Philips AWB098 Super Variatronic - final SPIN DRAIN upto 1000rpm!

Here is a better video showing the final tumbles of the final rinse, before the machine launches into its final SPIN DRAIN!
Perfectly balanced this time, the machine makes two step changes in speed - firstly we think upto around 750rpm, then secondly upto the full 1000rpm (it looks and sounds a lot quicker than 1000rpm to be honest and the wider tub makes for good drying results).

It was only in this first full spin cycle that it became apparrent that the machine will require a new set of drum bearings, sooner rather than later. Althought the drum is rock solid in its bearings, the 'roaring' noise (sounding like the machine is running on rails) gives the game away that the bearings are on their way out.
So a heavy overhaul will be the order of the day, in due course.

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• philips
• super
• variatronic
• washing
• machine
• spin
• drain
• spin-drain

[deeveyboy]

Is there no distruibute before the spin??

[matchbox3236h]

@deeveyboy ... hi there. Nope - this machine doesnt know what distribute is. It either spin drains - as in the video - or does one long tumble at wash speed, which lasts for about 1minute or so. They certainly had unique programming, for a machine of the 1980s.

[deeveyboy]

@matchbox3236h So how does it drain for the first rinse?

[matchbox3236h]

@deeveyboy .... it pumps out normally but then rather than plastering clothes to the edge of the drum, as in a normal distribute, it does a long duration clockwise tumble that lasts for about 1minute to 1minute 30secs. My memory might be inaccurate, but I think it does four or five rinses all at a high level. The penultimate rinse sees it spin drain upto about 600rpm, with the final upto 1000rpm as seen in this video. Unusual to say the least!

[nakedpace]

Ive noticed on my washer at my parents house, the glass fogs up, i was told and im not saying it true but that it means the bearings are on the way out or gone, our old hot-point had no bearings for months before we realized it, and the spider had cracked, never heard a peep out of it ! love the video, I remember my granny had one from my fathers birth in 61( the baby of 8 i might add) right up to she passed in 03 ! its still going strong for his brother (my uncle) to this day !!

[matchbox3236h]

@nakedpace - glad you like the vid! Never heard the bad bearings = misty window theory, but it could be true. All these vids were of the machine first cycle in my ownership and a manual check of the bearings showed them to be tight, but the spin told a different story. The bearings will definitely be replaced and a new set, on order right now, will be fitted in the future.

Very interested in your families old machine! Be great to know what model it actually is. Dont ever let it be scrapped

[sexynite76]

This was my nans very first automatic loved this machine, my aunt used to work in the Phillips factory I remember her kitchen being full of Phillips appliances lol

[nakedpace]

@matchbox3236h hope it works out for you !!

[tasos355]

@deeveyboy i love that washer!!!

[deeveyboy]

@matchbox3236h Could you do me a favour, upload a full cycle, such as a maximum 5.40c, would be honoured, thankyou . :)