Does anyone know definitively if D&M made the machine for Westinghouse? There is so much about the construction that resembles Kenmore top loading portables from the same time period, late 50s to early 60s. Some upper end Kenmore portable machines of this period had detergent dispensers while WH dishwashers did not. That was why the Hot Water Booster was so important to good cleaning results; there was no provision for having a pre-rinse and keeping the detergent dry. You basically washed with the first fill which was about 6 cups of water which lost most of its heat as soon as it was dashed against the room temperature tank and dishes. The 600 watt heater could raise the temperature of the wash water and the load and the tank one degree per minute while circulating the water so to raise the wash water temperature to 140F meant 40 minutes to an hour of heating before the timer started advancing into the regular wash portion of the cycle. The insulated, double-walled tank and lid provided thermal efficiency and sound insulation while the impeller was throwing water around. Of course if parents were blessed with a dial pusher appliance loving child, they might benefit from a manually supplied pre-rinse and then a restarting of the machine with fresh detergent and a shortened wash period if they gave into the dial pusher's desires to experiment.
POD 9-4-19 Westinghouse Roll About Portable Dishwasher
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Tom, this was a Westinghouse-built model. Not well-built, though... This is the one that had poor electrical components and caused a couple of fires. Not sure exactly when Westinghouse outsourced the portables to D&M, but in the early 60s, Westinghouse was building portable dishwashers for Monkey Wards (Eaton's in Canada, too). I've got what I believe is a 1963 or 1964 Wards Signature portable top-loader and it's a true Westinghouse design.
60s WH TL Portable DW
This DW was WH built and it is the exact model that caused a serious fire in my friend Davids house around 1970. When the kitchen was completely replaced after the fire they got a Kitchenaid KDC-16 installed.
When Davids Mom was running the WH DW one afternoon after it had completed the wash and rinses she would always disconnect the water hoses and push it to the other side of the kitchen and allow it to keep running to finish drying. Unfortunately she went shopping and something electrical caused a fire inside the back of the DW which set the cheap plastic control panel on fire and the rest of the kitchen. I remember that the reconstruction of the house cost almost $20,000 in 1970 about 2/3 the total value of the house back then.
I guess she should have air-dried the dishes by just opening the lid, LOL
Even though she liked the new KA DW she did tell me that she started rinsing the dishes which she never had to do with the TL WH DW, she said with the KA it made too much mess as you loaded glasses that still had stuff in them when it splashed all over the door and she also hated removing and cleaning the filter in the KA if she left food on things.
John L.
This DW was WH built and it is the exact model that caused a serious fire in my friend Davids house around 1970. When the kitchen was completely replaced after the fire they got a Kitchenaid KDC-16 installed.
When Davids Mom was running the WH DW one afternoon after it had completed the wash and rinses she would always disconnect the water hoses and push it to the other side of the kitchen and allow it to keep running to finish drying. Unfortunately she went shopping and something electrical caused a fire inside the back of the DW which set the cheap plastic control panel on fire and the rest of the kitchen. I remember that the reconstruction of the house cost almost $20,000 in 1970 about 2/3 the total value of the house back then.
I guess she should have air-dried the dishes by just opening the lid, LOL
Even though she liked the new KA DW she did tell me that she started rinsing the dishes which she never had to do with the TL WH DW, she said with the KA it made too much mess as you loaded glasses that still had stuff in them when it splashed all over the door and she also hated removing and cleaning the filter in the KA if she left food on things.
John L.
steved
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D&M dishwashers rebadged Westinghouse
As far as I know the first top-load portable Westinghouse dishwashers were D&M sourced. This doesn't include the bastardized portable version of the roll-out built in. The final top loaders were also D&M sourced. It seems the the 8 or 9 years in between were Westinghouse-designed as shown in the POD. The Canadian versions did away with that fiberglass housing that was prone to burning and used both the impeller design and the wash-arm design.
As far as I know the first top-load portable Westinghouse dishwashers were D&M sourced. This doesn't include the bastardized portable version of the roll-out built in. The final top loaders were also D&M sourced. It seems the the 8 or 9 years in between were Westinghouse-designed as shown in the POD. The Canadian versions did away with that fiberglass housing that was prone to burning and used both the impeller design and the wash-arm design.
vacerator
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Is that Betty Furness
in the add? She was the TV commercial spokesperson for Westinghouse in the 50's.
in the add? She was the TV commercial spokesperson for Westinghouse in the 50's.
Thanks, Paul and John. I remember your telling me about the Gentry's fire.
Steve, that picture in #1 with the yellow gasket area was like the first portable D&M made for everyone, Frigidaire, Admiral, even Youngstown and about 25 others. The upper rack in the WH with the yellow gasket was different than the upper rack in the other brands. I have never seen it with a WH badge. Your statement that the first WH portables were D&M sourced is what had me confused about today's POD and whether it was a D&M machine. The machine in pictures 3 & 4 is a D&M, too, right? I remember that rack and spray arm in Kenmore portables and in something at Grants. Thank you, too for bringing forth your specialized dishwasher knowledge.
Steve, that picture in #1 with the yellow gasket area was like the first portable D&M made for everyone, Frigidaire, Admiral, even Youngstown and about 25 others. The upper rack in the WH with the yellow gasket was different than the upper rack in the other brands. I have never seen it with a WH badge. Your statement that the first WH portables were D&M sourced is what had me confused about today's POD and whether it was a D&M machine. The machine in pictures 3 & 4 is a D&M, too, right? I remember that rack and spray arm in Kenmore portables and in something at Grants. Thank you, too for bringing forth your specialized dishwasher knowledge.
steved
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Yes, Tom
Both machines are from D&M. Funny how Westinghouse went back to D&M after selling their own design for so many years. Unlike Frigidaire, who used D&M top loaders from the beginning, only to switch to their own slant front style at the end of their top loader models. Thanks for the kind words!
Both machines are from D&M. Funny how Westinghouse went back to D&M after selling their own design for so many years. Unlike Frigidaire, who used D&M top loaders from the beginning, only to switch to their own slant front style at the end of their top loader models. Thanks for the kind words!
jeb
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I don't believe that is Betty
Steve, John had a customer in University Park with that Westinghouse Roll Out portable with the wheel under the front center of the machine to allow the wash well to roll out without tipping over. That would have been a good candidate to hold an Amana Microwave Oven.
Here’s a photo of a Westy roll-out portable from a thread by christfr. Interesting design and one can certainly see why that center wheel was necessary!
Great Picture
Thank you, Eugene.
Thank you, Eugene.
