POD 4-1-25 Bendix G314 Snow White Washer

Even after soap was replaced by detergents for both automatic laundry and dishwashing machines temperature along with mechanical action remained key players.

To cope with soils, fats, and oils found on dishes/pots and pans you need to break those substances down and keep them so thus can be flushed down drain. High pH along with water temperatures accomplish this very well. Throw in chlorine bleach for destroying protein soils along with sanitation and things get better.

Heater on my GE Mobile Maid won't boost water temperature (cycles are just too short), but does keep water from cooling. If one resets main wash for another go (prolonging heating) yes, water temperature will start to rise. One did or does this often as feel short wash time of main cycle is just too short.

Downside of above is that lacking any sort of thermostat GE MM at least continues heating water throughout main wash cycle long as timer tells machine to do so. This of course means energy consumption increases if wash is repeated. It also may be dangerous as there isn't a limit to how hot water will go. Long as timer tells heater to engage that is what happens.

During winter when boilers are firing for heating "hot" tap water can be between 140 to nearly 160 degrees F. A few years ago when tempering valve was shot we had hot water near 170 degrees out of tap.


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Post# 1227803 4/1/2025 at 08:39 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes 3 Slogan: "The hotter the water the cleaner the wash." Consumer Reports found the 120 volt heater did not make the water hotter although it did slow the cooling. I think the original 1937 movie was reissued in the early 50s and this machine dates from 1952 when Bendix was introducing the heater technology in the Duomatic. The interesting thing is that Westinghouse used the slogan "The hotter the water the cleaner the dishes" for their portable Roll About dishwashers in the late 50s with the hot water booster on the TOL model with the switch to turn the booster on or off. That was the model with the two dials on the backsplash. One was the timer and the second was the booster switch. I don't remember if they used it in the advertising for the roll out machines, but the major emphasis in the advertising was for the portables for most brands in the late 50s to early 60s. I remember the demand for portable dishwashers around 1960 was so great that portables surged into the appliance departments. Rich's, which sold mainly GE and KitchenAid, had Youngstown portables made by D&M and the Wild Waste King portables along with the GEs lining the outer aisle of the Major Appliance Department at that time.

Post# 1227821 , Reply# 1 4/1/2025 at 14:50 by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)
Checkrate/Likes *Snow White* Tom, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was rereleased on February 13, 1952 by RKO Radio Pictures.

Post# 1227825 , Reply# 2 4/1/2025 at 16:34 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There�s a Lady on Stage)
Checkrate/Likes *"The hotter the water the cleaner the dishes"* Even after soap was replaced by detergents for both automatic laundry and dishwashing machines temperature along with mechanical action remained key players. To cope with soils, fats, and oils found on dishes/pots and pans you need to break those substances down and keep them so thus can be flushed down drain. High pH along with water temperatures accomplish this very well. Throw in chlorine bleach for destroying protein soils along with sanitation and things get better. Heater on my GE Mobile Maid won't boost water temperature (cycles are just too short), but does keep water from cooling. If one resets main wash for another go (prolonging heating) yes, water temperature will start to rise. One did or does this often as feel short wash time of main cycle is just too short. Downside of above is that lacking any sort of thermostat GE MM at least continues heating water throughout main wash cycle long as timer tells machine to do so. This of course means energy consumption increases if wash is repeated. It also may be dangerous as there isn't a limit to how hot water will go. Long as timer tells heater to engage that is what happens. During winter when boilers are firing for heating "hot" tap water can be between 140 to nearly 160 degrees F. A few years ago when tempering valve was shot we had hot water near 170 degrees out of tap.

Post# 1227833 , Reply# 3 4/1/2025 at 19:22 by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)
Checkrate/Likes Thanks, Tom.