes The 9534 was the last of the series to have the non-flush door with the button to open. No chrome on this one though i'm afraid. The machine has a strange interlock, it doesn't click like other machines, after the programme has finished you can gradually press the button in more and more until it finally unlocks!

Post# 281076 , Reply# 2 5/21/2008 at 15:10 (5,818 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Awwwh my childhood machine! Nice one tom!? Any action pics videos to follow?! I loved this machine to pieces! I was sad when it died after 12years of washing for 6, sometimes 8 including brothers g.fs!! Wonderful machine! Darren

Post# 281077 , Reply# 3 5/21/2008 at 15:11 (5,818 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes My model had the "curvey" door glass!

Post# 281079 , Reply# 4 5/21/2008 at 15:12 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Here we can see the drum, with the two plastic door seal retainers used on the earlier 95 series. Also note the hinge allowing the door to open 180 degrees, something not found on later models. The drum itself is the smaller 4.5kg with the thick metal rim next to the seal. Later machines ommited this rim and increased the capacity to 5kg. Later 'Aquarius' machines also had holes in the drum paddles.

Post# 281081 , Reply# 5 5/21/2008 at 15:19 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Here we have the timer knob and option buttons. The neon lamp above the option buttons comes on during rinse hold only. The green lamp is 'mains' and is on whenever the dial is pulled out. Rinse Hold is used only on the delicate cycles, 3, 4 and 6. Half Load reduces the water level in the wash and rinses to the rim of the drum and the first level on the pressure switch. This works on all cycles. Slow spin reduces the speed of all spins from 1000rpm to 500rpm. Economy wash disables the heater element and washes at the temperature of the incoming hot water supply. Again, this works on any programme. The dial shows the old ITCL programme numbers and not the modern wash symbols which were used on later models.

Post# 281082 , Reply# 6 5/21/2008 at 15:20 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Tom Loving the pics, thats a fabulous example of Hotpoints heyday! Any wonder they were the UK's number ?! LOL Cant beat those Hotpoints can you - they wash and rinse so much better then the Hoover equivalents due to longer more vigourous tumbles and bloody quick to accelerate spins. Hotpoints also had more interim spins which meant they rinse so much better with less water. Great noises too. i just love em! Gotta say, I do love those chrome doors on the New Generations though. R

Post# 281083 , Reply# 7 5/21/2008 at 15:22 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes The programme guide and dispenser front. This model proudly announces that it's made in Great Britain, and of course designed in Great Britain too! (Not Italy!)

Post# 281084 , Reply# 8 5/21/2008 at 15:24 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Finally, the dispenser. Main wash right hand side, softener back left, prewash front left.

Post# 281085 , Reply# 9 5/21/2008 at 15:33 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Darren, glad you like them. Indeed it is a wonderful machine, full of character, and yes it even washes and rinses well contrary to popular belief! It's very quick (40 mins for a 40c cycle), but that's because it gets on with the job unlike most modern machines. I can certainly arrange some action pics for you at the weekend! They did change the door glass to the angled one shortly after this didn't they? Wonder why that was. Rob, the noises remind me of my childhood sat infront of the things and running away when a particularly violent spin was on the way (you could tell by the distribute how unbalanced it was going to be!)

Post# 281088 , Reply# 10 5/21/2008 at 15:39 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes *Classic Hotpoint* Not to steal your thunder Tom, heres a sneak preview of something "Chrome" currently sat in my utility room, classic chrome - so shiney and precious. However as this is your thread tis time to not talk about mine and Pauls new machine! We will start a new thread in July when we are on holiday all about our new Hotpoint and the ins and outs etc. Rob and Paul

Post# 281090 , Reply# 11 5/21/2008 at 15:49 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Looks interesting Rob! No push button... 95620 maybe. If it's chrome it's made before Feb 1985. Tom

Post# 281091 , Reply# 12 5/21/2008 at 15:49 (5,818 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes THANKS A LOT! aquarius 1984 This machine was my childhood machine, as i'm very young, mid teens, and into washing machines i couldn't remember the exact model! Now i remember because of looks, and spin etc! Thanks again, My machine at the moment is a ....Dyson! (at the same place where the hotpoint stood a few years ago)

Post# 281092 , Reply# 13 5/21/2008 at 15:50 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Tom, LOL!

Post# 281093 , Reply# 14 5/21/2008 at 15:54 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Well, it'll have rocker switches rather than buttons, I know that much!

Post# 281095 , Reply# 15 5/21/2008 at 16:02 (5,818 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes *A Hottie* Oooh Tom I love that Hotpoint of urs, can't wait to see it in action. Once I move to our new house I think i'll be on the look out for one. I just love the sound of the motor when it kicks into spin. Music to my ears. Steve

Post# 281096 , Reply# 16 5/21/2008 at 16:05 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes *'it's in pretty good condition for its age'* PRETTY GOOD CONDITION - bit of an understatement there! That 9534 Tom is immaculate - fantastic that you own such a superb example of the 'Next Generation' of Hotpoints. I really cant convey my awe as to its condition - its the button and programmer photo which really shows just how pristine it is. There is another 9534 on ebay (will post the link in the other forum shortly if anyone else wants one - unfortunately nowhere near as gooda condition as this one). A bit of a sad tale now - my aunt and uncles house unfortunately was subjected to a flood whilst they were on holiday. All their dining room and kitchens are written off - ceiling collapsed and the kitchen flooded. In their kitchen (I saw it a couple of days ago) is a pristine almond Hotpoint 9530 from 1987 - the first of the Next Generation 1000 non variables - which the insurance company have written off. I have taken the plunge and asked for it - they have said yes, but I doubt i will see it again, as it will probably get scooped into a skip by the workmen whilst they are away. But the sorrow at the probable demise of a wonderful next generation has been tempered slightly by the knowledge that there is a truly superb example preserved in the UK. Thanks Tom for posting - this thread has really made my evening. Cheers Paul p.s like Rob said - the chrome thingy-me-jig will be introduced to you all in July (with a bit of luck!) p.p.s does anyone have a piccy of the Hotpoint 9900 washer dryer - the very shortlived first example of a Hotpoint W/D. This was a 'New Generation' machine, with a clear dial rim a la 95130/95450 etc, which I think had the dryer dial next to the powder drawer, rather than alongside the washer dial. Having glanced through some which magazines last night it seems that this model had a shelflife of possibly less than 6 months, before being replaced by the 9901 from the 1987 Next Generation series. RARE!

Post# 281109 , Reply# 17 5/21/2008 at 16:29 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Steve, thanks for the comments, I'm going to try and get some videos made soon! Hi Paul, I'm glad you like the 9534. Sorry to hear about your aunt and uncle's flood and the 9530, with any luck it might still work, the motor and electronics are all on top (or is it an earlier one with the module at the bottom I wonder). With regard to the 9900 and 9901, I have the service manual for these washer dryers and have a couple of illustrations which may be of interest (I've never actually seen one for real!) Tom

Post# 281110 , Reply# 18 5/21/2008 at 16:31 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Either a 9900 or a 9901.

Post# 281112 , Reply# 19 5/21/2008 at 16:37 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Holy Cow!!!!! Tom - thakns your a star! Paul and myself have a mystery Hotpoint washer dryer Dial from a machine we didnt know about. Il post a pic if I can find the dial here(paul, have you taken it home with you?) Paul, sorry ofr false info! Now what the hell did I rememeber as a kid with the clear plastic dial next to the powder drawer.... eeeek! Its prob a very RARE WD as the pic Tom posted has progs 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7. Our Dial has cycles 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and number 9. It must be a pre 9900 machine. Im off for a cold shower! Rob

Post# 281113 , Reply# 20 5/21/2008 at 16:42 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes *Yipppeeee.....Combined Washer Dryer De Luxe L.E* Tom that is the 9900! What a mongrel machine that was - obviously based on the 1987 series machines, but with pre-standardised buttons, new generation mains light and, I can confirm this cause I have the dryer dial, New Generation style programmer and timer dials (solid centres, clear edge/rim and attached via two screws through the finger and thumb grab). Available in White and Almond. Obviously though does not have dryer timer by the drawer -great to get that one cleared up! Many, many thanks for this info Tom. Very much appreciated. Paul

Post# 281114 , Reply# 21 5/21/2008 at 16:45 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes False Alarm! been a long day at work. Just found it! it dosnt have prog 9 on it lol. im imagining things. it is indeed the Dial from a 9900. Pic

Post# 281115 , Reply# 22 5/21/2008 at 16:45 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes Oh flip - we clashed postings! Seems the mystery washer dryer might not be sorted - was there a true 100% New Generation washer-dryer? Post a piccy of the dial Rob! Cheers Paul

Post# 281116 , Reply# 23 5/21/2008 at 16:50 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes Me and Rob are posting at exactly the same time - unfortunately appearing in the wrong order though! Seems mystery IS solved. Cheers Tom for the images and info and cheers Rob for checking and posting a piccy of the dial. Great when mysteries get solved. Paul

Post# 281119 , Reply# 24 5/21/2008 at 16:54 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes for the sake of clarity here are a couple of piccies of the replacement model 9901 (I had one of these in the first house i lived in after graduating from university)... the Hotpoint 9901 Washer Dryer 1000 De Luxe. Spot the differences between the 9900 and 9901

Post# 281120 , Reply# 25 5/21/2008 at 16:54 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes *9920* Well there was this oddity, the 9920 was available at the same time as the 9901, only with Next Generation style buttons but with New Generation style dials. The 9901 and 9920 continued in production until April 1988 when they were replaced by the 9924 and the 9934.

Post# 281121 , Reply# 26 5/21/2008 at 16:58 (5,818 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Slight fault so it seems. There is something wrong that connects the dial and the option buttons.... Pre wash with a "bow tie" pause. where is the Auto prewash button? Surely it should have a "o" after pre wash to stop the machine? only Auto prewash enabled machines had the bow tie as a rinsehold style pause point to halt the machine if you didnt want 95 deg after it. Just seems odd to me, LOL. Anyways back to Toms machine, Thanks for posting pix, i really do love your machine. Rob

Post# 281122 , Reply# 27 5/21/2008 at 17:06 (5,818 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Rob, yes they all had the 'bow tie', I think it simply avoided Hotpoint having to produce another dial with different transfers. The 9531 and 9533 'spin-slider' machines had an auto prewash button and used the same timer dial (and indeed the same physical timer) as my 9534. Of course the 95620 and 9540 machines were an entirely different kettle of fish :) Tom.

Post# 281123 , Reply# 28 5/21/2008 at 17:07 (5,818 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes This is definately one area where the Hotpoint service manuals were vastly superior to Hoovers - they gave detailed line drawings of their machines facia's! Helps a lot in research and mystery solving (although can cause mysteries) - cheers for the 9920 diagram. I can see I am going to have to finally get round to dealing with the hotpoint washer dryers on my spreadsheet. Flippin-eck. Cheers Tom for starting a great thread. Paul

Post# 281182 , Reply# 29 5/22/2008 at 00:56 (5,818 days old) by dubstar85 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Checkrate/Likes *great thread!* We had a 9934 which we bought at the same time as one of the BSH made dishwashers. It was a shoddy machine. It was one of the machines that had the design flaw that ripped clothes. The cold water valve stopped working after a few years, My mums friend had an 800 spin version (dunno the age or model number) and the same thing happened to it. Well many years later haha. Ours lasted till 1994 and the 800 spin one was going until 2001. David

Post# 281226 , Reply# 30 5/22/2008 at 11:36 (5,817 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Did anyone experience this that when the machine was on full spin speed if you selected slow spin it would slow down and if you un select it, it would speed back up! I use to mess with that when i was very young! LOL!

Post# 281235 , Reply# 31 5/22/2008 at 12:03 (5,817 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes *up and down* Dyson2drums -Messing with spin speeds is something i did when young too. I used to love our Indesits variable speed dial from 300 -100. i used to take it up and down during the spin it was fab. I always wanted to try it on my mates Hotpoint with the variable speed slider but alas was not allowed Steve

Post# 281236 , Reply# 32 5/22/2008 at 12:04 (5,817 days old) by zodawash (Lincolnshire,United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes whoops that should be 300-1100 of course

Post# 281237 , Reply# 33 5/22/2008 at 12:04 (5,817 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes *Spins up & down!* Ooooh yes dyson2drums! I used to that that on my 9534, though it was much more fun on my friend 9524 with spinslider! I really miss my machine! & i've always been on the lookout for a spinslider model, i've never found one local enough! Darren.

Post# 281242 , Reply# 34 5/22/2008 at 12:21 (5,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Hotpoint 9571* Hello Tom, very nice machine and one you will certainly enjoy by the sounds as opposed to the Zanussi!!! I picked up a 9571 1000 spin De-Luxe a while ago, everything nacked with it including a cracked fascia!!! why they couldnt see that you needed a strength support behind the fascia is beyond me...and as they age so they get more brittle...SO BEWARE!!! Lovely machine in its day, and boys , YES, a CHROME door will always upstage a BROWN one...LOL

Post# 281243 , Reply# 35 5/22/2008 at 12:23 (5,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Hotpoint 9571 Fascia*

Post# 281244 , Reply# 36 5/22/2008 at 12:27 (5,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *Inside a Hottie* Motor on Top...!!no drips of water on this whizzer...nowthen for all you people with a physics degree.... Does it take more "Motor Torque" to "Pull" the weight of the drum from the TOP, or is it better to have the motor underneath...and if "UNDERNEATH" should it be directly central or is it still as efficient to one side????? enquiring minds need to know???

Post# 281245 , Reply# 37 5/22/2008 at 12:30 (5,817 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill Home of the RailwayTrials Merseyside,UK)
Checkrate/Likes *9571 Timer* 7 progs...

Post# 281276 , Reply# 38 5/22/2008 at 15:40 (5,817 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes That machine you posted a piccy of Darren is the Hotpoint 9540 Electronic 1000 De Luxe, from the original 1987 next generation series. Fantastic looking machine, although i still cant decide whether vertical spin slider beats horizontal for looks. I too played with the variable spins on the old Hotpoints - the motors sounded great. My mums 95452 always had slow spin enabled, so i had to be quick to speed it up and then slow it down again. If she was in ear shot when i flicked the button she would always get up and check what was going on with it. Cheers for posting the piccies of the 9571 Mike - another mystery machine solved for the spreadsheet. Cheers Paul

Post# 281278 , Reply# 39 5/22/2008 at 15:46 (5,817 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Mike, it might interest you to know that your 9571 was exclusive to Rumbelows and was introduced in October 1985. Apparently very similar to the 95492 but with facia button door release. As much as I love the Zanussi for being built like a tank, I did miss the nice motor sounds of Hotpoint and Hoover. The Z9191T is an absolute pig to move - the Hotpoint seems quite light in comparison. Darren, the 9524 didn't have the spin slider, it was simply the 800rpm version of my 9534. The 9531 and 9533 Currys exclusive had the spin slider. Your picture shows the 9540 which has programmes 1 - 9, with 7 being included on the cotton cycle. The 95620, 9540, 9544 etc series of machines used a thermistor rather than thermostats and used an entirely different timer. They were the superior version of the 9534 and slightly less common. Then, of course there were the Microtronics of which I haven't a clue because i've never come across one! Tom.

Post# 281279 , Reply# 40 5/22/2008 at 15:47 (5,817 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Oh how all these Hotpoint pics make me want to use our new toy so much, but way too noisy for tonights wash which will be going on in a minute, No doubt be woken up at 1am when the Indes(h)it rumbles into the fast/slow/fast/cant make up its sodding mind what speed but supposed to be 1000 has a knackered motor at 7 months old/fast/slow spin of a 95deg whites wash all the same though. Would rather be woken up though at 23.45 though by the Hottie LOL!!! Still, if I want my whites on the line before I go to work at 5.30am it will have to do. Fantastic pics I must say y'all! Just the thing needed to cheer us all up while the weather decides what it is doing LOL!!! R

Post# 281280 , Reply# 41 5/22/2008 at 15:52 (5,817 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Paul, I purely stuck that one up to show the spin slider models, my best friend had the 9540 & my mums best friend had the 9545! which i've attached! I always remember when she washed some bathmatts and the machine moved bloomin loads. That was always terrifying when our 9534 launched forwards..That and the knackered bearings sounding like stones slamming about! lol Great machines. Darren

Post# 281281 , Reply# 42 5/22/2008 at 15:55 (5,817 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Tom, My mistake, I mistyped the model number, the pic in my last post is indeed the 9545 in question! Darren

Post# 281282 , Reply# 43 5/22/2008 at 15:58 (5,817 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes I've heard people saying the 95 series suffered alot of bearing troubles. Indeed, I knew some people who seemed to have theirs replaced every couple of years, yet on others the bearings would last the life of the machine. It's just the luck of the draw I guess. Tom

Post# 281297 , Reply# 44 5/22/2008 at 17:37 (5,817 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes *New Member* HOTPOINT WASHER DRYER My Nan had the 9901, the facia was white though, not brown. The machine was my aunties when she first married in 87 and it was later passed onto my Nan to replace a Hotpoint Twin Tub. It was a great machine, although very loud...lol. The wash cycle was quick but good and the dryer was great.. At the time, my mum had a Hoover washer dryer, which was great at washing, but took ages compared to the Hotpoint, but the dryer was s*^t!! When I first moved into My house in 2000, I bought a second hand 9534 (didnt want a washer/dryer) same as the pics in this thread...didnt last long though, much to my disappointment!! Today I have a "modern" Hotpoint... not the same at all!!

Post# 281340 , Reply# 45 5/23/2008 at 02:23 (5,817 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi & Welcome to the club jonb! This is a great place! I'm sure you'll love it! Sorry to hear your 9534 didn't last you long. We got 12 years out of ours, washing for 6 sometimes 8 people. My dads buisiness partner had the same model in polar and when it died for the last time they replaced it. They gave it to us for a donor machine. When i took the back off all that had happened was the belt had slipped. I was only young then before i got adventurous fixing things, so i diagnosed it but didn't know how to fix it lol. Lol I don't know about anyone else but i always wanted what i couldn't have! When i was a kid i had the hotpoints and always wanted a hoover electron or logic. Then when i didn't have a hotpoint. i wanted a hotpoint!! lol. I finally got a hoover in the end, it too me a good 15years though lol. Darren.

Post# 281345 , Reply# 46 5/23/2008 at 05:42 (5,817 days old) by samsungfl (United Kingdom/London )
Checkrate/Likes I'm was exactly like that as well Darren lol!! When we had the Bendix Homelaundry Center w/d which was an amazing machine, I wanted one of the new 6kg Hotpoints! God knows why, the Bendix lasted almost 15 years, and I didnt realise how great the Bendix was until in 98 when we got the Bosch Maxx! You can just imagine the comparision hehe!! Talking of the spin slider thing! - They are tottaly amazing LOL! Ive never had a chance to play around with one on a great Hotpoint like in the pics above! :( But Ive noticed that you can do the same in the Hoover Vision I have LOL! The sound it makes when you make it speed up and down from 600-1600! Tottaly amazing! But I dont do it very often, I dont think the machine would be very happy with that LOL!! Great Thread Guys!!! Richard

Post# 281407 , Reply# 47 5/23/2008 at 15:33 (5,816 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Darren, thanks for the welcome mate.. I bought the 9534 from a local second hand shop as I was due to move in my first house and couldnt afford a new washer. It was supposed to be reconditioned but to be honest I think they did the machine more harm than good!! Should have realised something was wrong on the day the machine was delivered... they shut up shop on the same day and have never been seen since lol. Anyway after about a couple of months it went a bit strange, it started only tumbling in one direction and would only work on the number 5 programme... Jon

Post# 281479 , Reply# 48 5/24/2008 at 04:56 (5,816 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Jon, Hmm i remember my neighbours old hotpoint i've forgot the number but attached a piccie:D It would only work on 2 programmes, i think they were both 60degrees, i kept telling her our repairman was cheap and could fix it for her but she was happy to insinerate everything on 60! lol! Sounds like you were had there matey! Nothing more annoyin, when i got my first hoover newwave washerdryer "reconditioned" It went wrong on the 2nd load, the guy messed me about so i got the part and fitted it myself. i just wanted him to pay for it! lol. So you have a wma hotpoint now? What do you think to it? I used 2 have a WMA62 which i liked, now have a WT960 & i don't like it. I hate the 20min cotton spin on both models! Bad balancing on the wt960! Darren

Post# 281497 , Reply# 49 5/24/2008 at 07:28 (5,816 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK)
Checkrate/Likes *I love hotpoints* My step brother has a 9530 Electronic 1000 plus from 1989, which i don't know what the difference is between the 9534 and the 9530 lol I loved the way you could make it do a spin drain and make it spin with a machine full of water. Brilliant Machines, last time i used it was in 2002, so haven't seen him in 6 years. My other step brother has a early 2000's hotpoint, with the power stream wash action

Post# 281505 , Reply# 50 5/24/2008 at 09:03 (5,816 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Hi Darren, yeah think I was well and truly stitched up on the 9534... I paid approx �85 for it the time as well. Not sure of the model number of the machine in the pic... looks like an older model with the rocker switches rather than push buttons. My nan's 9901 washer dryer kept going for nearly 20 years and I think she only had to have it repaired once. Was a great machine. My Grandad acutally left it in the house when he moved a few years ago so it could still well be going today for all I know. Ive got a WMA54 (Pic attached, sorry it isn't so good, had to use my mobile to take it). Ive had i for four years and it hasnt let me down once.. touch wood!! It can be a bit of a pain on balancing sometimes. This machine doesnt take 20mins on final spin though. My mum has the Ultima which she bought about 6 months ago... that takes 20mins on spin, it's very quiet though and spins fast, 1600 I think. I prefer older machines myself LOL... Jon

Post# 281518 , Reply# 51 5/24/2008 at 12:25 (5,815 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Jon, Yes my neighbours one was a rocker switch model, i used it many times for her! lol & the neighbour previous had an electronic creda! That i used alot! Back in the days when you could be really friendly with your neighbours!!! Nice pic of your machine! Good of you to post it! Thats not a bad quality pic! I've seen worse lol! Your lucky then to get one of the machines that doesnt take an age to spin!!! I was messin about pluggin machines in at work the other week when i was on my own & i span a WT741 which was 15mins n did an anticlockwise spin! I've only seen videos on youtube on an anticlockwise spinnin hotpoint so it was cool to see! lol. Darren

Post# 281528 , Reply# 52 5/24/2008 at 14:13 (5,815 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Hi Darren, It doesnt seem to take so long to spin, bear in mind there is no countdown timer on mine so im not 100% sure exactly how long it takes... I also use the Time Saver option nearly all the time so that may take time off the spin cycle. I have just found a picture of my Nan's 9901 washer dryer and I have taken a snap of it with my mobile phone and have put it on to my computer hoping to post it but the quality if it is rubbish, you cant even see it properly!! I could do with a scanner really. Jon

Post# 281539 , Reply# 53 5/24/2008 at 16:15 (5,815 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Jon b I had a wma 58 polar white, it was great except when it got out of balanced once in a blue moon! The amazing thing is that unlike the new hotpoints it goes to ditribution speed during cotton cycles! Now the machine is at a close family's home, good service!

Post# 281545 , Reply# 54 5/24/2008 at 16:26 (5,815 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Ahh yes the powerstream! I had 2 WMA62's the first one died of bearing failure that most of the first line did & hotpoint ran a replacement on the effected models when they went wrong! The strange thing is, the first machine distributed and span clockwise, but the replacement powerstreamed anticlockwise & span clockwise!!! Darren

Post# 281549 , Reply# 55 5/24/2008 at 16:36 (5,815 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Hi dyson2drums Yeah mine goes upto distribution speed in the wash cycle as well, on cottons.. It does it quite alot actually, it is a good machine and ive never had a problem with it at all. It does go out of balance sometimes but seems to correct itself and manages to spin. Depends whats being washed, I generally tend to even the loads out anyway. My Mum has an Ultima and it doesnt do the distribute thing during the cycle, I have noticed however that it does do it just before draining for the start of the final spin. I prefer my Aquarius to my Mum's Ultima. I take it you have had a Dyson washing machine at some point, what was it like? Ive never seen one in action.. They have never been something that I have had an interest in, mainly due to the price that they used to sell for... way out of my league LOL.. Jon

Post# 281552 , Reply# 56 5/24/2008 at 16:39 (5,815 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Jon i've got videos on youtube. just go on youtube and type in dyson washing machine, it is cro2 in white! If you don't mind what is the model on the ultima? thanks

Post# 281571 , Reply# 57 5/24/2008 at 17:58 (5,815 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Hi dyson2drums Thanks, will check the vids out on youtube when I have time... Think the Ultima is a WT940?? Im going to my Mum's either tomorrow or Monday so will double check and confirm. Jon

Post# 281577 , Reply# 58 5/24/2008 at 19:56 (5,815 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Darren Mine does the powerstream anticlockwise during the wash and distributes and spins clockwise on rinse and spin..... should do some vids really.... Jon

Post# 281613 , Reply# 59 5/25/2008 at 04:34 (5,815 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hi jonb it's the same for me, the difference between my machine and yours is that yours is 1200 spin and mine is 1400 spin with one more variable dial.(tempearature) thanks, my aunts got a wf860 which does the spin rinse at the beginning of spin, however hers is hot & cold fill, the new ones like your mums are only cold fill.

Post# 281639 , Reply# 60 5/25/2008 at 08:57 (5,815 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)
Checkrate/Likes *9560W* I have a 9560W which I believe was top of the line in 1986. It is a private import, Hotpoints were never sold in AU. (Though the purple door machines were sold badged as "GEC", and 1990's models (WMA's??) were sold badged as "General Electric".) I got my 9560W from a friendly reconditioner about 12 years ago, he gave it to me not working, I got a repaired set of circuit boards sent out from England, and modified a Hoover lid to fit as the top panel was missing. I used it as my main machine for a couple of years. Not overly impressed with it - poor rinsing as the stepped floor of the drum means it kept a few suds back at each rinse. Very very noisy by Aussie standards, both motor noise and general buzzz rattle and vibrate at faster spin speeds. It is badged as a micro-profile 1300 but has a bar graph to show spin speeds, which goes up to 1400 rpm. To this day I have never seen a machine with a better display. Some cycles were ridiculously long, the Mixed Wash cycle washed for three hours before starting the rinses and spins! The final spin would start at 400, then tumble, then 600, then tumble, then 800, then tumble, and so on up to 1400 rpm. It took ages. When the bearings became noisy I removed the back panel, put a spanner on the big centre axle nut, put all my might into turning it. It released suddenly, my hand slipped and cut a tendon in my finger on the sharp metal edge of the opening. I spent a night in hospital, surgery next morning, they mucked up the anaesthetic, amost killing me and leaving me with permanent tinnitus (ringing in the ears.) I still have that "souvenir" of my attempt to fix the Hotpoint. When I got home from hospital I finished replacing the bearings and got it working again. The machine now lives in my shed, no longer used as it has an appetite for motor brushes which are expensive and hard to get over here, the belt has been cannibalised for a neighbour's GE machine, and some of the plastic trim is cracked. Since getting it, I found a correct top panel from a rusted out 800 rpm basic version which was put out for hard garbage colection - another private import. I should probably throw it out as it no longer goes, it won't work in our solar power system due to excessive power draw, and I still haven't forgiven it for biting the hand that fixed it. But I still sort of like it so it hasn't gone yet... Chris.

Post# 281650 , Reply# 61 5/25/2008 at 11:29 (5,814 days old) by jonb ()
Checkrate/Likes Hi Chris Do you have any pics of it??? Jon

Post# 281654 , Reply# 62 5/25/2008 at 12:14 (5,814 days old) by dyson2drums (United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes Hello everyone I now have uploaded 3 short clips of my wma58p, it is youtube, it shows the control panel and the powerstream also known as ditribution during wash! Comments welcome on video! CLICK HERE TO GO TO dyson2drums's LINK

Post# 283338 , Reply# 63 6/4/2008 at 15:40 (5,804 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)
Checkrate/Likes Tom, Hows the Hotpoint doing of late? Any complaints about the noise from the family yet or are they just enjoying the well washed, rinsed and nicely spun washing? Would be great to hear how its going and how its improving or affecting your laundry over the Zanussi? I sure do hope no P&G products are being used in that fine example LOL! Nothing makes me reminisce 20 years back quite like the sound/roar of my godmothers 95459 and the scent of Persil the original NB in a 95degree whites wash. Cheers Rob

Post# 283870 , Reply# 64 6/8/2008 at 09:23 (5,801 days old) by hotpoint9534 (UK)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Rob sorry I didn't see your post earlier. The Hotpoint is running fine, as you'll be able to see from the videos I've posted! The noise isn't actually too bad now I've got the thing installed under the worktop, it seems to insulate some of the noise from the motor. The 9534 is alot quicker than the Zanussi, but I've never had any complaints about my Hotpoint's cleaning ability. If anything is really dirty I usually wash at 60c. Only Lever Bros products are being used at the moment you'll be pleased to hear. Ariel really doesn't rinse well in the Hotpoint, but Persil rinses very well in comparison. Tom.

Post# 284473 , Reply# 65 6/11/2008 at 10:48 (5,797 days old) by ariston4life ((Dublin) Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes just thought id post this seen as i hav it, its a PDF of the instruction manuel for the 9534, right click the link and "save Target as". CLICK HERE TO GO TO ariston4life's LINK

Post# 284474 , Reply# 66 6/11/2008 at 10:49 (5,797 days old) by ariston4life ((Dublin) Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes i can get them for other models if anyone needs or wants them.

Post# 284520 , Reply# 67 6/11/2008 at 14:33 (5,797 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Checkrate/Likes ariston4life, anyone can find those manuals on the hotpointservice.co.uk website! incase you didn't know! They have most of the 95series manuals on there! Darren

Post# 284622 , Reply# 68 6/12/2008 at 05:51 (5,797 days old) by ariston4life ((Dublin) Ireland)
Checkrate/Likes i know, I'd just thought i'd post it incase anyone didnt know

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