I remember my next door neighbour having one of these till about 2004. And it was old then 😂 Still sounds exactly how I remember my dad had 95 was slightly smoother… Great to see one after all these years that works and looks fine 💯🤩👌🏻
@@WeHadOneOfThose Yes, absolutely. I would have done the same. Maybe I will find one, or I meet a collector who wants to sell one, or wants to exchange with another model from my collection.
My eyes lit up when I saw this notification. Always wanted to see one in action. Sounds smoother than a 95. I didn't realise they do anti-crease after the spin either, that's something I've never seen one of these through to the 95s do. Glad you guys saved this from the crusher.
Thanks Brandon, yes what good luck was with Mathew that day , listening to him tell the story was incredible. It does sound smooth, we had given it the once over and new brushes for this test video, Ill do a full feature inside & out one soon, although after this one its played up considerably (as they all do) so we will get to grips on the next visit. But for a first computer washer it has all the features.
This looks like the one we had for years when I was a teen, that towards the end of its life exploded on me damaging my hearing! Ours originally had a black door seal and I thought it had a higher rpm spin (but it probably just seemed faster than 800rpm). My mum also got the hotpoint tumble dryer to go with it, which had the most useless, unreliable, over complex buttons ever designed: I was always fixing the latching mechanism, but she usually ended up wedging them in with half a clothes peg. Kept it for years, but had quite a few repairs, several I did myself including replacing the microcontroller board which was located down the left side of the machine looking from the back and linked by long ribbon cables to the display/control panel at the front and two stacked PCBs with the power supply and relay + transistors board on the right. The replacement controller with its later firmware reversed the function of the reduced temperature button (-10C) which was an annoyance, I believe they changed it so get a better energy usage rating. One day the mains filter exploded in it (It was partly a large electrolytic in a metal can without the customary weak point you'd find in the top of a modern capacitor to allow it to vent safely if it failed) . I was a good 8 feet away, but it felt like I'd been slapped extremely hard around the side of the face, and I was stone deaf save for ringing ears for several minutes, and my hearing has never been the same since! I cleaned our the remains of the filter and bypassed it, and it lasted several years beyond that.
Hello Mel, now thats a story, yes the original boot were black and quite thin but did seem to last , the good thing was that spares were redily available to keep these machines going . You probably had the De-Luxe Microtronic which had a 1000rpm spin speed instead of 800rpm. Oh those large apacitors are the bane of vintage appliances, experienced a Servis one recently , situated on top , went with such a bang and covered the whole insides with fine shredded foil. Its good they can operate without although a few of our vintage TV & Radio members do not agree and say should always be replaced !!
@@WeHadOneOfThose Having thought about it, I now remember the instruction booklet said that it was indeed an 800rpm spin. I wouldn't have believed how powerful the blast from the mains filter's capacitor could be if I hadn't been in the room myself. The end with the connections in it was pretty thick plastic as I recall so it probably built up a great deal of pressure before letting go, it really was like a bomb going off. Yep, it showered the insides of the machine with bits of foil and filled the air with smoke and a fog of lots of fine particles. I had intended to replace it after testing the machine still worked, I did look in a couple of electronics catalogues for suppressors, but didn't find anything that I thought would be suitable and I was reluctant to buy the replacement part as I expected it to be expensive locally and was concerned I might get an identical part that could explode in a few years time. Seeing that machine again, reminded me of what attracted me to it. I think at the time it might have been the only one in the store that didn't still have an electromechanical programmer, and I'm pretty certain it was the only one with a display, but what made it really stand out from the rest I'd looked at was the large buttons with orange symbols on them and clear labels, and if I recall correctly the programme numbers were the same as the wash numbers that they used to put above the temperature in the washing tub symbol on clothing care labels.
I thought it an elegant design and it looked really simple to understand and use, so I got my mum to have a look at it, because I thought she ought to at least look at the rest of the machines in store, not just the one my dad had already picked out, although he'd probably made a better choice. I didn't actually expect them to buy it, I'd wandered off while she was still looking at it, to look at the rest, and when I got back they were already in the process of buying that machine and matching dryer as well. My jaw dropped when I heard the total price, I think it turned out to be about the second most expensive washing machine in store and they had no plans to buy a tumble dryer, so I think my dad regretted taking me with them.
I bought the 1000 rpm model when they first came out, and it was faulty from day one. It would stop mid wash cycle and suddenly attempt to accelerate to full spin speed with a full load of clothes and water, scary! I immediately exchanged it for the slightly cheaper model with the electro-mechanical dial and variable spin speed which was great and lasted for many years.
Hi Jack, oh not good , sounds like the dreaded timer / tacho probs, a full load accelerating from a standing start is nothing short of a "switch it off quick scenario, can imagine !!
Afternoon Phil , yes indeed to hear Mathew tell the story is almost like being there with the panic & excitement all at once. But dont we all scan those scrap trucks going past "Just In Case" ha ha !!
Hi Mark , the BIO button cuts out the hot water valve , programme fills with cold water and heats over a period of time with agitation to get best use of Biological detergents with Enzymes.
Hello Shari the Microtronic X2000 was made in 1980, the motor had stopped work on it probably why it was traded in and dumped, a quick change of brushes for a few pounds had this beauty up and running again !!
Hello Colm , oh err thats not very good , I think with any machine you can get a friday afternoon build , but this was the first intros into Computerised electronics so prob more issues to sort out . Did your Mum return it new and swap it for something else ?
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I remember my next door neighbour having one of these till about 2004.
And it was old then 😂
Still sounds exactly how I remember my dad had 95 was slightly smoother…
Great to see one after all these years that works and looks fine 💯🤩👌🏻
Definitely a model i want too. Sadly these are too rare in Germany.
Hello, actually very rare over here as well, even better it was rescued from the back of a scrap van !!
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Yes, absolutely. I would have done the same.
Maybe I will find one, or I meet a collector who wants to sell one, or wants to exchange with another model from my collection.
Great to c a vintage washer still going strong unlike modern ones lol
Hello Mark yes indeed, its amazing these are , I bet Hotpoint never thought they would still be working after 40 + years !!
My eyes lit up when I saw this notification. Always wanted to see one in action. Sounds smoother than a 95. I didn't realise they do anti-crease after the spin either, that's something I've never seen one of these through to the 95s do. Glad you guys saved this from the crusher.
Thanks Brandon, yes what good luck was with Mathew that day , listening to him tell the story was incredible. It does sound smooth, we had given it the once over and new brushes for this test video, Ill do a full feature inside & out one soon, although after this one its played up considerably (as they all do) so we will get to grips on the next visit. But for a first computer washer it has all the features.
Me too
This looks like the one we had for years when I was a teen, that towards the end of its life exploded on me damaging my hearing!
Ours originally had a black door seal and I thought it had a higher rpm spin (but it probably just seemed faster than 800rpm). My mum also got the hotpoint tumble dryer to go with it, which had the most useless, unreliable, over complex buttons ever designed: I was always fixing the latching mechanism, but she usually ended up wedging them in with half a clothes peg.
Kept it for years, but had quite a few repairs, several I did myself including replacing the microcontroller board which was located down the left side of the machine looking from the back and linked by long ribbon cables to the display/control panel at the front and two stacked PCBs with the power supply and relay + transistors board on the right. The replacement controller with its later firmware reversed the function of the reduced temperature button (-10C) which was an annoyance, I believe they changed it so get a better energy usage rating.
One day the mains filter exploded in it (It was partly a large electrolytic in a metal can without the customary weak point you'd find in the top of a modern capacitor to allow it to vent safely if it failed) . I was a good 8 feet away, but it felt like I'd been slapped extremely hard around the side of the face, and I was stone deaf save for ringing ears for several minutes, and my hearing has never been the same since! I cleaned our the remains of the filter and bypassed it, and it lasted several years beyond that.
Hello Mel, now thats a story, yes the original boot were black and quite thin but did seem to last , the good thing was that spares were redily available to keep these machines going . You probably had the De-Luxe Microtronic which had a 1000rpm spin speed instead of 800rpm.
Oh those large apacitors are the bane of vintage appliances, experienced a Servis one recently , situated on top , went with such a bang and covered the whole insides with fine shredded foil. Its good they can operate without although a few of our vintage TV & Radio members do not agree and say should always be replaced !!
@@WeHadOneOfThose Having thought about it, I now remember the instruction booklet said that it was indeed an 800rpm spin.
I wouldn't have believed how powerful the blast from the mains filter's capacitor could be if I hadn't been in the room myself. The end with the connections in it was pretty thick plastic as I recall so it probably built up a great deal of pressure before letting go, it really was like a bomb going off.
Yep, it showered the insides of the machine with bits of foil and filled the air with smoke and a fog of lots of fine particles. I had intended to replace it after testing the machine still worked, I did look in a couple of electronics catalogues for suppressors, but didn't find anything that I thought would be suitable and I was reluctant to buy the replacement part as I expected it to be expensive locally and was concerned I might get an identical part that could explode in a few years time.
Seeing that machine again, reminded me of what attracted me to it. I think at the time it might have been the only one in the store that didn't still have an electromechanical programmer, and I'm pretty certain it was the only one with a display, but what made it really stand out from the rest I'd looked at was the large buttons with orange symbols on them and clear labels, and if I recall correctly the programme numbers were the same as the wash numbers that they used to put above the temperature in the washing tub symbol on clothing care labels.
I thought it an elegant design and it looked really simple to understand and use, so I got my mum to have a look at it, because I thought she ought to at least look at the rest of the machines in store, not just the one my dad had already picked out, although he'd probably made a better choice.
I didn't actually expect them to buy it, I'd wandered off while she was still looking at it, to look at the rest, and when I got back they were already in the process of buying that machine and matching dryer as well. My jaw dropped when I heard the total price, I think it turned out to be about the second most expensive washing machine in store and they had no plans to buy a tumble dryer, so I think my dad regretted taking me with them.
My grandparents had this model Hotpoint when I was young it had a purple door and switches
Hello Simon the purple Hotpoints series where very popular, did yours have the single dial 4 buttons or two dials ?
Single dial with buttons
I bought the 1000 rpm model when they first came out, and it was faulty from day one. It would stop mid wash cycle and suddenly attempt to accelerate to full spin speed with a full load of clothes and water, scary! I immediately exchanged it for the slightly cheaper model with the electro-mechanical dial and variable spin speed which was great and lasted for many years.
Hi Jack, oh not good , sounds like the dreaded timer / tacho probs, a full load accelerating from a standing start is nothing short of a "switch it off quick scenario, can imagine !!
Very nice machine, looks like an high end late 70's / early 80's hifi system 😉
Hello , yes it does , from an era when all the machines looked completely different , not like todays clones .
What an amazing machine
Afternoon Phil , yes indeed to hear Mathew tell the story is almost like being there with the panic & excitement all at once. But dont we all scan those scrap trucks going past "Just In Case" ha ha !!
Where do you keep all your machines? You could charge people to see them. I love your videos
mutch better than fire effected indesit innex washer dryers
Yes indeed, much more fun to use. Its a great washer and easy to use control panel.
@@WeHadOneOfThose looking for an old hotpoint 9526 for my kitchen
What does the ‘Bio powder’ button do? Obviously it’s for biological detergent but what does the button do?
Hi Mark , the BIO button cuts out the hot water valve , programme fills with cold water and heats over a period of time with agitation to get best use of Biological detergents with Enzymes.
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Love it
Thanks , it is a great classic washer from one of the best British manufacturers, I love all those different sounds & motor surges !!
What year is this beautiful machine?! And why did the previous owner set it next to the garbage dump?
Hello Shari the Microtronic X2000 was made in 1980, the motor had stopped work on it probably why it was traded in and dumped, a quick change of brushes for a few pounds had this beauty up and running again !!
Do you have the Old Hotpoint 95450 or the 95490 and the Old Hoover Logic 1300E in your collection?
Hello Sean, I personally dont but fellow collectors do , both are classic machines.
Have you got the instruction manual for this please?
I havnt but I think Steve has !!
I’d love to see it please
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Is this the 800 rpm model or the 1000 rpm?
Hi Mathew its the 800rpm Special Buy model , does a good job but back in the day we didnt know 1600rpm ..
my mum had a hotpoint back in the day not that model and it kicked the bucket a month after she had it so i dont like them but great vid all the same
Hello Colm , oh err thats not very good , I think with any machine you can get a friday afternoon build , but this was the first intros into Computerised electronics so prob more issues to sort out . Did your Mum return it new and swap it for something else ?
@@WeHadOneOfThose i dont know if she returned it i was 11 at the time so cant remember that i just remember it breaking down