Thread Number: 40657
POD 6/6/12 (basic math) HOTPOINT PUSHBUTTON WASHER |
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Post# 601406 , Reply# 1   6/6/2012 at 07:09 (4,313 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 601407 , Reply# 2   6/6/2012 at 07:12 (4,313 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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It's one of my favs because it's the only Taylor Avenue Hotpoint, at this point that I possess. It's fitted with what they called the "Thrifivator" which is the "Aquatator" without the little rubber fins. Turnover is just fine. It's long neck brings the agitator cap right up to the underside of the lid and I too have been a little curious why some manufacturers chose to extend the agitator up that high, like Whirlpool and Sears, and others, like Maytag, were content to leave some of their agitators under water at the highest setting: |
Post# 601408 , Reply# 3   6/6/2012 at 07:17 (4,313 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 601412 , Reply# 4   6/6/2012 at 07:33 (4,313 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 601415 , Reply# 5   6/6/2012 at 07:42 (4,313 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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I know there are a couple of these agitators out there in member's machines but I've never used one. The later versions without the ticklers had larger lower fins without the steep angle coming up higher on the agitator shaft. As to the effectiveness, the commercial from 1953 pretty much sums what you already know; it does a good job washing unless the fabric bubbles get in the way and then most turnover is hindered. I use my Hotpoint with the later, long-neck agitator fairly often and if you don't open the lid and look inside, clothing bubbles and turnover don't matter - LOL.
I think most of these colored dials were plastic. If it is die-cast metal, that didn't last much longer. My 54 Speed Queen has die-cast dials but then, I think the only plastic on that machine is the lens of the panel light. Weren't some of these pushbuttons lighted from below? I don't think the delicate cycle water level is much lower than the normal, full level. The whole cycle is shortened but I'll bet most women with any laundry experience wouldn't have trusted their truly fine washables to most any washer, conventional or automatic. |
Post# 601746 , Reply# 7   6/7/2012 at 12:22 (4,312 days old) by badgerdx ()   |   | |
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What year is that Hotpoint? It just looks so (forgive me for saying this) but cheap and plastic... |
Post# 601764 , Reply# 8   6/7/2012 at 14:06 (4,312 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 601808 , Reply# 9   6/7/2012 at 18:19 (4,312 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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The ad states that it's Hotpoint's 50th anniversary and the medallion says the company started in 1905 so it's a 1955 model. |
Post# 601822 , Reply# 10   6/7/2012 at 20:15 (4,311 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 601824 , Reply# 11   6/7/2012 at 20:30 (4,311 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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You're right, Malcolm, it is a high-post drive. Several inches or more above the water line. I'm sure there's a psychological element in the long agitator - if it LOOKS big, the whole machine looks deeper and larger capacity. Whirlpool must have known this as well, 1/3 of the DD agitators were above the water line but it *looked* bigger and deeper.
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Post# 601832 , Reply# 12   6/7/2012 at 21:49 (4,311 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602001 , Reply# 14   6/8/2012 at 19:21 (4,311 days old) by badgerdx ()   |   | |
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I like that story, Tom. That's charming. |
Post# 602013 , Reply# 15   6/8/2012 at 20:22 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602014 , Reply# 16   6/8/2012 at 20:23 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602017 , Reply# 17   6/8/2012 at 20:24 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602018 , Reply# 18   6/8/2012 at 20:25 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602019 , Reply# 19   6/8/2012 at 20:26 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602020 , Reply# 20   6/8/2012 at 20:28 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602022 , Reply# 21   6/8/2012 at 20:32 (4,310 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 602052 , Reply# 22   6/8/2012 at 22:33 (4,310 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)   |   | |
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Post# 602128 , Reply# 24   6/9/2012 at 10:03 (4,310 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 602221 , Reply# 25   6/9/2012 at 19:09 (4,310 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Thank you Greg! |
Post# 602250 , Reply# 26   6/9/2012 at 21:56 (4,309 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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I wish I could find the LH7 without the attached lid. It was only made for a short time. Interesting and simple design. The dial was green and only had 1 cycle. I remember when I was 6 years old my parents ditched the machine the pump had went and I got to keep the adjator. I don't think anyone in the club has ever found this washer!
Peter |