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Thread Number: 36985
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| Post# 550130 10/18/2011 at 03:22 (4,571 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Hi all Is anyone here using a spin dryer? I am thinking about finding one as I have a lot of hand wash only that never seem to balance in the spin cycle on my Miele. I would like to find a Miele or AEG when did they last make them ? 
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| Post# 550141 , Reply# 1 10/18/2011 at 04:54 (4,571 days old) by turnamat (Germany) | ||
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Post# 550143 , Reply# 2 10/18/2011 at 05:15 (4,571 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Post# 550144 , Reply# 3 10/18/2011 at 05:18 (4,571 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Frigidaire | ||
| Post# 550195 , Reply# 4 10/18/2011 at 12:21 (4,570 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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And my 1965 creda debonair. old but good. 2800 rpm realy cuts the cost of drying. 
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Post# 550334 , Reply# 6 10/19/2011 at 02:08 (4,570 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Spin Driers Began To Die Off
As front loaders increased final spins from merely 900rpms to 1100rpms, to 1200rpms and in some newer machines up to 1600rpms more or less.
Also all over the EU and UK there were alarming reports of children and adults loosing limbs or other body parts from reaching into extractors whilst running. Indeed one hears the rumor often enough that was one of the reasons Hoover decided to pull the plug on their twin tubs for the UK/EU market. Know the UK put in place laws requiring all newer spin driers to have locking lid and break systems; maybe the same is true in the EU or elsewhere as well. The old Hoover TT design where one could partially lift the spin can lid or otherwise defeat the lid switch is a big "no-no" today. Also coasting to a stop as well. Our "Spin-X" has both a brake and lid lock. Once the lid is unlocked the break stops the tub from spinning at once. Makes a darn bit of racket but there you are. Love using my spin dryer after washing a few things out by hand or after using the Miele to do the washing and rinsing (using one of the cycles where there aren't any spins in between cycles), then draining off the final rinse water. I do this when doing a load of similar sized items like lots of napkins. Darn machine really cannot distribute them evenly and the most always spins slighly out of balance. Far easier to bung the lot into the extractor and be done. Cannot speak for all of the EU but at least in Germany many still use spin driers/extractors. Of course there are also many also using washing machines with final spins <1200rpms or even only 900rpms, so there you are. | ||
| Post# 550342 , Reply# 8 10/19/2011 at 02:43 (4,570 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Danger of Spin dryers I should of said as a kid I had a very very very wicked step mother, one high spot of my life was her putting her hand in a top loader while it was still spinning | ||
| Post# 550345 , Reply# 9 10/19/2011 at 02:50 (4,570 days old) by keymatic (London / UK) | ||
Hi Mike...
I can't remember when they stopped making the AEG / Miele, I would say mid-90's..I find a spin dryer a great help. I have a 1969 Hotpoint Top loader as my daily washer, and although it spins great, towelling sometimes just needs that extra spin, plus i use the spinner every evening to dryer my trunks from the gym :) Hope you find one soon !! Keith 
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| Post# 550349 , Reply# 11 10/19/2011 at 03:27 (4,570 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Spelling It should read DID and Heater and not Di and Heather | ||
| Post# 550352 , Reply# 12 10/19/2011 at 03:30 (4,570 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Keith's Collection Hi Keith I have just seen your collection in your profile WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. | ||
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Post# 550354 , Reply# 13 10/19/2011 at 03:45 (4,570 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Final Spin Speeds And Remaining Moisture
Extraction is a result if drum diameter and speed, that is a larger drum can spin at lower rpms and remove the same amount of water as a smaller one going faster.
Final moisture content for most loads will decrease going from 900rpms to 1100rpms, and again up to around 1200rpms but after about 1400rpms or so you start reaching the laws of diminishing returns. Also higher spin speeds can be murder on a washer. This probably explains why so many older washers with "puny" 800rpms or 900rpms final spins are still knocking about. There is only so much water that can be wrung out of fabrics regardless of how fast they are extracted. Once you reach that level faster and or longer spinning really does not do much good and can also lead to textile damage. One has stretched T-shirts and other items beyond shape leaving them going in the spin dryer trying to make them dry as possible to save time (and energy) in the tumble dryer. Ironing sheets: One irons all domestic table and bed linen for the household. My current "collection" contains: Pfaff 856 Steam Ironer Vintage Frigidaire Ironer Vintage Ironrite 890 "portable" Ironer Oh and have two "Kaltmangels" (cold irons) from Germany. One is electric one is hand cranked. | ||
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Post# 550355 , Reply# 14 10/19/2011 at 03:47 (4,570 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Spinners
"""Also all over the EU and UK there were alarming reports of children and adults loosing limbs or other body parts from reaching into extractors whilst running. Indeed one hears the rumor often enough that was one of the reasons Hoover decided to pull the plug on their twin tubs for the UK/EU market."""
Thats just what the above is - rumours, have never heard that Hoover stopped production because of liabilities, it was purely economies of scale... Alarming reports are just that - I only ever knew of one person getting his arm stuck in a wringer as a kid, the other was when I joined this club and heard from Rich (golittlesport), given the amount of machines sold and accidents I would say you are more likely to have a car accident and lose a limb... The EU directive in 1972 was implemeted to have spinner brakes on said machines and not to be able to see a spinning drum, really good given the way people absolve their selves of any responsibilty these days when using said machinery, like said in another thread liquidisers and waste disposers pose more of a threat!!! | ||
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Post# 550356 , Reply# 15 10/19/2011 at 04:01 (4,570 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Spinners
Mike, seems like you need to give keith a call and meet up, you must be just around the corner, I think the above spinner is a Goblin from the 60`s...
For a modern machine why not contact a laundry distributor, they could supply a modern miele like those supplied for changing rooms etc.. With a good spinner 2,800 - 3,100 you can remove water even from a large diameter FL spinning at 1600 or 1800rpm, makes sense when using a tumble dryer given our UK climate!! | ||
| Post# 550361 , Reply# 16 10/19/2011 at 05:43 (4,570 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Waste Disposer I do agree with Chester- Mike above the H&S police have put a stop to being able to buy anything with a plug on from the junk shops and markets in the now days. I see from this site this is not the case YET in the US | ||
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Post# 550391 , Reply# 18 10/19/2011 at 07:58 (4,570 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Epsom | ||
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Post# 550392 , Reply# 19 10/19/2011 at 07:59 (4,570 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Not so handy | ||
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Post# 550393 , Reply# 20 10/19/2011 at 08:01 (4,570 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Used, | ||
| Post# 550395 , Reply# 21 10/19/2011 at 08:25 (4,570 days old) by keymatic (London / UK) | ||
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Hi Mike,
The spinner that I posted was a Goblin and dates from the late 50's to early 60's, I recently picked it up, gave it a good clean up and is as good as new, prior to this I was using a Creda Debonaire mid 60's model. I find a spinner such a valuable laundry aid. My top loader is a bit of an oldie, a Hotpoint 1504..it is great, and i have had it now for 8 years, it does a 50c wash in about 40mins, yes, it does use quite a bit of water (3 complete tub full's) but the cost of water over electricity, i still think it is quite cheap to run. Regarding the Thor Mk3, it is a fab machine and is the machine i use to see when i went on holiday, I have had 3 and all of them and the clutch has burnt out on all, serious design fault !! I will dig out some pic's when i get home. Regards Keith 
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Post# 550398 , Reply# 22 10/19/2011 at 09:18 (4,569 days old) by mattywashboy (Perth, Western Australia) |
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I have the Koh-I-Noor spin dryer from Argentina. 2800rpm. Even in the tropical summer Australian climate I find it drags out that little bit more water to help things dry on the line so quickly without over drying in the hot sun. I can even use my undercover airer to dry most things easily with a warm breeze running through them.
It was a godsend in winter when it was cold and had to use the dryer a lot, most loads dried in 30 mins even towels if left in the spinner for 5 mins or more. Its easy to use, with a brake so you can't open the lid until the cylinder stops. I made a video when I first got it and will re-post it below. I now have an Electrolux Time Manager 1400spin washer but rarely use the full 1400, usually its down at 900rpm. I wouldn't have bought a 1400 spin if it was an awesome deal they were doing because it was a model run out. In australia I find 1000rpm to be more than sufficient in summer. Enjoy Matt | ||
| Post# 550401 , Reply# 24 10/19/2011 at 09:30 (4,569 days old) by paulinroyton (B) | ||
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Top View Top View 
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Post# 550408 , Reply# 26 10/19/2011 at 11:00 (4,569 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 550425 , Reply# 27 10/19/2011 at 11:44 (4,569 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Beautiful stuff, Mates | ||
| Post# 550590 , Reply# 28 10/19/2011 at 23:18 (4,569 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Gym HI I'll try and take a few snaps of the gym when I can for you | ||
| Post# 550598 , Reply# 30 10/19/2011 at 23:43 (4,569 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Kaltmangels" My Dear Laundress When you have time I would be most interested to see a snap or 2 of your Kaltmangels" I'm not sure I have ever seen one. Many years ago I did have a box mangel, I understand this was used to polish the table linen. 
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| Post# 550696 , Reply# 31 10/20/2011 at 10:59 (4,568 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Oh my Lord in Heaven! | ||
| Post# 550703 , Reply# 32 10/20/2011 at 11:24 (4,568 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Before we had labs, we had Dalmatians. Fortunately ours (except for one) were very warm and friendly. The last one we had wasn't all that friendly and tended to stay to herself. But they don't have a shedding season, they shed all the time! They also make excellent frisbee players. Did you know that Dalmatians were very popular in America in the 1950's | ||
| Post# 550769 , Reply# 33 10/20/2011 at 13:53 (4,568 days old) by mrtumble () | ||
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my mum had a frigidare spin dryer like theone in the pic!! lid hinges got busted so you had to hold lid down!! my job was to hold bucket in front to catch water!! was still in working order when i took it the dump at some point in the 1990s!! | ||
| Post# 550773 , Reply# 34 10/20/2011 at 13:57 (4,568 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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Well I went to Amberley Working Museum and saw 2 spin dryers One being a tiny saturn spin dryer... 
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| Post# 550774 , Reply# 35 10/20/2011 at 14:00 (4,568 days old) by aquarius8000 () | ||
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And the other... Was a cleanmaster spinner. parked in the window. Traditional 2800 spin and spout (Grrrrr, I hate spinners with spouts but the above I adore!) 
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| Post# 550930 , Reply# 37 10/21/2011 at 02:13 (4,568 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Trip has to wait Can leave them for about 1 more year so my trip can wait, Meet Lulu 
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| Post# 551011 , Reply# 41 10/21/2011 at 11:24 (4,567 days old) by mikeklondon (London) | ||
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Smiling Dals Hi Yes they both Smile but only Lulu talks, They love toys at home but there are just to many things going on that are more fun outside | ||
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