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| Post# 378779 9/14/2009 at 08:00 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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As I promised to NorfolkSouthern, here I am with these brochure shots. I'm posting here cause these are the 1989 and 1993 series. Sorry, these aren't scans but camera shots on documents mode a year 1989 6kg machine 
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| Post# 378780 , Reply# 1 9/14/2009 at 08:06 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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spazio zero (slimline) machines Zerowatt has always been famous for its slimline washers, often mounted on a trailer with a lever to pull out/ hide wheels 
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| Post# 378781 , Reply# 2 9/14/2009 at 08:11 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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again 1989 - double door the outer door is framed. This makes possible to insert a panel looking the same as the cabinets aside 
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| Post# 378783 , Reply# 3 9/14/2009 at 08:15 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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1989 - Tropic 7kg W / 4 kg D combo 
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| Post# 378784 , Reply# 4 9/14/2009 at 08:21 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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year 1993 7 kg / 1000 rpm washer , compact 5 kg combos, 7 kg combo 
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| Post# 378785 , Reply# 5 9/14/2009 at 08:26 (5,331 days old) by favorit () | ||
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mille mille (one thousand) 1000 rpm washer, 585 and S5LS 
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| Post# 379438 , Reply# 8 9/16/2009 at 11:18 (5,329 days old) by favorit () | ||
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Candy P 6.11 formula inox (stainless steel tubs) and this is not exactly a silent washer. Its 400 rpm spin is even louder than the 1100 rpm one of the W780 sensor. Both this crap.. ops Candy and the sensor miele are 25 y.o. The zerowatt 2005 is at least 30 y.o. 
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| Post# 379463 , Reply# 9 9/16/2009 at 13:48 (5,329 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
Zerowatt
Now this could be interesting, I am desperate to find out what machine my parents had when they married in 1982. I dont know who made it and I can only just remember what it looked like. Could it have been a Zerowatt? Facts... I know it was badged as a Frigidaire It was 600rpm Cost £199 from Comet (a UK chain electrical store) Bought in around September 1982 What I remember.... It had a largish round protruding dial with a metallic front cover not unlike the dial on this Hoover.... 
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| Post# 379465 , Reply# 10 9/16/2009 at 13:53 (5,329 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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From what I remember, The control panel was also metallic in a brownish shade. The machine had a round door but I cant remeber what colour it was. Im sure it had a round filter cover but that could be my imagination. It also only had 2 buttons at most IIRC. It lasted until 1988 when we bought a Candy but I dont know it it was broken or only sold on so my mum could have a faster spin - the Candy was 1000rpm. I know that next door to us had the same machine ironically before we moved house in 1988. It must have been reasonably popular but there seems to be no adverts or brochures of it. Until I clarify what it is it will bug me lol, | ||
| Post# 379511 , Reply# 12 9/16/2009 at 17:56 (5,329 days old) by favorit () | ||
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SpazioTop, the last true Zerowatt (year 2002) The LadyTop (left) is beyond evidence a Candy toploader, but the SpazioTop is the last original Zerowatt-made machine 
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| Post# 379892 , Reply# 16 9/18/2009 at 16:00 (5,327 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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Post# 379958 , Reply# 17 9/19/2009 at 06:22 (5,326 days old) by launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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My Miele Has A Drain Only
One uses this either for certian items that cannot or should not have any sort of spinning, or when one wishes to drain the washer in case of some sort of emergency. Suppose today with electronic controlled motors, washing machines can spin low as 200 or 400 rpms, which should be gentle enough for all but the most delicate items. However there are times one may need to abort a cycle and drain the machine. L. | ||
| Post# 380698 , Reply# 21 9/22/2009 at 15:59 (5,323 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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Timed fill
One mention of Candy machines to my parents and nine times out of ten they will recall the flood we had in 1990 when the Domino 4 D4-104X we had was courageously set on a wash before my mother went to bed. At some point in the cycle the door latch snapped and tripped the fill mechanism thus flooding our house over the coming hours until we rose. I vividly remember not being allowed into the lounge or dining room while all was cleaned up and had to eat my breakfast of cornflakes sat at the top of the stairs before being taken to school. I assume that the Domino range did have pressure switches as the high rinse level would not have been reached and thus the machine continued to fill. Serious damage was not done, new underlay was put beneath the carpet after the Vax had dried it although the kitchen did have new lino put down too. As for the powder drawer ours had 4 compartments pre main softener and CL. Both FS and CL compartments had levers which one depressed before refilling with appropriate products as required for the next wash to drain the remaining water. We never bothered with the FS dispenser, Mum much prefered to run a seperate rinse and spin with the Lenor just thrown into the main wash compartment when that was done. She continued with this routine with the Electrolux, the following Candy and the Hoover Quattro. The Hotpoint FS dispenser was actually used to it being that little bit larger and not flushing the softener down when you shut the drawer and seperate rinse and spin cycles became a thing of the past. Her current LG has the FS added when the machine starts. Heres the blighter we had in that fab grey colour. At the time it was so dull and bland to me when the surrounding houses all had exotics like Hotpoint Liberators, Hotpoint 9534's 95450's and Zanussi Washcrafts. Now I can appreciate the colour, I mean it was the late 80's and was the chosen colour of the "Science of Appliances" Strangely I would love to see one again, maybe even have one in the collection 
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| Post# 380701 , Reply# 22 9/22/2009 at 16:10 (5,323 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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| Post# 380702 , Reply# 23 9/22/2009 at 16:10 (5,323 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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Post# 381349 , Reply# 26 9/25/2009 at 07:17 (5,320 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Classics
Those Zerowatts are great especially like the 2005, all that chrome!! The Candy Formula Stainless looked classy IMHO, and one of my friends has used her`s with 4 babes and it still churned along until recently, probably due to lower spin speeds etc... The Formula Innox was always a well pushed add campaign and when most of the UK stuff was still vitreous I always thought that offered "SomethingSpecial" Rob, could this be your Mums Comet / Frigidaire washer?? CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK 
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| Post# 381405 , Reply# 27 9/25/2009 at 15:08 (5,320 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth) | ||
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Bloody Hell
That looks like the bugger Mike!!!! Now if anyone can confirm it came in brown I'l be convinced thats the one. Perhaps I really ought to print the picture off and question the folks. So Zerowatt made it?, Does anyone know of any common faults with these that would of written ours off at 6 years old? I imagine they have a nice induction motor and reasonably solid bearings. I do wonder if its worth getting intouch with Comet and/or Zerowatt/Candy to see if they have any info on this machine but then I think of the hassle trying to get through to the relevant people and it puts me off. Now to find one! | ||
| Post# 381602 , Reply# 29 9/26/2009 at 19:54 (5,319 days old) by norfolksouthern () | ||
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For reference Here's another photo of mine after I cleaned it up some. The prior owner rigged it up with a Y connector and sink coupler, as I don't think he had a regular hookup. NorfolkSouthern 
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| Post# 382579 , Reply# 32 10/2/2009 at 17:24 (5,313 days old) by favorit () | ||
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Zerowatt LT 487 just found on YT the very same model my gran's sister had It's a late sixties machine CLICK HERE TO GO TO favorit's LINK | ||
| Post# 384876 , Reply# 33 10/13/2009 at 07:58 (5,302 days old) by favorit () | ||
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Zerowatt 64 Looks quite close to NorfolkSouthern's one Saw it this morning behind a repair shop window 
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