rare dishlex machine in uk
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Beautiful!
That's quite a piece of engineering! Even the motor is beautiful! Both the Dishlex and the Dishmaster look hand-made and built to last a nuclear war. Nice to find a datestamp on there too!
The Hotpoint connection is also interesting, as weren't Hotpoint very late entrants to the UK dishwasher market? She's cleaned up amazingly well, has she been fired up yet?
This Dishlex looks like an early model, the one tested by Which? in 1960 is different in controls, and was only available as a fully automatic machine.
Neither machine did very well in the Which tests, and although I guess the lack of salt and rinse aid didn't help, the wash times strike me as being very short, with a maximum cycle on the Dishlex taking 24 minutes, and the Dishmaster timer models taking just 14 minutes! Modern machines take at least an hour, don't they?
That's quite a piece of engineering! Even the motor is beautiful! Both the Dishlex and the Dishmaster look hand-made and built to last a nuclear war. Nice to find a datestamp on there too!
The Hotpoint connection is also interesting, as weren't Hotpoint very late entrants to the UK dishwasher market? She's cleaned up amazingly well, has she been fired up yet?
This Dishlex looks like an early model, the one tested by Which? in 1960 is different in controls, and was only available as a fully automatic machine.
Neither machine did very well in the Which tests, and although I guess the lack of salt and rinse aid didn't help, the wash times strike me as being very short, with a maximum cycle on the Dishlex taking 24 minutes, and the Dishmaster timer models taking just 14 minutes! Modern machines take at least an hour, don't they?
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Now which corner of the kitchen is this going in!!! nice job Richard, looking forward to seeing it in action.
Interesting links with Hotpoint who made lots of immersion heater elements of the day and BTH motors who am led to believe provided lots of motors for commercial machines as well.
Simon, interesting point about wash times & results, I used Roberts toploading dishwashers at last convention and was very skeptical about results but must say with the latest powders , everything spotless, although with these racks its an art in learning how to load!!!
Now which corner of the kitchen is this going in!!! nice job Richard, looking forward to seeing it in action.
Interesting links with Hotpoint who made lots of immersion heater elements of the day and BTH motors who am led to believe provided lots of motors for commercial machines as well.
Simon, interesting point about wash times & results, I used Roberts toploading dishwashers at last convention and was very skeptical about results but must say with the latest powders , everything spotless, although with these racks its an art in learning how to load!!!
matchboxpaul
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Hiya Richard.
Think you did right in not dragging it across that lovely kitchen floor! Methinks it would have dug a few grooves and its only Hotpoint toploaders that are alowed to do that! lol.
Looks like a really interesting machine and has cleaned up really well. Its amazing how things can come up.
People mentioned Hotpoint dishwashers and their late entry onto the market.
Not wishing to steer away from the Dishlex, but will drop these in quickly to garner opinion as to what they are.
Below is the Hotpoint 1814 Service manual line drawing. This machine is pre the Hotpoint Liberator Bosch clones and I assume that this could well be the earliest UK Hotpoint dishawasher.
Anyone know anything about it? The servicing stuff doesnt really give much of an idea....
Think you did right in not dragging it across that lovely kitchen floor! Methinks it would have dug a few grooves and its only Hotpoint toploaders that are alowed to do that! lol.
Looks like a really interesting machine and has cleaned up really well. Its amazing how things can come up.
People mentioned Hotpoint dishwashers and their late entry onto the market.
Not wishing to steer away from the Dishlex, but will drop these in quickly to garner opinion as to what they are.
Below is the Hotpoint 1814 Service manual line drawing. This machine is pre the Hotpoint Liberator Bosch clones and I assume that this could well be the earliest UK Hotpoint dishawasher.
Anyone know anything about it? The servicing stuff doesnt really give much of an idea....
matchboxpaul
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Also I found.....
.....this in one of Mathew's books, with a picture of a Hoover 3236H above it.
Deffo labelled Hotpoint, was this a UK sold machine (if so, probably beats the 1814, judging by the styling) or an American version, with the picture used as a generic dishwasher by the publisher?
Looks a bit wide and the capital letter HOTPOINT could associate it with the widebody 1600 front loader and 1504 toploader!
These have had me stumped, so any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
Paul
.....this in one of Mathew's books, with a picture of a Hoover 3236H above it.
Deffo labelled Hotpoint, was this a UK sold machine (if so, probably beats the 1814, judging by the styling) or an American version, with the picture used as a generic dishwasher by the publisher?
Looks a bit wide and the capital letter HOTPOINT could associate it with the widebody 1600 front loader and 1504 toploader!
These have had me stumped, so any help would be gratefully received.
Cheers
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Will have to get a plug on the dishlex soon Richard. See what it can do!
Paul
Paul
electron1100
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Hotpoint dishwashers
Paul that is really good of to add information and comment on Richards beuooootiful Dishwasher
BUT SHOULDNT YOU BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW?
Paul that is really good of to add information and comment on Richards beuooootiful Dishwasher
BUT SHOULDNT YOU BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE RIGHT NOW?
matchboxpaul
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LOL!
Paul
Paul
Its amazing what you guys find
You know, if anyone had asked me I would have said that the first Hotpoint dishwashers were the Bosch clones, but clearly I was wrong. I suspect that the 1814 was a badged version of another machine and not manufactured by Hotpoint, so perhaps some of our European members will recognise it.
Paul, I think you are right on the money about the other machine being of the HP 1600 era and indeed it stirred a memory of having seen it in an early 1970s Ideal Home feature, although as ever, not pictured but drawn (i wonder why they did that?). But I have no recollection of ever seeing these machines either in life or even brochures. I wonder if it too was a badged import, and what its "foot print" was to indicate teh size of the wash chamber
Al
You know, if anyone had asked me I would have said that the first Hotpoint dishwashers were the Bosch clones, but clearly I was wrong. I suspect that the 1814 was a badged version of another machine and not manufactured by Hotpoint, so perhaps some of our European members will recognise it.
Paul, I think you are right on the money about the other machine being of the HP 1600 era and indeed it stirred a memory of having seen it in an early 1970s Ideal Home feature, although as ever, not pictured but drawn (i wonder why they did that?). But I have no recollection of ever seeing these machines either in life or even brochures. I wonder if it too was a badged import, and what its "foot print" was to indicate teh size of the wash chamber
Al
Hello All, I hope this thread may still be current. I have an Electronic Dishmaster Dishwasher that I have been trying to source further information on but havent had much luck. I dont plan on selling it, it was more out of curiosity. It still works and looks like it is in pretty good shape. If anyone knows anything else about these, it would be appreciated.
