Preway Gas Dishwasher....

[a440]

seen in this A O Smith Hot water commercial from the early 1960's.

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[mrcleanjeans]

What a gas!

They cheated,lol. The Preway had its own gas hot water heater built into it to get the machine's water up to 180 degrees .

 

[danemodsandy]

I Just Wish...

...That whoever titled the video hadn't called that a "hot water heater." The device in question is called a water heater. A hot water heater would be a device for heating water that is already hot, which seems a rather unnecessary and expensive endeavour.

 

[appnut]

Well, I'm using an "old-fashioned" web browser and there's nothing for me to click on but a white block.

 

[danemodsandy]

Appnut:

This link should get you to it; let me know if it does not:

 

[appnut]

thanks Sandy. That washer is the Norge that's a POD that's got the "filter-flo" filter pan on top of the agitator instead of ours, which looked like it, that had the semi-circular filter at the back of the tub like on the Monkey Norge Touchn'n'Wash Rick has.

 

[danemodsandy]

You're...

...Welcome!

 

[norgeway]

HOT WATER HEATER!

If you are from the south like I am you say HOT WATER HEATER LOL!

 

[laundromat]

Lingtempko?

Wasn't there another brand named Lingtempko that made one of these??? i think John in Beltsville Md had one.Maybe not.

 

[laundromat]

washer on this video---

Looks like an older Norge

 

[appnut]

If you are from the south like I am you say HOT WATER HEATER

You tell 'em Hans!! Sho nuf!!!

 

[appnut]

Looks like an older Norge

Chuck, it's a 1963/1964. Ours arrived December 1964.

 

[mayguy]

It's a water heater.. The water going into the heater is not hot..

 

[perc-o-prince]

"The device in question is called a water heater. A hot water heater would be a device for heating water that is already hot"

I'm guessing that would be similar to when people refer to an ATM as an 'ATM machine.' ATM stands for 'Automatic Teller Machine.' So, an 'ATM machine' would be an 'Automatic Teller Machine machine!'

Chuck

 

[danemodsandy]

Chuck:

That goes along with another one: "VIN number." VIN stands for "Vehicle Identification Number," so people are actually saying "Vehicle Identification Number number."

It's this kind of thing that makes colloquial English so difficult for non-native speakers. Anyone wanting to emigrate to America and learn our version of the language just has to accept that certain things make no sense - hey, you're coming to a country where people drive on a parkway, and park in a driveway.