1930s Hotpoint Fridge

[ken]

Don't think I've seen a Hotpoint fridge this old. The cabinet looks like the GE flat top after they switched over from the Monitor Top. No mention in the ad as to working condition and they refer to it as 1955. Located very near me.

Actually brings to mind a question as to when did Hotpoint first produce a refrigerator? Did they offer one during the monitor top era (late 20s-mid 30s)?
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Hot point Refrigetor
Vintage 1955

http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/app/6119027928.html

 

[fridgenut]

Ken,

You are correct. That is an old flat top design and was made after the monitor tops were killed. Likely late 30s. All of these Hotpoint's have a fan cooled condenser under the cabinet. They are very reliable but you have to oil the fan motor about once a year. Should be worth the price if it works.

 

[rp2813]

I wonder why they hinged the freezer door on the left.   Wasn't the default to hinge on the right unless otherwise specified, as with the refrigerator door?  From what I've seen, freezer door hinges were never changed to match those for the fridge door, so why would HP hinge theirs on the left when that was less common?

 

[fridgenut]

I honestly do not know.

I do know however that you are right. Most freezer doors were hinged on the right. I know my 36 flat top is that way.

 

[travis]

I have never seen an evaporator door hinged on the left.

 

I suspect that they were not made that way.  I see the doors themselves so seldom.  They get in the way or are easily damaged when the unit is moved.

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Hey neighbor!

 

It's just odd that even the little handle on the freezer door confirms the left-hinge configuration.  Maybe Hotpoint was using the screen door system that used to be popular, with screen and front door knobs being in opposite locations for an easier and more natural form of entry, but it still seems like a misguided design.

 

I agree that having the door at all is a bit unusual.  There was a GE posted just recently that had an out-of-control shroud of ice around its evaporator and I knew its door had to be frozen shut.  I'm betting that's another reason why so many of them were ripped off their hinges.

 

[fridgenut]

Exactly...

I would think that most evaporator doors in general met their demise by being prayed open against a mound of ice. Defrost your damn fridge people!