Ran across this last night .
Westinghouse with Betty Furness, Fred, Ethel & Little Ricky
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Pete, you found some of the new Ricardo/Mertz commercials posted on Youtube I found yesterday.
Oh my! Bob & Pete, thank you for digging these up!! I want both the Cold-Injector fridge and a hi-console Roll-About dishwasher!!
I'd seen others with Luci, Desi, Fred & Ethel but this was the first with just Fred and Ethel, with little Ricky tossed in.
I hope that frost free combo will easily fit where the old ice box did…
Neat how that little portable heats its own water and I think I saw a 3-prong plug and the outlet didn’t need an adapter…
— Dave
Neat how that little portable heats its own water and I think I saw a 3-prong plug and the outlet didn’t need an adapter…
— Dave
Starting in the early 50s, when WH dishwashers did not have a detergent dispenser and just started with the main wash, they would run the motor and heater after the wash fill to heat the water to 140F before the timer would start advancing. At a temperature rise of one degree per minute, the wash period of the cycle could last almost an hour.
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I've seen the occasional GE or Kenmore top load from that era but never a Westinghouse.
I'm guessing that that booster heater cooked the innards of these machines and most only lasted a short time.
It's interesting they showed the ad with a three prong plug in that kitchen in 1960. That certainly wasn't the standard back then.
Our 1960s tract home had no 3-prong outlets when it was built. Scary.
I'm guessing that that booster heater cooked the innards of these machines and most only lasted a short time.
It's interesting they showed the ad with a three prong plug in that kitchen in 1960. That certainly wasn't the standard back then.
Our 1960s tract home had no 3-prong outlets when it was built. Scary.
Three Prong Plugs on Appliances
The first time I recall seeing an appliance with a three prong plug was in about 1960 when we went to my Mom’s hairdressers home. Bonnie had just bought a new Maytag TL and it was on her back porch. Of course I had to check it out and it had a three prong plug. Her home was very old and didn’t have grounded outlets. The Maytag three pronged plug was plugged into an adapter that was then plugged into the old two prong outlet and the ground wire was screwed onto the faceplate of the outlet.
During my 20’s I lived in a series of rentals that were almost all very old and I had to use this kind of adapter to plugin my Maytag A50, the Whirlpool Convertible TL that I had before the A50 and a newer Westinghouse fridge that I’d purchased. It was common in the 70’s to have to utilize this work around in older homes and apartments where the outlets hadn’t been updated to three prong grounded outlets.
Eddie
The first time I recall seeing an appliance with a three prong plug was in about 1960 when we went to my Mom’s hairdressers home. Bonnie had just bought a new Maytag TL and it was on her back porch. Of course I had to check it out and it had a three prong plug. Her home was very old and didn’t have grounded outlets. The Maytag three pronged plug was plugged into an adapter that was then plugged into the old two prong outlet and the ground wire was screwed onto the faceplate of the outlet.
During my 20’s I lived in a series of rentals that were almost all very old and I had to use this kind of adapter to plugin my Maytag A50, the Whirlpool Convertible TL that I had before the A50 and a newer Westinghouse fridge that I’d purchased. It was common in the 70’s to have to utilize this work around in older homes and apartments where the outlets hadn’t been updated to three prong grounded outlets.
Eddie
The booster did not cook the machines. They were 600 watts and raised the water temperature one degree per minute. The tubs were not insulated in the earlier WH built in machines so Westinghouse came up with the idea of heating the circulating water. Youngstown Jet Tower and Apex had little uninsulated water tanks that heated the water for the machine, but once it hit the cold dishes, it cooled. At this time, WH did not have a detergent dispenser so the hot water for the main wash hit the cold tank and dishes because the machines could not have a pre-rinse to warm up the machine and the load. The washing cycle was extended until 140F was reached if the booster was turned on and only the Top of the Line model in this series had the switch for the booster. The portable model under it did not have the hot water booster feature. It probably ran the heater for the duration of the wash, with no thermal hold; at least that is what the salesman at Davison's told us. Steve D. can confirm.
The vulnerable point on these WH DWs was the plastic control panel which did not contain a fire if one started in the controls.
The vulnerable point on these WH DWs was the plastic control panel which did not contain a fire if one started in the controls.
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