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Thread Number: 69597
/ Tag: Refrigerators
Got a 1956 Hotpoint Fridge today. |
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| Post# 924941 3/4/2017 at 16:07 (2,606 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
Saw an ad on CL last week for what I believe is a 1956 Hotpoint fridge and contacted the seller. Went and got it this morning. I believe only 56 and 57 had the horizontal detail on the lower door. From what I've been able to gather here 56 had a pink interior and 57 was aqua. I've also read info here that sometime during 1957 production the cabinet corners were squared off and it was at that time the horizontal detail was removed from the door. If correct that means there was an early 57 and late 57. This is not a TOL model as it doesn't have the large stainless trim panel on the lower door, bright trim covering the top edge of the lower door and also top of the kick panel a can rack on the inside of the freezer door. It runs and cools fine. I paid $40.00 for it.
For some reason the yellow pan shown in the picture that goes behind the kick panel to catch the defrost water was gone when I got there. I asked about it and the seller was at a loss as to what could have happened to it. He said the fridge hadn't been touched between the time the picture was taken and today. I assumed no one is living in the house because he mentioned he knew the pan wasn't in the house because its empty. He couldn't even recall exactly what I was referring to because he said it had been a little while since he took the picture. I suggested he take a look at the ad as I was curious about it. Here's the picture from the ad. I really need to get myself a new camera so Im able to take and post pics here.
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Post# 924956 , Reply# 1 3/4/2017 at 17:46 (2,606 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 924992 , Reply# 2 3/4/2017 at 23:50 (2,606 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 It may not seem like it now, but with some car cleaner/polish and a good dose of elbow grease, the exterior will clean up fairly well. The door gaskets appear to be in decent shape. That can end up being a very nice fridge.
I like Hotpoint's placement of the evaporator on the rear wall. No worries about a bottle being too tall and making contact with evaporator as is the case with GE's design. Those crisper drawer fronts are nice too.
You shouldn't have much trouble finding a pan of some kind for the condensate that will fit where the original one was.
For $40, you got a really good deal. | ||
| Post# 925272 , Reply# 3 3/6/2017 at 10:03 (2,604 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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These are beautiful units !!! I have the same 1956 unit in my house and I love it to death !!!! They run forever and they're easy to maintain. By the way, Hotpoint did make an aqua interior in '56. If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.
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| Post# 925336 , Reply# 4 3/6/2017 at 17:19 (2,604 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Kevin (customline)
I do have a question concerning the small shelf that goes at the upper right. It's supported at the outer edge by two clips and at the inner edge by two vertical support rods that are attached at the top of the compartment. Both of the rods are missing and it looks like the clips that held them at the top are broken. Id like to know how the clips held the rods.
Does anyone here have serial number info for Hotpoint? I thought with HP being owned by GE that maybe they would have used the same serial number coding as GE. But the serial number is nothing like GE used. | ||
| Post# 925450 , Reply# 7 3/7/2017 at 08:41 (2,603 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Kevin I wasn't referring to the C shaped clip attached to the inside wall. One is still there, one is broken in mine. I was asking how the support rods that hold the inside edge of the shelf attach at the upper end. Were the rods still with yours when you got it? Are the clips on the ceiling of the compartment still intact? Maybe you could post a pic of the rods if you have them and of the clips? | ||
| Post# 925456 , Reply# 8 3/7/2017 at 09:23 (2,603 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Rods........... I don't know what rods you're talking about, it sounds like your smaller upper right hand shelf is incomplete. | ||
| Post# 925464 , Reply# 9 3/7/2017 at 10:06 (2,603 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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I looked inside mine when I went to get it and saw two nubs on the ceiling of the lower compartment which I assume are the remnants of the support clips that held the support rods. I know I recently saw a picture showing them. Here's the only one I could find right now though. I don't know if the small shelf in mine is as big as the one shown in the picture. But I can see how even the shelf in mine would need support along both sides and not just on the outer edge by the two C clips on the wall of the compartment.
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| Post# 925475 , Reply# 10 3/7/2017 at 11:28 (2,603 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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I can tell you this........... There are no rods. There are clips and the shelf simply clips into the CLIPS. | ||
| Post# 925476 , Reply# 11 3/7/2017 at 11:30 (2,603 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Simple solution.......... Don't use that shelf, it's just one BIG pain. Stick with the big shelves. | ||
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Post# 925491 , Reply# 12 3/7/2017 at 13:18 (2,603 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 925504 , Reply# 13 3/7/2017 at 14:00 (2,603 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Yes..... That was in the top of the line model. It was the "Super Stor" feature, but you really didn't gain anything by it, you actually lost room in your fridge. | ||
| Post# 925521 , Reply# 14 3/7/2017 at 16:25 (2,603 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Post# 925572 , Reply# 15 3/7/2017 at 18:55 (2,603 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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I grew up with that fridge
Dad worked for Hotpoint. We had the version with the ungainly plastic crisper drawer/bin on the door that would never stay shut.
I think the hinge sprung in the 1960s. We would have to push the lid down to close the door. When we opened the door the clear plastic bin lid would go "BOING" and snap back up. It did that for years. Love my Dad, but sometimes I wonder why we put up with such things when they probably had a ton of extra bins lying around at work. Anyway, that unit ran until I closed out the estate and I got rid of it. No regrets. WE LOVED the heated butter-keeper. That was the best. TIP: Don't let frost build up. It may crack the liner. Ours did. | ||
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Post# 925575 , Reply# 16 3/7/2017 at 19:16 (2,603 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Butter Conditioner | ||
| Post# 925641 , Reply# 17 3/8/2017 at 08:03 (2,602 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Ralph, Because it would hurt the efficiency rating! | ||
| Post# 925643 , Reply# 18 3/8/2017 at 08:20 (2,602 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Okay Looked at mine again last night. The small shelf is 12 1/2 x 12 1/2. There were most definitely two vertical rods that supported the inner edge of the shelf. There are the bases (the hook is broken off) of two clips on the ceiling of the compartment where the rods attached. There are two oval shaped holes in the edge of the shelf that the lower end of the rods would have hooked into.
Kevin: You never mentioned whether or not you have the small shelf. If you do you'll see what I'm talking about. Did you take a look inside your fridge to see if the clips are still in place on the ceiling? | ||
| Post# 925648 , Reply# 19 3/8/2017 at 09:20 (2,602 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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Yes..... I still have clips attached, I will look at my small shelf again but I don't recall any "rods" attached or anywhere near this shelf. | ||
| Post# 925659 , Reply# 20 3/8/2017 at 11:06 (2,602 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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| Post# 926573 , Reply# 21 3/13/2017 at 12:30 (2,597 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Got a 1956 Hotpoint owner's manual on ebay. Here's a picture from it showing the small upper shelf and the support rods attached to it. I know the pic isn't very good but you can still see what Im referring to.
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Post# 926580 , Reply# 22 3/13/2017 at 14:13 (2,597 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Looks similar to the ice tray shelves used in GE/HP freezers. Maybe the freezer could provide clues?
Travis, if washing machines can claim to be high efficiency by offering optional settings to achieve that, why couldn't a fridge have an on/off switch for the butter conditioner? Isn't the soft/hard setting essentially an on/off switch anyway? | ||
| Post# 926596 , Reply# 23 3/13/2017 at 15:43 (2,597 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
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OK, here's what those "rods" are The "rods' you are talking about are not two support rods but one C shaped bar that is attached to both ends of that shelf. I'll post a picture of my small shelf shortly. | ||
| Post# 926598 , Reply# 24 3/13/2017 at 15:59 (2,597 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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| Post# 926788 , Reply# 25 3/14/2017 at 12:28 (2,596 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
This is your smaller shelf........
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| Post# 926790 , Reply# 26 3/14/2017 at 12:30 (2,596 days old) by customline (pennsylvania) | ||
That c shaped thing is your "rods".
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| Post# 926993 , Reply# 27 3/15/2017 at 10:58 (2,595 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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