| This is a 1980`s Electricity Board Special Washing Machine, the Electra AWB665, made by Phillips in Hipperholme, Halifax,UK. Very popular machines featuring a Polypropelyne outer Drum and a Permanant Magnet Motor (Permag) which at the time had 10yr guarantees...!!! This model takes a 9lb load & has an 800rpm variable spin speed. its other unique feature was that it started to spin with the tub full of water...this cushioned the clothes and distributed them evenly around the drum, the motor used permanant magnets instead of brushes etc was about half the size of other motors produced at that time. |