Hotpoint Dishwasher

[matthavertown]

My parents had a Hotpoint dishwasher from the 1980s. It looked nothing like this one. It’s free and in the Philadelphia area.

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[appnut]

That's the BOL version of the dishwasher that came with my house built in 1984. My model was 2 models up from the bottom of the line. Looks like it doesn't even have a heated dry/cool dry option. That would make it back to the 1970s?

 

[wayupnorth]

I had one of those "Whisper Clean" models in avocado, was noisy and didnt clean worth beans.

 

[combo52]

Last of the real hot point dishwashers

It definitely wasn’t used. It would have never lasted this long.

These had the 1725 RPM 3rd hp motor still they were very noisy. I guess they had the potential to actually work, but they were so troublesome that didn’t work very long. They were probably tied with Westinghouse and DNM for most unreliable dishwashers during this time. Actually, I’d put the Tappan reverse a jet in there too. They were awful as well for reliability purposes.

It would be a good dishwasher to get for parts or for a museum, it was interesting. We have one that’s fancier at the museum, but it’s actually gonna be the next one pushed out of the lineup because it’s just not that interesting and I’ve run out of space I only have space for 22 machines in the museum lineup.

John L

 

[repairguy]

Only space for 22 machines. Well that’s no fun!

 

[appnut]

OK, now it's finally come back to me completely. Exxcept for the timer pointer dial, this is exactly like the BOL dishwasher in a small, brand new apartment complex west of the University of Texas Austin campus my sophore year 1974-1975. This model was considereably quieter than my late 1960s comparable Hotpoint version. And the main wash phase was between 15 and 25 minutes compared to what was in my late 1960s model of about 8-10 minutes main wash length. Other than the 1980 D&M Kenmore in my first house, my apartment's model was the worst dishwasher I ever had.

 

[Chetlaham]

WOW!

Ok, now thats a find I have never seen before and I thought I've seen all the Hotpoint BOL lineups. The front panel almost fooled me for late 80s, but the motor, insides and lack of heated dry on/off switch scream 1960s/early 1970s.

 

 

Hotpoint should have kept this motor and pump and improved on it, the later version held a half gallon of water which considerably worsened energy efficiency and water consumption in comparison.

 

 

Does anyone know of the exact date or model number? This is a rare machine. 

 

 

I am almost tempted to say this is some type of builder's grade legacy model that was kept in production for a few years after Hotpoint switched their other machines to the shaded pole pump and motor. In the same way porcelain tub Hotpoints continued into at least 1991 despite their Permatuff line being superior with BOL permatuff production having started 1983. 

 

[verizonbear]

I had one of these in my first adult apartment in Tallahassee Florida. Noisy! Could wake up the Dead. The little water delivery sprinkler thing on the bottom rack to service the top rack was useless everything had to be pre-renced.

 

[combo52]

Last of the real 1960s hot point dishwashers

The switch from this motor and pumped design was 100% and immediate when they changed to the Much cheaper to build shaded pole motor, just like General Electric switch to 1967 away from the sturdy 1/3 hp motor. There was no carryover of these old expensive antiquated designs.

To look at these hot point dishwashers it looks like they should’ve worked. It always surprised me how much people hated them. We worked on a lot of them. The porcelain enamel flange on the bottom of the tank of these machines would get water in the seam and the flange would rust and the motor would fall out of them literally, hotpoint had a kit where you took the motor out, turned the machine upside down, and you epoxyed a SS flange in place with a few screws to hold it while the epoxy cured and put the motor back in my brother. Jeff worked at an apartment complex where he saved a few dozen of these machines to continue aggravating their users lol

As I mentioned, we have a fancier version of this machine that has four cycle buttons at the museum. I’ll have to hook it up and fire it up at some point maybe I’ll change my mind. It is a piece of history.

John L

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

From the styling of the front this looks like the last of the real HP design before they switched over to the GE made models for Hotpoint!

 

[gansky1]

 

We had a mid-sixties Hotpoint in a house bought in the mid-80's.  Miserable performer all around, especially after having a four year old  Maytag Jetclean in the previous kitchen.  The sound of water smashing around in the machine was impressive but sadly, the results were usually a let-down.  

 

Knew of several families that had similar HP dishwashers, usually in builder-grade kitchens of new homes.  Most of them lived up to the mediocre reputations that many dishwashers had at the time.  In later years, when replaced with new machines, their attitudes toward dishwashers slowly changed.   

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

We had this HP portable and it cleaned decently even the top rack everything came out ok. It's no power clean but it did a good job on dirty greasy dishes. Glasses came out good also! But it was really noisy!
Peter
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[norgeway]

Get out the ear plugs!!!

These cleaned ok but sounded like a chainsaw fighting a garbage disposal, how anything could be that loud is a total mystery.