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Post# 1163246   11/5/2022 at 22:16 (536 days old) by reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- )   |   | |
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Post# 1163265 , Reply# 1   11/6/2022 at 07:03 (536 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1163269 , Reply# 2   11/6/2022 at 07:54 (536 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1163298 , Reply# 3   11/6/2022 at 14:58 (535 days old) by reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- )   |   | |
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Late fifties to early sixties at oldest.
By the latter sixties they had been cheapeded considerably, as the Westinghouse Appliance Co. was becoming less profitable. My family had a 1967 Westinghouse disposer. By this time the hopper had been reduced in size, the exterior had a totally hard plastic shell and very minimal sound insulation. The turntable and impellers both redesigned from what you see in the picture. The 1967 Westinghouse, along with the Whirlpool "Bone Specialist" disposals were rated at the very bottom of the Consumer Report ratings. The only thing below the Westinghouse was the Tappan, rated "unacceptable," due to it's totally clogging on Consumer Reports' corn husk grinding test. I suspect this unit would be a very decent machine. I would certainly purchase it if the mounting collar/flange were available. |
Post# 1163316 , Reply# 5   11/6/2022 at 18:03 (535 days old) by reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- )   |   | |
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Post# 1163335 , Reply# 6   11/6/2022 at 21:32 (535 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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We saw a lot of these in this area where the houses came with all Westinghouse appliances, they weren’t real good disposers they were all pop metal like many disposers in this time. Didn’t last a real long time.
I’m quite sure from looking at the design that Westinghouse continue to build them till about the time they sold to white industries. This disposer does have the wrong mounting flange it says ISE. on it the other pieces are also from an ISE disposer John L |
Post# 1163342 , Reply# 7   11/6/2022 at 22:30 (535 days old) by reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- )   |   | |
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Hope no one buys this expecting to mount it with an ISE flange.
I recently found a Kitchen-Aid disposal, with the stationary impellers and the "Wham Jam" feature. It is new in the box. It does not indicate "Hobart" anywhere on the unit nor the box. I suspect it was made directly after Whirlpool purchased Kitchen-Aid, but before they sold the disposal design to Viking. Will post some pictures in the next few days. |