Spiffy Hotpoint BOL

[bajaespuma]

I'm almost tempted to buy this. Looks brand new and despite its cheapish exterior, it looks like a respectable dishwasher on the inside.

 

The tub looks like speckled porcelain enamel or is it plastisol cleverly camouflaged? What's that weird vent on the inside top?

 

[appnut]

Tub is procelain. My next oldest sister moved into an apartment in Houstoon the whole complex had this dishwasher. From the early 1970s. Was one of the last porcelain Hotpoint dishwashers.

 

[Chetlaham]

Last? I thought Hotpoint made porcelain on steal DW up until 1991. Unless you mean this was the last reversing motor model?

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

We had a similar model only a step up with the rinse only feature it did a good job but it was very noisy ours was portable!

 

[pulltostart]

Ken,

I believe the 'vent' you're asking about is actually a water source/shower.

 

lawrence

 

[appnut]

Chet, the 1984 Hotpoint "Potwasher" that came with the house I bought in 1986, were the last of the HP dishwashers that had the procelain tyb. What replaced this style tub was what GE called the PermaTuff tub like found in 1986 Potscrubbers. The house I bought in 1984 and built in 1984, had a GE produced Tappan with the Permatuff tub like all GE dishwashers from that era.

 

[Chetlaham]

The Porcelain tubs lasted well beyond 1984, I recall seeing many mid and late 80s GE and Hotpoint DWs in the apartment appliance pile. Latest version was 1991. I even remember when around the mid 80s they moved one prewash fill to the final rinse and changed the sump boot from black to yellow, and in the very late 80s reduced the water charge slightly on that same cycle sequence before ending the production run. This was all around the same time they were offering both GE and Hotpoint Perma Tuffs.

 

Plastisol completely ceased around 1982/1983 to my awareness.   

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

This was the Hotpoint we had!
Peter

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

An observation: "is this thread in the right forum?"

The "washing and rinsing, drying" seem to spin on that dial remeinding me of a children's song on a record from that era...

Wonder if you don't have to see the washer and dryer to know that despite the builder-grade quality those people have the finest quality Hotpoint (a quality product of General Electric) applaiances...

And where are the washer and dryer at for these kitchen appliances yo be shown here?

-- Dave

 

[wayupnorth]

I had one like #7. Top rack did not clean good and overall was crap. Whisper Clean, Crystal Clear rinse my foot.

 

[helicaldrive]

What is that plastic part

On the ceiling of the tub?

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

That is the water inlet spray!

 

[combo52]

Crappy hot point dishwashers with porcelain tank

Hi Ken, this dishwasher does look to be nearly unused, it might be fun to get but they were just so so performers like all GE dishwashers with the center wash tube they didn’t wash with a damn in the upper rack.

On top of that these porcelain tub dishwashers were prone to leaks, rusting out in the sump. They had an extremely noisy low speed motor that was not highly durable.

The white plastic grill in the top of the tank is where the water came in. It was supposed to shower the dishes and warm everything up before the wash, it was a stupid idea. Obviously, the dishes would warm up instantly when they were hit with hot water maybe they had little faith and how good the pump was lol

Tim is right in reply number nine these were basically crappy low end dishwashers. They were never rated well for performance, but I guess it was better than no dishwasher at all, but not by much.

John

 

[gansky1]

 

 

My mom's aunt & uncle had this (O.P.) model in their new home, also in avocado with the same drop-in HP range in first pic above.  They had a KM Roto-Rack in their previous home that performed reasonably well but this Hotpoint was abysmal.  They hand-washed most everything before loading it except drinking glasses unless there was lipstick on the rims.  As a kid, I loved the sounds it made while running.  After nearly a dozen or so years, she replaced the HP with a KitchenAid Imperial after discovering a water stain on the garage ceiling below the d/w.  Only minor repairs to the subfloor were required.

 

 

I remember many of these porcelain tank dishwashers in HP and some GE branded kitchens. All relatively BOL- builder models with the clown-shoe washarm.  GE used them in their portable models - one on FB marketplace in SS forum today 

 

 

[tomturbomatic]

The upper rack pictured in photo 8 was the one where you had to be very careful of placement of tumblers because there was so little clearance for tall items. Later models had the upper rack placed lower.

I wonder what they keep on top of the dishwasher to keep it from tipping over when the door is open and a rack is extended. I used a 1957 Frigidaire French Door wall oven on top of my KDS14 to hold it in place.

 

[steved]

pre-GE design

This Hotpoint features the old Hotpoint-design wash arm and reversible motor. I think they called it "jet fountain" washing. It's the same as shown in peteski50's pictures. My parents had a more deluxe model in their house that was built in 1973.

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

The one we had did a decent job cleaning even the top rack dishes came out clean!

 

[bajaespuma]

So it's called a "Swirlaway Shower"

I remember those GE portables that had the Hotpoint porcelain tubs and the Hotpoint upper rack.

 

I always asked myself, "Geez; why didn't they make all their clown-shoe dishwashers like that?"

 

[seeitrun2006]

Picture #7 Hotpoint Dishwasher

I bought the Hotpoint model just above the one in pic #7 in 1972 for my mother. The only difference mine had was an extra push button and it was portable. Wash only, wash-n-dry and rinse only were the buttons. It was no doubt the loudest dishwasher. The glasses never came clean. Come to find out being on a well it didn’t fill enough to wash. The Hotpoint only had a 60 second fill time. During the main wash I would take a gallon jug, filled it with hot water and poured into the Hotpoint so it would clean.

I replaced it with a Maytag middle of the line DW WU300 in 1978. It was the 1st of the Maytag jet clean dishwashers with the white knobs and buttons. Now that Maytag could wash dishes. It lasted almost 10 years. The fill time for the Maytag was 130 seconds. Never had a problem with the fill on the Maytag.