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Thread Number: 18391
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| Post# 298664 8/23/2008 at 06:09 (5,724 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Was this machine produced after GE bought Hotpoint? | ||
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Post# 298668 , Reply# 1 8/23/2008 at 07:13 (5,724 days old) by bajaespuma  (Connecticut) |
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Resistance was futile
GE owned the Hotpoint division since the 1930's. Up to the mid 1970's, Hotpoint's major appliance division operated out of Chicago, independently from Louisville, and produced unique products with only a little bit of crossover. Some appliance dealers used to claim that GE used Hotpoint as an experimental arm and Hotpoint did introduce a lot of gimmicks and innovations that GE eventually assimilated in its own lines. In the mid seventies, the bean-counters at GE took over and decided that Hotpoint wasn't successful enough on its own and decided to eliminate the Chicago operation by producing all appliances in Louisville and labeling them Hotpoint.
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Post# 298669 , Reply# 2 8/23/2008 at 07:14 (5,724 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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...and I didn't answer the question! | ||
| Post# 298681 , Reply# 4 8/23/2008 at 09:16 (5,724 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH) | ||
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I could be wrong this, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy? | ||
| Post# 298682 , Reply# 5 8/23/2008 at 09:16 (5,724 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH) | ||
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I could be wrong, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy? | ||
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Post# 298694 , Reply# 6 8/23/2008 at 11:23 (5,724 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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"How could this solid tub washer in the AD have been metered filled?" ---Robert and others on this site have explained to me how solid tub washers, like Frigidaires, can have a metered fill. They exist, I've seen them. "I could be wrong this, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy?" ---I think that statement is referring to the belief that GE used Hotpoint as a "testing ground" for a lot of high end gimmicks and features before incorporating them into GE design. Remember that Hotpoint invented the Calrod heating unit that was why GE took the company over in the first place. My recollection is that Hotpoint appliances weren't quite as well engineered as GE's. | ||
| Post# 298696 , Reply# 7 8/23/2008 at 12:02 (5,724 days old) by jaytag (Atlanta) | ||
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Hotpoint Factory I do remember the old Hotpoint factory on Roosevelt Rd, I m not sure if it was in Cicero or if it was on the Chicago side of Cicero Ave. Makes sense to me now. | ||
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Post# 298751 , Reply# 8 8/23/2008 at 15:42 (5,724 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The name "Hotpoint" was coined for the irons as they had elements all the way to the front tip of the sole-plate, thus Hot-point. Hotpoint was the original home of the Calrod heating element - a huge leap from the coiled wire elements of the day. Metered fill in a solid-tub washer can be accomplished in a couple of ways - one is to overflow the washtub with water until enough runs into the outer tub creating pressure on a diaphragm and actuating a switch. Another method common was to divert a small portion of the incoming water into a separate tank with an air-dome switch like found on perforated basket washers. Frigidaire used this on their metered-fill machines. Maytag used a float in the agitator to actuate a switch in the lid, as the water level in the tub rose, the float would rise and push the switch. | ||
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