Thread Number: 87217
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Today's POD Lady Executive |
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Post# 1117978   5/22/2021 at 14:52 (1,062 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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That must be a fun machine to have. Has anyone here worked on one of those Hotpoint solid tub machines. |
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Post# 1117983 , Reply# 1   5/22/2021 at 16:12 (1,062 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1117995 , Reply# 2   5/22/2021 at 18:47 (1,062 days old) by chaskelljr2 (Washington, D. C.)   |   | |
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1969 Hotpoint Automatic Washer; In a way, it looks like it works just like a GE Filter-Flo. —Charles— |
Post# 1118009 , Reply# 3   5/22/2021 at 22:27 (1,062 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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That Hotpoint agitator reminds me of the Norge Burpaltor |
Post# 1118017 , Reply# 4   5/23/2021 at 01:08 (1,062 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1118021 , Reply# 5   5/23/2021 at 04:37 (1,062 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 1118080 , Reply# 6   5/23/2021 at 21:24 (1,061 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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The Fountain Filter agitator actually has a pump built into the base of the agitator that forces water up through to the filter on both sides of the agitation stroke. Two sections inside the agitator receive water into the pumping system via a vane with a sweeping finger that is keyed to the agitator post. The finger forces the water upward for both strokes that pushes through a rubber flapper. I can't imagine the effectiveness of the pump lasted long with hard water and scummy soap.
Peter - the fast brake was introduced on the 1969 Hotpoint washers and used up through the end in 1974. All previous Hotpoint washers, from the original Beam design through the co-axial transmission, coasted to a stop. One way to tell that the POD is a 1970 and later (WLW) washer is the plastic fill flume grommet mounted to the top panel, whereas the '69 models (2LW) used the rubber fill flume used through most of the 60's (LW). Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK |
Post# 1118185 , Reply# 7   5/24/2021 at 15:52 (1,060 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1118191 , Reply# 8   5/24/2021 at 17:04 (1,060 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1118608 , Reply# 11   5/28/2021 at 18:16 (1,056 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA)   |   | |
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for all the information on the Hotpoint Executive. I can see why they are fun machines. Very smooth operation. |
Post# 1118615 , Reply# 12   5/28/2021 at 18:55 (1,056 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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General Electric wanted to get their mitts on Hotpoint's "calrod" heating element patents and technology. At first General Electric and Hotpoint had a friendly merger IIRC, but soon GE just took over. *LOL* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotpoint#H... "Hotpoint" got it's name from Earl Richardson (1871–1934) founder of company. He invented a new type of electric iron and turned to his missus for advice. She suggested that women wanted an iron that got hot at the tip/front point of iron for various reasons. Result was the "Hotpoint iron", and the rest as they say is history. www.hotpoint.com/hotpoint... |
Post# 1118625 , Reply# 13   5/28/2021 at 19:48 (1,056 days old) by agiflow ()   |   | |
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Seems Hotpoint wasn't beyond stretching the truth themselves The first manufacturer in 1965 to offer slower speed agitation ? Back that up by nearly a decade. Didn't Whirlpool offer it first through Kenmore ? |
Post# 1118628 , Reply# 14   5/28/2021 at 20:29 (1,056 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I've been fascinated by Hotpoint washers since I saw my first one in an Old Saybrook kitchen I spent a lot of time in. It was an old-style machine with the straight-vane agitator and no lint filtration save the overflow rinse. The later ones were more interesting to me because of all their peculiarities which I've learned, since joining this wonderful organization, were all hijacked from the EASY washer design. Still, Hotpoint appliances from the Fifties and Sixties had a lot of style.
I own two, but one has transmission issues and the other just isn't that great at washing. According to CU in the Sixties the Hotpoints had "Worse than Average" repair records. My coveted DUO-LOAD came in dead last in the'69 ratings. They tore that little bugger apart while they faulted the Maytag for having "backsplash trim judged difficult to clean". |
Post# 1118644 , Reply# 15   5/28/2021 at 22:15 (1,056 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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