Thread Number: 80424
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
POD 9-4-19 Westinghouse Roll About Portable Dishwasher |
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Post# 1043777 , Reply# 1   9/4/2019 at 06:37 (1,667 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Tom, this was a Westinghouse-built model. Not well-built, though... This is the one that had poor electrical components and caused a couple of fires. Not sure exactly when Westinghouse outsourced the portables to D&M, but in the early 60s, Westinghouse was building portable dishwashers for Monkey Wards (Eaton's in Canada, too). I've got what I believe is a 1963 or 1964 Wards Signature portable top-loader and it's a true Westinghouse design.
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Post# 1043779 , Reply# 2   9/4/2019 at 06:55 (1,667 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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This DW was WH built and it is the exact model that caused a serious fire in my friend Davids house around 1970. When the kitchen was completely replaced after the fire they got a Kitchenaid KDC-16 installed.
When Davids Mom was running the WH DW one afternoon after it had completed the wash and rinses she would always disconnect the water hoses and push it to the other side of the kitchen and allow it to keep running to finish drying. Unfortunately she went shopping and something electrical caused a fire inside the back of the DW which set the cheap plastic control panel on fire and the rest of the kitchen. I remember that the reconstruction of the house cost almost $20,000 in 1970 about 2/3 the total value of the house back then.
I guess she should have air-dried the dishes by just opening the lid, LOL
Even though she liked the new KA DW she did tell me that she started rinsing the dishes which she never had to do with the TL WH DW, she said with the KA it made too much mess as you loaded glasses that still had stuff in them when it splashed all over the door and she also hated removing and cleaning the filter in the KA if she left food on things.
John L. |
Post# 1043791 , Reply# 4   9/4/2019 at 10:33 (1,667 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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in the add? She was the TV commercial spokesperson for Westinghouse in the 50's. |
Post# 1043812 , Reply# 6   9/4/2019 at 14:02 (1,667 days old) by Steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Both machines are from D&M. Funny how Westinghouse went back to D&M after selling their own design for so many years. Unlike Frigidaire, who used D&M top loaders from the beginning, only to switch to their own slant front style at the end of their top loader models. Thanks for the kind words! |
Post# 1043821 , Reply# 7   9/4/2019 at 15:40 (1,667 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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I don't believe that is Betty |
Post# 1043877 , Reply# 8   9/5/2019 at 09:44 (1,666 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Steve, John had a customer in University Park with that Westinghouse Roll Out portable with the wheel under the front center of the machine to allow the wash well to roll out without tipping over. That would have been a good candidate to hold an Amana Microwave Oven. |
Post# 1043933 , Reply# 9   9/5/2019 at 20:14 (1,666 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Here’s a photo of a Westy roll-out portable from a thread by christfr. Interesting design and one can certainly see why that center wheel was necessary!
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Post# 1043964 , Reply# 10   9/6/2019 at 06:18 (1,665 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Thank you, Eugene. |