POD Hotpoint
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GE owned the Hotpoint division since the 1930's. Up to the mid 1970's, Hotpoint's major appliance division operated out of Chicago, independently from Louisville, and produced unique products with only a little bit of crossover. Some appliance dealers used to claim that GE used Hotpoint as an experimental arm and Hotpoint did introduce a lot of gimmicks and innovations that GE eventually assimilated in its own lines. In the mid seventies, the bean-counters at GE took over and decided that Hotpoint wasn't successful enough on its own and decided to eliminate the Chicago operation by producing all appliances in Louisville and labeling them Hotpoint.
GE owned the Hotpoint division since the 1930's. Up to the mid 1970's, Hotpoint's major appliance division operated out of Chicago, independently from Louisville, and produced unique products with only a little bit of crossover. Some appliance dealers used to claim that GE used Hotpoint as an experimental arm and Hotpoint did introduce a lot of gimmicks and innovations that GE eventually assimilated in its own lines. In the mid seventies, the bean-counters at GE took over and decided that Hotpoint wasn't successful enough on its own and decided to eliminate the Chicago operation by producing all appliances in Louisville and labeling them Hotpoint.
...and I didn't answer the question!
This machine was a true Hotpoint, made in Chicago, owned by GE but a real solid-tub Hotpoint
This machine was a true Hotpoint, made in Chicago, owned by GE but a real solid-tub Hotpoint
seeitrun2006
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Solid Tub
How could this solid tub washer in the AD have been metered filled? My mother owned a 1959 bottom of the line 1-cycle Hotpoint that only had a warm and hot water temp. setting. Mom then replaced it in 1971 with another POS bottom of the line Hotpoint that lasted only 5 years. Both machines were timed not metered fill. In the POD the AD claims it to be metered fill. Growing up in rural Suwanee GA we were never on city water and only got our water from a well pump shared with another family. With both machines the wash would filled up just fine as long as you used the warm wash setting. But overflow rinse would always start to agitate before the tub was full of water. Then the overflow portion of the rinse would kick in and of course the tub would fill up and overflow.
Just curious!
How could this solid tub washer in the AD have been metered filled? My mother owned a 1959 bottom of the line 1-cycle Hotpoint that only had a warm and hot water temp. setting. Mom then replaced it in 1971 with another POS bottom of the line Hotpoint that lasted only 5 years. Both machines were timed not metered fill. In the POD the AD claims it to be metered fill. Growing up in rural Suwanee GA we were never on city water and only got our water from a well pump shared with another family. With both machines the wash would filled up just fine as long as you used the warm wash setting. But overflow rinse would always start to agitate before the tub was full of water. Then the overflow portion of the rinse would kick in and of course the tub would fill up and overflow.
Just curious!
hilovane
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I could be wrong this, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy?
hilovane
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I could be wrong, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy?
"How could this solid tub washer in the AD have been metered filled?"
---Robert and others on this site have explained to me how solid tub washers, like Frigidaires, can have a metered fill. They exist, I've seen them.
"I could be wrong this, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy?"
---I think that statement is referring to the belief that GE used Hotpoint as a "testing ground" for a lot of high end gimmicks and features before incorporating them into GE design. Remember that Hotpoint invented the Calrod heating unit that was why GE took the company over in the first place. My recollection is that Hotpoint appliances weren't quite as well engineered as GE's.
---Robert and others on this site have explained to me how solid tub washers, like Frigidaires, can have a metered fill. They exist, I've seen them.
"I could be wrong this, but I was once told that prior to GE manufacturing "takeover," the Hotpoint brand was supposedly more "high end." Fact or falacy?"
---I think that statement is referring to the belief that GE used Hotpoint as a "testing ground" for a lot of high end gimmicks and features before incorporating them into GE design. Remember that Hotpoint invented the Calrod heating unit that was why GE took the company over in the first place. My recollection is that Hotpoint appliances weren't quite as well engineered as GE's.
The name "Hotpoint" was coined for the irons as they had elements all the way to the front tip of the sole-plate, thus Hot-point. Hotpoint was the original home of the Calrod heating element - a huge leap from the coiled wire elements of the day.
Metered fill in a solid-tub washer can be accomplished in a couple of ways - one is to overflow the washtub with water until enough runs into the outer tub creating pressure on a diaphragm and actuating a switch. Another method common was to divert a small portion of the incoming water into a separate tank with an air-dome switch like found on perforated basket washers. Frigidaire used this on their metered-fill machines. Maytag used a float in the agitator to actuate a switch in the lid, as the water level in the tub rose, the float would rise and push the switch.
Metered fill in a solid-tub washer can be accomplished in a couple of ways - one is to overflow the washtub with water until enough runs into the outer tub creating pressure on a diaphragm and actuating a switch. Another method common was to divert a small portion of the incoming water into a separate tank with an air-dome switch like found on perforated basket washers. Frigidaire used this on their metered-fill machines. Maytag used a float in the agitator to actuate a switch in the lid, as the water level in the tub rose, the float would rise and push the switch.
brisnat81
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Another way
To meter the fill on a solid tub, is to fill the outer tub first, measure with a pressure switch and then pump the water back into the tub and use a weight switch to start agitation. This is how the TOL Fluid Drive Simpsons do it.
To meter the fill on a solid tub, is to fill the outer tub first, measure with a pressure switch and then pump the water back into the tub and use a weight switch to start agitation. This is how the TOL Fluid Drive Simpsons do it.
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