Hotpoint Sink Dishwasher

[lokringbob]

I saw this at an estate sale today.It was not for sale but I'm sure that when the house sells it will coming out. It is hooked up in the basement and it hummed when we turned on the dial. Looked liked it was in fair shape. If anyone is interested would be happy to check it out but who ever.... Will have to come and remove. Let me know at [email protected]

 

[lokringbob]

Add pic.

 

[gansky1]

Those pics turned out good, Bob.

That was an interesting sight - one I've never seen around here before. They had a Hotpoint washer too, but from the 80's.

 

[christfr]

aww way cool.. we never have stuff like that here in st lou... that would be so fun to play with..

 

[cehalstead]

hotpoint sink

That was the dishwasher/sink I grew up with. It was installed in 1952 when the house was built. We moved in during 1962, and used the dishwasher/sink until 1973, when it was replaced with a standard sink and a GE Potscrubber dishwasher. The Hotpoint was very noisy, and IIRC, steamed the dishes clean more than washed them. It would melt Tupperware and most other plastic. The heating element came on as soon as you turned on the machine, and stayed on until it went off. That sink/dw combo is often a picture of the day...

 

[appnut]

Wow, it even still has the original style timer knob!!!

 

[tomturbomatic]

That model is one of the 27" HP dishwashers. Later, dishwashers were standardized to 24 inches wide. Notice that the top rack sits on the top of the bottom rack, a PITA to load unless the dishwasher is loaded all at once and started. Many of these were gravity drain with a solenoid that keeps a section of the drain hose pulled up. During drain, or if power is interrupted during the cycle the solenoid drops the hose and the water runs out. At the point where the hose flexes up and down, it eventually splits and leaks. It can be replaced with an automobile radiator hose.

 

[danemodsandy]

Do you love it? Electrical parts and water in a metal cabinet, with water pipes running to ground.

1952 standards of safety were a leetle different, eh?

 

[tomturbomatic]

And this is different from what today? These machines had grounding wires that were attached to the frame and then wrapped around a cold water pipe. Washers and dryers were often grounded to cold water pipes before 3 connector 110 volt grounding became code. The instructions for grounding always carried a bold typeface warning that the grounding wire was not to be attached to a gas pipe. In many home of that era, the wiring was encased in metal conduit and that could serve as a ground also. An electric sink was not the same as an elecric chair.

 

[toggleswitch]

KA- BOOM CHUGA GHUGA

~a bold typeface warning that the grounding wire was not to be attached to a gas pipe.

I actually saw a great deal of grounding /earthing to gas recommended in DIY (do-it-yourself) electrical manuals /books Ipicked-up up in Enlgand about English ways.

Am I wrong, Brit-boys?

O M G !

 

[chachp]

We had a neighbor with this machine

or one like it. I don't remember if it was the full sink or just the dishwasher. I recall they always had to pull off the top rack to get to the bottom and I could imagine what a PITA that would be. We had the Youngstown Top Loader at the time and even that seemed like a pain but not as much as this hotpoint would have been. When my Mom got her first front loading KA she thought she'd died and gone to heaven. She is just a little over 5 feet tall and always struggled with the top loader.

I can remember years later, I went to visit my high school friend who lived in this house. They still had the dishwasher and used it to store stuff like bread. I asked if it was broken and she said no, my Mom just thinks it's easier to wash the dishes. I wonder if this feature was a contributing factor.

 

[lokringbob]

Update if interested

I went back to the estate sale and today they had a price on the dishwasher and stove. Was told Saturday they were not for sale? Price was $75.00 on the dishwasher and $75.00for the stove. The stove was a Rheem Wedgwood 4 burners and a griddle chrome top white base was in pretty good condition oven looked really nice. Today everything is at least 1/2 price that would be $37.50 for each maybe less. The company is Heartland Sales if anyone is interested I have a phone number drop me a line. They are both connected and working.
>)

 

[bajaespuma]

My parents bought a house 30 years ago that had 3 vintage appliances, the J-408 Stratoliner stove(which lasted 4 more years until my parents were duped into throwing it out and replacing it with a rebadged WCI GE 40" piece of pure garbage), a single door GE fridge and the GE version of this Hotpoint dishwasher. It was not a DW/Sink unit but the lower rack, door and controls were identical to this unit. It worked like a charm but shook the entire house and sounded like a 747 landing when activated. I tried to convince them to keep it, but, as usual, they didn't listen. At least it was replaced by what is now a vintage KitchenAid Patrician KP-18. Prepare yourself for a lot of noise, but a great machine.

 

[appnut]

Had a couple of friends in Dallas when I was about 4-6 y/o who had this machine, one of which had 5 kids. I remember when it came time for loading, the top rack was placed on the counter (ala a dish drainer) and stuff for that rack was placed in it while the bottom rack was being loadd at the same time. I marvel today thinking about a woman who was pregnant lugging that rack in & out numerous timse a day, I think the machine was run at least twice a day for years. It was still going when they moved out of the house (orignal owners) in 1965 or 1966.

 

[chachp]

I wish I had the room..

..for one of those. I hate the fact that basements are scarce in the south!!

We have a small shed in the back yard that we use for garden tools and "junk". It's a nice building that was built by the previous owners to match the house. Some day I may just add power and water out there and have a little playroom of my own.

 

[cehalstead]

removing top rack for loading

The center section of the top rack could be removed independently of the entire rack for ease of loading. This is the portion of the rack that held the glasses (an amazing quantity.....8!!)lol