In the 90s, my mum’s washing machine would stop if you needed to rebalance it, and a “rebalance” light would come on to let you know. It doesn’t seem like newer washing machines still do that?
I was trying to remember which brand it was, but it was so long ago now.
I asked ChatGPT and it found it right away: a Simpson Concorde top loader. Australian brand, actually made in Australia back in the day. Acquired by Electrolux in 2001. I can’t find any close-up photos of the control panel (as expected, there’s not a lot of info about 1990s washing machines online) but I ChatGPT did find a post where someone said their rebalance light was on: https://www.justanswer.com/australia-whitegoods/73wnx-machine-simpson-concorde-741-won-t-go-rebalance-button.html
Bought mine new 2 years ago and it does this frequently. Except instead of stopping and lighting a handy ‘rebalance’ indicator it just tells me its done and gives me sopping wet washing.
It was very cheap though, that could be the issue.
In the 90s, my mum’s washing machine would stop if you needed to rebalance it, and a “rebalance” light would come on to let you know. It doesn’t seem like newer washing machines still do that?
Mine has an audio alert, it flips the fuck out and starts banging itself into the wall.
Newer ones take care of it themselves by adding a bit more water and agitating the clothes again to get them to balance out.
I’ve owned washers since the 90s and have never seen a rebalance light. Didn’t know there was such an animal!
I was trying to remember which brand it was, but it was so long ago now.
I asked ChatGPT and it found it right away: a Simpson Concorde top loader. Australian brand, actually made in Australia back in the day. Acquired by Electrolux in 2001. I can’t find any close-up photos of the control panel (as expected, there’s not a lot of info about 1990s washing machines online) but
IChatGPT did find a post where someone said their rebalance light was on: https://www.justanswer.com/australia-whitegoods/73wnx-machine-simpson-concorde-741-won-t-go-rebalance-button.htmlBought mine new 2 years ago and it does this frequently. Except instead of stopping and lighting a handy ‘rebalance’ indicator it just tells me its done and gives me sopping wet washing.
It was very cheap though, that could be the issue.