When it rains, the garage fills up

[MaytagA710]

I'd love to have that Hotpoint set. Seems like a nice MOL set to have in my collection! And it has rim-flo, which I have always wanted. Damn! Silly Canada not having uCrate. 

 

Sweet acquisitions! 

 

PS Are we now measuring rain in appliance units? "Three washers & dryers of rain expected for Halifax today..."

 

[a440]

What an awesome find! I love the drum on the Maytag!
The Hotpoint washer would be a great Rag washer for work stuff. They really beat the dirt out of cloth!
Brent

 

[gansky1]

Went through the Hotpoint washer yesterday and got it up and running. As sad as she looked coming in, a little scrubbing restored her dignity. Even if she was forced to wear an unbecoming color

Here's the test run with her top up - you can see the filter stream into the ring.

Sorry about the orientation - picky iBlab phone!

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[gansky1]

Here's another washing after she's all clean and done:

Full load of sheets. It holds a fair amount for a standard capacity tub.

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[gansky1]

All shined up like a new penny

 

[gansky1]

Glistening Money Shot

 

[badgerdx]

That Hotpoint cleaned up a treat. You should be able to sell those for a fair price if you wanted.

 

[pulltostart]

Wow - looks great!  I've always liked the styling of these Hotpoints.  I consider these to be a good, no-frills pair.

 

Lawrence

 

[mixfinder]

Nothing Say's Lovin Like Sparkle

What a wonderful job of loving the Hotpoint back to a position of pride.  Its fun to watch the sheets roll over and over.

 

[washernoob]

Oh Greg! More fun stuff to play with!

 

[aldspinboy]

Nice finds Greg !
Love the Hotpoint it looks brand new after your clean up !
What a pretty wash ...
The rim flows where not the best in keeping lint in.
But sure does make a nice water action and you can see it agitate
without the hat.
Are you keeping the Hotpoint ?
Thanks for the videos this will be the video of the week for me.
Peace.
Darren k

 

[mickeyd]

Hey Greg, great vids!

If you get a chance, will you see what the PP cycle does, the Cooldown being clearly marked. I ask because in the last few weeks, our Martin established that the GE's did not do the classic cooldown and I was wondering if the "Hotpernt" did.

 

Also, does it do the screen flush/ spray rinse?

 

Beautiful load--loved the yellow flash by. Ain't nothin' quite like the action of a short stroke ramp.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

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[mixfinder]

Cooling Off Period

On the PP cycle the Hotpoint begins adding cold water as the tub is emptying and spinning slowly.  In cases where the machine had two speeds the spin was slower.  This is not really a true cool down.

 

[joefuss1984]

I am really impressed by the turn-over.  I haven't seen a GE machine run in a long time.  Seem's fairly quiet too!

 

[gansky1]

Kelly is right, when the tub is nearly empty the spray comes on and stays on until the spinning stops and it continues to fill for the rinse. It isn't a "cool down" in the true sense as we know it, especially since most of the water spray is directed from the 11 o'clock position toward the front of the tub (lint ring cleaning) and almost no water gets to the clothes. Spatters here and there mostly. I fixed that though, snipped out the end of the water flume and it now hits the rubber splash guard and mostly goes into the tub.