What does a Westinghouse dishwasher sound like?

[gelaundry4ever]

Hello everybody. I have always been interested in what the Westinghouse dishwashers sound like, particularly the ones from the '70's and '80's. I tried looking up videos of what sounds like but couldn't find any. Does anybody have any insight of what it sounds like. I have heard the sounds of GE, Whirlpool, Maytag and Frigidaire, but not Westinghouse. What are your thoughts? Thank you.
GELaundry4ever

 

[goatfarmer]

Like a dishwasher?

 

[eronie]

Woosh Woosh Woosh

 

[gelaundry4ever]

trademark sounds

I noticed that each dishwasher has its trademark sounds. For example, the whirlpool has a gasping sound when it fills with the pump running. I have also noticed that the GE's have that telltale snap when the pump switches to drain, and the clunk when the detergent/rinse aid dispenser goes off. It sounds like somebody slamming the door. What about the Westinghouse?

 

[brucelucenta]

If you know what a Frigidaire from that era sounds like, then you know what a Westinghouse from that same era sounds like. They are the same machine from the time White Consolidated Industries bought Frigidaire.

 

[alr2903]

I can only speak to the ones I or my family have owned.  All of them over the years changed, with nothing unique to any of them.  One factor for sure is the machines like the GE you described that clunks when it drains these were also machines that ran the motor continuously during the cycle with different sounds as the correct amount of water ran in.  One of the quietest 70's era machines was a GE with the plastic tank and door liner.  There could be surprises, Mom had a mid 70's D&M Kenmore, all D&M thin porcelain on the inside, it was quieter than its replacement a early 1980's machine with porcelain tank and a plastic door liner.  IDK anything about the Westinghouses no one in our family had one that I can remember.  I think all of them sound pretty much the same with a different decibel level when spraying, after the fill is complete. All seem quieter to me when fully loaded.  The main difference is probably if it  pauses to fill completely. Hope this helps. Someone here probably has a Westinghouse.

 

[revvinkevin]

Trademark sound? Puh-leese

I really shouldn't fuel this fire, but..........

I agree, it sounds like a dishwasher, "Woosh Woosh Woosh (click) whirrrr (click) gurgle, gurgle and.... silence."

There are no "trademark" sounds for a dishwasher. Oh sure there may be sounds unique to a certain brand, but honestly WHO CARES what it sounds like? What's really important is how well it performs and cleans your dishes. Period.

As there have been no Westinghouse dishwashers sold in the US in what, 35-40 years(?), it's pretty much a moot point, isn't it?

And on that note, when did Westinghouse dishwashers cease to exist in the US market?

 

[combo52]

Last Real WH DWs

Were about 1974-5 after that there was a completely revised DW that WCI sold under various labels for about a decade during which time they bought D&Ms and continued to make D&M DWs and stopped making their orignal POS and instead continued making the D&M POS.

 

In the late 90s after WCI was bought by Electrolux a new tall-tub European style DW emerged that was and still is a POS.

 

[alr2903]

Older Westy Portable DW, top controls

 

[gelaundry4ever]

westinghouse dishwashers

I guess today's Westinghouse dishwashers are just nothing but glorified frigidaires. When I say trademark sounds, I mean their unique sounds. I must say that the older dishwashers were a lot more fun to sit near.

 

[rollermatic]

i agree that there are trademark sounds

I definitely think there are trademark sounds for different brands of old dishwashers! kitchenaids especially when they start to come up to prime in their pumps as the water fills. most brands would fill up with the motor off, kitchenaid had that very distinct sound as they filled with the pump running. g.e. too, those side pump models also filled while the pump was running. I could tell a g.e. or a kitchenaid from a mile away. and the older g.e. mobile maid vertical pump models sounded like a jet engine, extremely noisy. I love running my old mobile maids. and who can forget that distinct sound made by the Kenmore dishwashers with their round top roto racks when those racks were turning at full speed. the 2 I have make a very loud creak as they turn. love em!

impeller machines make their own sound too, love listening to my g.e. bowtie, noisy as hell but I agree it's fun to listen to and I have sat next to them before.

I never had any Westinghouse vintage dishwashers, one of the brand I never found.
that and the old tappens with their roller spray system. saw one once but never had one.

but I would have to say the most distinct "trademark" sound of all the old dishwashers I have had and listened to are the kitchenaids by Hobart!

 

[gelaundry4ever]

whirlpool dishwasher sounds

Let's not forget about whirlpool. I like how it does that trademark gasping sound.

 

[rollermatic]

never heard one

of those either. come to think about it I have no old vintage whirlpools! I have g.e and hotpoint, Hobart, d&m machines, sears, Frigidaire, maytag,

would like to see both an old whirlpool and westinghouse

 

[fester]

Signature sound ? You may be on to something.

My mom had a Monkey Wards DW when I was 4-5. It always sounded like a saw mill powered by a Waukesha. I remember it so clearly because it's racket became the sound of the tank, truck, aircraft or whatever I was imagining at the moment. Didn't they say "signature" on them somewhere too?

 

[alr2903]

Yep, Wards Signature extended into appliances, cookware, water heaters, central heat, room heat and every small kitchen counter top appliance known to man.

 

[cfz2882]

westy DW sound

I have a 1970 Westinghouse built Gambles"Coronado"dishwasher in storage-it has a vertical shaft 3450 RPM split phase motor with solenoid drain valve,Slightly later Westinghouse dishwashers,(~1972-82?)have a 3000RPM shaded pole motor mounted horizontal also using a solenoid drain valve.A squirrel cage blower is on the motor shaft between the motor and pump positioned to draw air through the hot-running shaded pole motor and blown into the wash chamber for drying purposes The blower might add it's whirr to the signature sound of a westy of this design

 

[combo52]

Real WH DWs

Hi BD, you have examples of the last two real WH DWs, the 2nd one you mention with the shaded pole motor was only built from 1971to about 1974, you are correct about it needing a large fan to cool the inefficient SP motor, these DWs were WHs answer the the very popular GE DWs with the black SPM.

 

Unfortunately the cooling fan on these WH DWs actually pulled a little air down through a vinyl tube to help the drying of the DW not the other way around, if they had used the waste heat from the motor as you suggested they would have not needed to even turn the heater on to dry the dishes at all, LOL.

 

I also have working examples of both of these interesting WH DW designs.

 

John L.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

trademark sounds

I've noticed that each pump motor had its own unique trademark humming sounds. Some may have a fan. some don't.

 

[Taurn67]

must be another slow news day

To drag yet another fully discussed post out of the archives.