Thread Number: 88923
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Post# 1135236 , Reply# 2   12/4/2021 at 02:57 (867 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 1135237 , Reply# 3   12/4/2021 at 02:58 (867 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 1135238 , Reply# 4   12/4/2021 at 02:58 (867 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 1135568 , Reply# 6   12/7/2021 at 20:47 (863 days old) by embravio (Portugal)   |   | |
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Wow, thank you so much Paul! I really was losing my faith in ever getting an answer to this, that was super helpful. Regards, Evelyn |
Post# 1136157 , Reply# 8   12/14/2021 at 05:17 (857 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hello Evelyn, a warm welcome to AW and dont give up hope just yet on working out what the programmes do. Can you post a photo of the dial close and front on so we can see the numbering please ? I think those timers are similar to many and will be the RHS will be cottons washes of various temperatures low numbers being hotter , although I suspect 1 is a stand alone pre-wash , working round to 7 being final rinse and 8 being final fast spin, Then the LHS will be delicate programmes , higher water level for synthetics , delicates etc. Great you have an automatic Singer washing machine, its probably the only one certainly that we know of.
Morning Paul, great information you have worked through and posted , I did see Fagor being sold in Blacklers Electrical Dept store in Liverpool and as shown in the catalogues, its great Evelyn has found a working model, am sure we can advise working out the programmes given the way the timer is presented , fingers crossed !! |
Post# 1136159 , Reply# 9   12/14/2021 at 06:12 (856 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Evelyn
It is highly unlikely you will get any information from the UK, Fagor was never a popular brand here. However it is possible to derive the information you need with a little bit of trial an error. This machine largely predates the use of liquid detergents in Europe so you may need to buy some powder detergent if you normally use liquid and trying the programmes with the drawer pulled out a bit. Does the powder drawer have two compartments or three? Of the two larger compartments the smaller will be for pre-wash and the larger for main wash. You do NOT need to use the same amount of powder in both compartments as the clothes will be saturated with soapy water after the pre-wash. Normally I would split the recommended amount on the packet between the two compartments. If there is a third, much smaller, compartment then that will be for fabric conditioner. You will also need to observe where the programme dial is at various stages of the cycle. Can you see the back of the machine? Does it have hot and cold or cold fill only? That is does it have one water pipe or two, looking at the programmer the indications are that it will have two. You say you are using Programme 1. Commonly that would be a hot wash (Cotton) at 90 or 95 degrees with a pre-wash. Does the machine use detergent from both compartments in the drawer on this programme? Normally you would have a short wash with high water level, the machine would then drain and refill to a lower level to carry out the main wash followed by rinses and spins. If the machine has hot and cold hoses it is likely that the point before programme 1 is a "bio prewash" where the machine would fill with cold water only so that you get the benefit of heating the water up which gives a sort of soak combined with more time for biological powders to work better. It is likely that programme 2 is the hot white wash without the prewash. You can check this by watching where the dial is at the end of the prewash. Programme 3 is most likely fast coloureds with 60 degree wash. It looks like there may be a heavy soil option which may be a prewash or just a longer cycle - you would need to watch what is going on in the powder drawer when you choose option 3 and does the machine do a pre-wash or not? That is a fill to high level, wash, drain, refill to low level, wash rinse and spin. Programme 4 is likely fast colours normal soil. By the way, if I am correct than programmes 3/4 should be suitable for most of your laundry needs. Programme 5 would then be non fast colours - 40 degree wash - for sturdy fabrics which may be subject to colour runs. On this basis programme 6 would be the start of the rinse cycle, so the machine should have drained and starring to fill to higher water level with some tumbling and draining. On your normal wash cycle has the dial moved round to 6 at the start of the rinse segment? Programme 7 is almost certainly single rinse with fabric conditioner if there is a third compartment in the drawer. Programme 8 will be long, fast spin. Programme 9 will be white nylon, heavy soil - this will have a prewash with the bio option as discussed above Programme 10 White nylon without prewash Programme 11 Minimum Iron Programme 12 Delicates and POSSIBLY machine washable woollens. Personally I seldom use 10/11/12 cycles in a machine of this age, if I want to wash woollens I use a modern machine with a specific wool cycle. Hope this all helps, it will not take long to suss it all out. I hope you are not using the cold wash option all the time Al |
Post# 1136160 , Reply# 10   12/14/2021 at 06:14 (856 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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