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Compact Miele Washing 1950's Style
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Post# 550596   10/19/2011 at 23:40 (4,543 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Check out this wash action!

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Post# 550597 , Reply# 1   10/19/2011 at 23:42 (4,543 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
But Wait There's More!

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Apparently those W155 units came with a wringer as well.

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Post# 550599 , Reply# 2   10/19/2011 at 23:43 (4,543 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
How Old School Can You Get!

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And they're using pure soap for the wasche!

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Post# 550618 , Reply# 3   10/20/2011 at 02:46 (4,543 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Very cool and beautiful machines---But--WATCH OUT on the lid for the spinner-no lid interlock-so it can be spinning even with the lid opened.And the manual footbrake to stop the spinner drum!JUST BE CAREFUL using that spinner-as the demostrator was.Love the HUGE vanes on the agitator!And the floor mounted control panel-very unique.

Post# 550619 , Reply# 4   10/20/2011 at 02:48 (4,543 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

another thing-the sound of the spinner extractor while its turning-sounds like it has a brush type motor.-Give it the high speed.Would like to look behind the panels on that!

Post# 551012 , Reply# 5   10/21/2011 at 11:26 (4,541 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Cute machines, BUT...

How anal-compoulsive is it to twist up the items like effing spaghetti to transfer them from the washer to the dryer? There is not time enough in real life to do laundry this way.

Post# 551076 , Reply# 6   10/21/2011 at 16:19 (4,541 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
It Actually Makes Perfect Sense

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See my post on loading spin dryers elsewhere but the best way to evenly load small extractor such as these without a center cone is to place items "around" the outside of the tub. One should always be able to reach down the center of the load and or see the bottom of the tub. Purpose of this is to evenly distribute weight at the sides and to prevent things such as shirt sleeves from being pulled across the tub during extraction. The latter will can or will lead to things being torn apart by the force of the extractor.

Kind of admire the person's technique in the vid, I mean it takes allot of practice to be able to do such a thing quickly and easily, especially with hot wet and heavy laundry.


Post# 551082 , Reply# 7   10/21/2011 at 17:01 (4,541 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Actually the 155 is not a compact. It was Miele's biggest wringer washer, they are bigger than the Maytag wringer washers. There is a compact, that's the 65. Then there is a model that came out later and was available with all kind of options. That model is the 75. Options were a heater, a pump and on the TOL model there was the 75T, that had a timer controlled by the thermostat. The machine started agitating as soon as the desired temperature was reached.

Post# 551087 , Reply# 8   10/21/2011 at 17:33 (4,541 days old) by whirlpolf ()        
absolutely right.

Thanks, this is entirely correct. Those were the full sized household models (costing a well-deserved fortune back then).
For anyone who doesn't believe, Miele features even their own collector's website/forum:
(see link).
Cheers, Joe.

PS: Wanting to scroll through history? Click "Geschichte". Some other link should mention the Miele museum as well.


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Post# 551101 , Reply# 9   10/21/2011 at 19:17 (4,541 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
I Stand Corrected Then

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Still in one's defence it does seem hard to tell from the videos about the size of the w155 units.

The wash action does not look very "robust" IMHO, more like slogging the laundry back and froth; very little roll over. How well did these units clean?

For the units equipped with a heater where they gas or only electric? Should take quite allot of power to bring a full tub of water to hot much less boiling I should think.



Post# 551125 , Reply# 10   10/21/2011 at 21:26 (4,541 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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Oh, Hyacinth! All that washing to do, and chrome to polish! That is the problem with, Daisy. She has nothing to polish.

Post# 551162 , Reply# 11   10/22/2011 at 00:20 (4,541 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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I'm not sure, but I think the 155 didn't come with a heater. Only the smaller 75 had that option. Not sure though. The 75 had an electric heater, again I'm not sure but I think it was 2000 Watts.

I remember my grandmother had a wringer washer without a heater. On Monday she would start the laundry by putting it in a huge pot/kettle and put that on a hotplate (that was 3000 Watts). When the laundry was boiling it was transferred to the washer. I guess the same method applied for the 155.



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