Thread Number: 64112
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
What does a Westinghouse dishwasher sound like? |
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Post# 867122 , Reply# 1   2/14/2016 at 07:35 (2,992 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 867130 , Reply# 2   2/14/2016 at 08:48 (2,991 days old) by eronie (Flushing Michigan)   |   | |
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Woosh Woosh Woosh |
Post# 867141 , Reply# 4   2/14/2016 at 10:34 (2,991 days old) by brucelucenta ()   |   | |
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If you know what a Frigidaire from that era sounds like, then you know what a Westinghouse from that same era sounds like. They are the same machine from the time White Consolidated Industries bought Frigidaire. |
Post# 867143 , Reply# 6   2/14/2016 at 10:50 (2,991 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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I really shouldn't fuel this fire, but.......... I agree, it sounds like a dishwasher, "Woosh Woosh Woosh (click) whirrrr (click) gurgle, gurgle and.... silence." There are no "trademark" sounds for a dishwasher. Oh sure there may be sounds unique to a certain brand, but honestly WHO CARES what it sounds like? What's really important is how well it performs and cleans your dishes. Period. As there have been no Westinghouse dishwashers sold in the US in what, 35-40 years(?), it's pretty much a moot point, isn't it? And on that note, when did Westinghouse dishwashers cease to exist in the US market? |
Post# 867144 , Reply# 7   2/14/2016 at 11:18 (2,991 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Were about 1974-5 after that there was a completely revised DW that WCI sold under various labels for about a decade during which time they bought D&Ms and continued to make D&M DWs and stopped making their orignal POS and instead continued making the D&M POS.
In the late 90s after WCI was bought by Electrolux a new tall-tub European style DW emerged that was and still is a POS. |
Post# 867147 , Reply# 8   2/14/2016 at 11:49 (2,991 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Post# 867163 , Reply# 9   2/14/2016 at 15:10 (2,991 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I guess today's Westinghouse dishwashers are just nothing but glorified frigidaires. When I say trademark sounds, I mean their unique sounds. I must say that the older dishwashers were a lot more fun to sit near. |
Post# 867217 , Reply# 10   2/14/2016 at 21:38 (2,991 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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I definitely think there are trademark sounds for different brands of old dishwashers! kitchenaids especially when they start to come up to prime in their pumps as the water fills. most brands would fill up with the motor off, kitchenaid had that very distinct sound as they filled with the pump running. g.e. too, those side pump models also filled while the pump was running. I could tell a g.e. or a kitchenaid from a mile away. and the older g.e. mobile maid vertical pump models sounded like a jet engine, extremely noisy. I love running my old mobile maids. and who can forget that distinct sound made by the Kenmore dishwashers with their round top roto racks when those racks were turning at full speed. the 2 I have make a very loud creak as they turn. love em!
impeller machines make their own sound too, love listening to my g.e. bowtie, noisy as hell but I agree it's fun to listen to and I have sat next to them before. I never had any Westinghouse vintage dishwashers, one of the brand I never found. that and the old tappens with their roller spray system. saw one once but never had one. but I would have to say the most distinct "trademark" sound of all the old dishwashers I have had and listened to are the kitchenaids by Hobart! |
Post# 867227 , Reply# 11   2/14/2016 at 23:40 (2,991 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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Let's not forget about whirlpool. I like how it does that trademark gasping sound. |
Post# 867259 , Reply# 12   2/15/2016 at 09:05 (2,990 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 867543 , Reply# 14   2/17/2016 at 04:10 (2,989 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Yep, Wards Signature extended into appliances, cookware, water heaters, central heat, room heat and every small kitchen counter top appliance known to man. |
Post# 867825 , Reply# 16   2/18/2016 at 22:10 (2,987 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi BD, you have examples of the last two real WH DWs, the 2nd one you mention with the shaded pole motor was only built from 1971to about 1974, you are correct about it needing a large fan to cool the inefficient SP motor, these DWs were WHs answer the the very popular GE DWs with the black SPM.
Unfortunately the cooling fan on these WH DWs actually pulled a little air down through a vinyl tube to help the drying of the DW not the other way around, if they had used the waste heat from the motor as you suggested they would have not needed to even turn the heater on to dry the dishes at all, LOL.
I also have working examples of both of these interesting WH DW designs.
John L. |
Post# 1082723 , Reply# 17   7/27/2020 at 20:07 (1,366 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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I've noticed that each pump motor had its own unique trademark humming sounds. Some may have a fan. some don't. |