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NOS Hotpoint Washer |
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Post# 906724   11/12/2016 at 22:08 (2,715 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 906743 , Reply# 1   11/13/2016 at 04:06 (2,714 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 906750 , Reply# 3   11/13/2016 at 06:14 (2,714 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Oh--you can always try to make room for it!!!Its calling for you.Mine has given me good service. |
Post# 906752 , Reply# 4   11/13/2016 at 06:40 (2,714 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Every one I have ever seen has lasted for years and years of hard service. Fill flume can easily be modified to spray water INTO the tub to provide a traditional "GE" type spray rinse. |
Post# 906860 , Reply# 5   11/13/2016 at 22:58 (2,714 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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I had one of these briefly in the laundry room here when they played "musical washer." It was a horrible wreck--delicate speed out, back cover missing, cosmetic issues--but still ran seemingly normally on Normal. The problem that doomed it was an incredible reek of mold. I think it had been used with nothing but cold water for some time. (I know the previous laundry room didn't have running hot water.) I tried it to clean it up (using hot water, detergent, and bleach and long periods of agitation), but had no luck. I might have had luck eventually, but another round of musical washers hit...and a reasonably clean WCI Frigidaire became available.
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Post# 906861 , Reply# 6   11/13/2016 at 22:59 (2,714 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 906872 , Reply# 7   11/14/2016 at 02:28 (2,714 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Since I adjusted the water level in mine-guess its now a water hog--BUT gets the job DONE!!!!Before just splashed clothes around. |
Post# 906931 , Reply# 8   11/14/2016 at 11:16 (2,713 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 907133 , Reply# 10   11/15/2016 at 17:41 (2,712 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 907137 , Reply# 11   11/15/2016 at 17:53 (2,712 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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One recollection...
But one place I lived had a Hotpoint washer styled like this. I am assuming similar era, and the model was probably pretty similar in features, but might not be this exact model. It was fairly new when I used it (mid 90s), and it seemed like such a quality drop from 60's Kenmore (which was all I'd had experience with). It didn't feel as solid. And I remember wondering about the timer quality given the pauses (rather than going right from wash to drain to spin without the motor shutting down). I now realize, of course, that pauses are necessary on some washer designs. Although, I had zero complaints about how well it washed--although I was less critical back then than I am now. The funny thing, though, is that by the standards of some washers I've encountered since that time, that Hotpoint seems like a Top Flight product. Funny how that works... |
Post# 907189 , Reply# 12   11/15/2016 at 22:40 (2,712 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 907191 , Reply# 13   11/15/2016 at 23:50 (2,712 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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Post# 907199 , Reply# 14   11/16/2016 at 00:54 (2,712 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I haven't had any problems with gunked up rim filters on mine.Sometimes do find small lint balls-just pick them out.The machine in the video works exactly like the one I have.Not fancy-not embellished-just like a Hoover Convertable--just works and does the job. |
Post# 907200 , Reply# 15   11/16/2016 at 00:56 (2,712 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 907205 , Reply# 16   11/16/2016 at 01:49 (2,712 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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My Hotpoint does have the serious agitation-better than a DA.So far handled anything I have thrown into it-clothes-even smaller tarps!Best "bargain" washer I have bought! |
Post# 907226 , Reply# 17   11/16/2016 at 08:04 (2,711 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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the rimflo design does work for the most part, but once filled, its ineffective...and all the water then flows into the outter tub area.....more of a gimmick than anything else....an indexing tub would have made it more effective as odd as that may seem
but this would take all of 60 seconds to change this into a true filter flo....its that moving pan that balls up the lint, and successful at capturing so much... that standard capacity with longer wash cycle is a whole other beast when it comes to cleaning clothes... |
Post# 907300 , Reply# 18   11/16/2016 at 17:13 (2,711 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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