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Philips Appliance Brochure Late 1970s |
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Post# 1138728   1/8/2022 at 10:20 (810 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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I recently purchased a Philips Brochure for the UK from the late 1970s, I am thinking 1977 or 1978. This is part 1
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Post# 1138729 , Reply# 1   1/8/2022 at 10:22 (810 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1138730 , Reply# 2   1/8/2022 at 10:23 (810 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1138731 , Reply# 3   1/8/2022 at 10:25 (810 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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There were a couple of extra sheets included
The first, dated May 1974, for the introduction of permanent magnet motors. 1974 seems to be very late for a top mounted powder dispenser |
Post# 1138732 , Reply# 4   1/8/2022 at 10:33 (810 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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There was also a sheet for the Philips AWB080 Variotronic washer which must be from 1978. This marked a flip flop on Philips production. Previously top loading X axis washers (including the one shown above) where manufactured in Halifax, UK and the "conventional" front loader in France. From 1978 the conventional front loaders were made in Halifax with the top loaders in France. This made a lot more sense given the popularity of the different type of machine in each territory.
The AWB 080 with the matching dryer were the first laundry appliances I ever owned followed by a Philips 2000SX dishwasher about 18 months after |
Post# 1138733 , Reply# 5   1/8/2022 at 10:33 (810 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 1138806 , Reply# 7   1/9/2022 at 06:31 (809 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Thank you Alistair! That brochure is older than the oldest Philips brochure I have. They had already changed from the blue accents to the orange/brown ones.
IIRC the frontloaders with the timer on the left were made in France and the models with the timer on the right in the UK? The Slimstar was rather unique back then because of the 1000 rpm spin speed. In the Netherlands I have never seen this model with brown/orange controls, that was reserved for the same machine sold under the Ruton label. The later 40cm wide models didn't spin that fast until much later. Topspeed was 750 or 800, later it was 850 (as my AWB119 did). In 1982 or there about the design was changed to the more plastic looking control panels. The 606 is an iconic machine, eaerlier models didn't have the spins speed control. One of those earlier models turned up in "On the buses". By then the detergent dispenser had indeed become rare, however Miele had a few BOL models for quite a while with a dispenser on top. |
Post# 1138845 , Reply# 8   1/9/2022 at 17:35 (809 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1138940 , Reply# 9   1/10/2022 at 18:07 (808 days old) by statomatic (France)   |   | |
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Post# 1138999 , Reply# 10   1/11/2022 at 11:33 (807 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1139174 , Reply# 12   1/13/2022 at 03:38 (805 days old) by alanlondon (London)   |   | |
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Post# 1139176 , Reply# 13   1/13/2022 at 03:45 (805 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1139177 , Reply# 14   1/13/2022 at 03:53 (805 days old) by alanlondon (London)   |   | |
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I don't believe these dishwashers ever had blue knobs, these I think are the very early ones on to the market from Philips. The 2000 doesn't have a soap dispenser or a water softener. |
Post# 1139238 , Reply# 15   1/13/2022 at 13:25 (805 days old) by Keymatic (London / UK)   |   | |
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Thanks for posting !!
Always loved the Slimstar with blue accents Cheers Keith
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