Hoover Keymatic 3224 - Minimum Iron 40°c

Hello, so this is a near enough full cycle video of the minimum iron cycle (number 4) in the Keymatic using a key plate A. Washing a small load of clothes, the machine handles balancing really well. Machine does four rinses despite the fascia saying it will only do three, suspect it’s had a replacement timer at some point or another. Final spin is 20 seconds, longer on other cycles, at 750rpm. Do you have one of these machines you're looking to sell, or even just the little program card? Get in touch!
12:17 Heated main wash with pulsator running
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[@lifeinashell3778]

Oh lol. My mum had one of these in the 80s it used to travel across the kitchen when it was spinning😂

[@staffiesaregreat]

That's got to be 60 years old! I remember my mother having one but she got rid of it in the end because it kept requiring a new drum each year for some reason? She got a twin tub to replace it! The last one I ever saw was in 1988 when I exchanged it for a customer of the electricity board,

[@Fredriksam]

correction on the spin: On normal programs it was around 3-4 minutes and on others fragile wash 45 seconds.

[@telephoneguy1775]

Wow was great to see that machine in action again thanks. If your looking for more action & interspins if i remember correctly the 60+ washes do these & def the heavy soul wash.

[@paschannel4587]

The First Frontloader washer? cycle like samsung quick drive using agitator on the backplate

[@ignatiousmary8413]

Lovely washer.

[@Fredriksam]

My family had such machine in their home. I remeber as a child listening to its interresting sounds and that. My parents never let the door open during wash so you couldnt see the drum move. I,m pretty sure the machine only did three rinses and that the final spin was about 3-4 minutes long. My parents used the machine regalry until around 1998 1999 ish when it began leaking water and tripping electricity sometimes. Dad had the machine in the boiler room for a while until they throw it away around 2004. He had tried fixing the leak but with no succes.

[@jimbob036]

No, bad idea to open the door during washing if there are small children about, he might stick his arm in the drum!

[@Martindyna]

The Laundry Centre will have overridden the door safety interlock for the purposes of the video.

[@TherealCentral1]

Nice machine chris My 9544w needs a new front plate and a liquid detergent tray in the drawer but other than that it can spin fine with good bearings

[@Beko500ProGolover]

Great Washing action And defaintly built to last.

[@MyCountryIsSaudiArabia215]

This must be the oldest washing machine I ever saw!!!!😱😱😱😱😱

[@jackseymour1757]

Fabulous!!

[@davedebang-bang6168]

This is an awesome washing machine, there was a lot of thought went into these, such a complicated over engineered machine, today’s machine could learn a thing or two from these, instead we have generic machines nowadays that companies just buy in and put their name on, where’s the fun in that, no craftsmanship any more, no individuality, it’s such a shame that companies like hoover nowadays just bang out a ton of shite with many different names like candy , Iberna by baumatic ( no it’s not it’s iberna by baumatic by candy ) zerowatt, vyatka ( russian branded hoover/candy machines ) etc etc

[@Washerlad2014]

Cant beat a good old Keymatic! 👍

[@anthonylawrence60]

especially when it looks like a jukebox

[@jimbob036]

Wow, it still caries on filling & working when you open the door?

[@TheLaundryCentre]

I have bypassed the door safety switch so I can see what’s going on inside haha!

[@Megamike073]

Wow lovely old robust machine, I'm surprised how short the final spin is! If it was on a cotton programme would the final spin be longer?

[@SKYELOVER]

Yes final spin speed and time is cut right down on easy iron

[@MrRogerlorente]

This are the first washing machines? Wow! Very interesting

[@TheLaundryCentre]

Early Hoover front loading washing machines, very complicated and over engineered in comparison to today’s washing machines!

[@MrRogerlorente]

@@TheLaundryCentre Yes, absolutely!! Very nice video! Keep going broo! 😉👍

[@thanasismallioras8656]

@@TheLaundryCentre 5kg capacity?

[@user-jz4ui6kd9g]

looks like a samsung washing machine

[@robloxwashingmachine6318]

remembers me to samsung quickdrive this washer drum 😂

[@laundrylad2006]

Now this is what you call a HOOVER

[@danandlaundry]

Unlike modern hoovers

[@laundrylad2006]

@@danandlaundry oh my gosh stop Harassing me!

[@ignatiousmary8413]

@@laundrylad2006 Uh oh

[@introverted.magic.shifters]

On this episode of: *_samsung quickdrive development:_*

[@nathanswift4150]

Hey Chris do you have this beautiful machine it’s a beautiful washer

[@TheLaundryCentre]

Yes i still have this machine and another one like it but not working

[@user-it7mf1xd8w]

That machine have a plastic drum?

[@photopuppet]

Thanks for the video! Would you know the reason behind why the door seal are all kind of oversized and floppy in these machines? I'm wondering if there is any reason behind the design?

[@TheLaundryCentre]

The door seal is oversized and floppy because as the machine fills with water the drum drops and tilts from let’s say 45° to a more flat level like a normal front loader today. Wish the seal wasn’t so huge and different as there’s no other gaskets on the markets that could be used as an alternative

[@photopuppet]

@@TheLaundryCentre Thank you for the detailed answer! Hope you do manage to locate more spare seals though.

[@ianthompson6290]

Hi does the machine have 2 separate drive motors one for the drum and one for the pulsator?

[@samuelfellows6923]

No ❌, in a previous video, he had the back panel off and shown the mechanics - back of the outer drum as a pulley/clutch assembly, and the motor is twin outputs; slow gear reduced and main/fast - these are belted to 2 pulleys on the back of the outer drum with 2 clutch’s = slow pulley is engaged with 2nd clutch to inner drum for wash/rinse, fast pulley independently engaging/disengaging with 1st clutch to pulsator for additional wash/rinse action, for drum spin - simultaneously, 1st clutch engages fast pulley to pulsator and 2 clutch engages to 1st clutch and it disengages from slow pulley (we can see the pulsator spinning in the video) 😉

[@ianthompson6290]

@@samuelfellows6923 thank you very well explained 🙂

[@leeorbell3490]

This model dates back to 1961 interesting to know how much this would have cost in 1961

[@colmcoleman6421]

does it clean the clothes well how often do you use it and how many loads does it take to do a full clothes basket

[@TheLaundryCentre]

Don’t use it very often, two three times a year max, I haven’t used it enough to assess the wash performance, use it more for enjoyment.

[@David-uf8ex]

I could never see the point of the pulsator at the back it just seemed to Be to rough with the load and splash water about , not to mention more complicated engineering around the back . Nice to see the wash cycle though

[@henrikhyrup3995]

Isn't this some kind of hybrid between a real front loader and a toploader?

[@Martindyna]

Not really although I understand why you might say that. Hoover decided to incorporate their `pulsator' (high speed disc paddle - from their non automatic machines) into an Automatic by leaning the drum backwards and using a high water level presumably to achieve quicker but thorough washing. I'm surprised that the pulsator is used on the `Minimum iron' programme as in the video, I thought it was only used on the `Cottons' programme (it can tend to wear out the clothes). The machine uses alot of hot water compared to a modern machine (I guess 3 - 4 times as much) but at least I understand it has hot fill which, for a Cottons' programme will save money if your domestic hot water supply is heated by e.g. an oil or gas fired boiler (compared to expensive peak tariff electricity - UK). P.S. Some old designs used crazy amounts of hot water, my parents had a Hotpoint top loader (vertical axle) here in the UK similar to the American design; it used 16 imp. gallons (72.7 litres) of hot water to wash 7 - 10 kgs of washing !!

[@MonoChorMe]

Blimey, I cant believe it actually starts steaming on simply 40*C... wow... I would expect to steam with a 95*C but not 40*C - Im impressed... Btw, I was wondering, is it normal for the right side of the rubber below to be misshapen like that... In almost all videos of the Keymatic WM, I see that for some reason the right side is kind of "contorted"... Why is that?

[@DandyDon1]

If the air in the room is cooler, you will see more steam.

[@carwashgaming3727]

Samsung qdrive isnt really new at all. The technology kinda existed a long time already with this machine

[@superalejandro911]

Because the tub seal sets up??

[@mattfisher694]

Very short for a final spin

[@danandlaundry]

This is a real hoover before they went to shit with the vision HD and vision tech

[@danandlaundry]

Way before even the hoover nextra which was the last good hoover

[@chrisbalanda9368]

500 max spin

[@TheLaundryCentre]

Chris Balanda 750rpm

[@samuelfellows6923]

☹️, and with the short spin cycle, I would be supplementing this with a spin dryer.

[@pilskadden]

@@samuelfellows6923 But this is a minimum iron programme, hence the short spin. I guess the point is minimise wrinkles.

[@samuelfellows6923]

@@pilskadden - yes, quite right, but a bit too slow for my liking. In comparison to the twin-tubs/spin dryers before it - 3030/2010 RPM, modern automatic front loaders - 1600 RPM, [spin dryers are still available to supplement modern washers]

[@Martindyna]

@@samuelfellows6923 Not many automatics give you 1800 RPM spin !! I only know of one made by Miele. 1600 is more usual and more than adequate (law of diminishing returns).