Thread Number: 7897
Zanussi Timeline Jetsystem ZWF1451 makes a return! 		[Down to Last]

automaticwasher.org's exclusive eBay Watch:
scroll >>> for more items --- [As an eBay Partner, eBay may compensate automaticwasher.org if you make a purchase using any link to eBay on this page]
Post# 152156   9/3/2006 at 17:42 (6,438 days old) by sadose ()        

Well...looks like it's fate. After my mother bought this machine last October, it was destined for high temperature washing repeatedly what with her job, doing at least 6 loads a day, every day. When i moved out, dear mummy couldn't manage to work out how to use the machine so it got passed on to my aunt, who has had 3 months use of it, washing for a family of five and therefore doing 3-4 loads in it each and every day. Well, perhaps my auntie's family couldn't handle the technology of the machine either...They want to throw the Zanussi away and replace it with a 7kg Ariston....THROW THE ZANUSSI AWAY!!! I think not...So once again I am the priveliged owner of this wonderful, hard working machine. I brought it home in the back of the car and got straight to connecting it up to the plumbing... I have now done 6 loads in it and I am so glad to have this machine back. Such thorough washing and rinsing. Apart from a slight bit of soldering and the refitting of a little tube underneath it has required no other attention, this machine has seen its way through nearly 1800 wash loads, even though its only 10 months old, and still works like it did the day i took out of the cardboard packaging.... See the link below for some videos.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO sadose's LINK



Post# 152157 , Reply# 1   9/3/2006 at 17:43 (6,438 days old) by sadose ()        
Silly boy.....

 I have put the correct link on this time!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO sadose's LINK
Post# 152158 , Reply# 2   9/3/2006 at 17:50 (6,438 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)        

newwave1's profile picture
Awwwh Reunited! glad your happy! hope ur aunt is with her 7kg ariston....ahem.

great videos!!! gees that zanussi's had a hard life! lol. n much more to come hopefully!

D

Post# 152276 , Reply# 3   9/4/2006 at 09:52 (6,437 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
According to Miele.....

 seamusuk's profile picture
5000 loads is 20 years average use!- 250 loads a year.

Which makes this "7 years old"

More than average Zanussi lifespan lol :o)

Seamus

Post# 152765 , Reply# 4   9/6/2006 at 08:31 (6,435 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Thank you very much for making videos of all of these phases of operation available to us. Please excuse my ignorance here, but I watched the video said to be the distribution after wash. I saw the drain (long). Then I saw the drum start turning fast enough for the load to fly past the window then stopping and doing it in reverse direction. I did not see anything after each of these "distributions?" except something like a cut to the drum not moving and the load sitting in the bottom. Was any actual spinning done before the rinse fill?


My Miele W1918 drains from wash, tumbles a bit, sits just draining, does two lame a** attempts at brief bits of spinning, sits and drains some more and then fills for the first rinse. This is better than the old Miele where the half-a** attempt at this sort of spin did not occur until after the 2nd rinse.

Post# 152766 , Reply# 5   9/6/2006 at 08:37 (6,435 days old) by sadose ()        
The distribution...

 After the wash when the rinse+ setting is activated the machine behaves differently, the machine just tumbles back and forth 3 times before moving onto the rinse whilst pumping. If rinse+ is not used then full distribution will occur (throwing the load to the side of the drum) followed by a 2 minute spin at 1000rpm. Any further queries I am happy to reply to. :)

Post# 152768 , Reply# 6   9/6/2006 at 08:44 (6,435 days old) by sadose ()        
To add to that

 Most older Italian made machines used to distribute in this fashion (tumbling back and forth) before the spin rather than a continuous movement that throws everything to the drum walls like modern machines do.

Old zanussi's did it this way as did older Ariston models.

Post# 152799 , Reply# 7   9/6/2006 at 12:33 (6,435 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK)        
Hi Sadose

 Yes, older Ariston / Candy / Zanussi / Bendix etc etc did used to distribute like this. Why? The indiction motors at that time could not be controlled precisely enough to get a distribute speed - they were either on wash or spin mode. I think this may have been cost related but I'm not sure. I have just learned that modern induction motors can do pretty much anything a brush motor always could but I don't know how, my knowledge is out of date. Of course the machines which did distribute in one long segment were Hoover, Hotpoint, later Indesit, later Philips and other machines which used brush motors. I think.


Forum Index:       Other Forums:                      


Comes to the Rescue!

The Discuss-o-Mat has stopped, buzzer is sounding!!!
If you would like to reply to this thread please log-in...

Discuss-O-MAT Log-In



New Members Click Here To Sign Up.



                     

automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
 Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals 		Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy