No fancy camera work with this one unfortunately. Here is an unedited full cycle of the 1986 Hotpoint Potwasher Dishwasher. Background noise is kept to a minimum.
That is definitely a much better dishwasher than today's dishwashers that break in a couple of years. I love the sounds of this dishwasher. My mother had a GE dishwasher that sounded exactly like this years ago when I was a little kid. That was built back in the time where GE was much better compared to today. I know this Hotpoint is made by General Electric, which was a major appliance company. Now people will wonder why to not buy any brand new appliances whether from Lowe's or Home Depot, because the new appliances break down faster.
We had a later 80s version of this that came with our house. It did the same thing this one is doing, it’s surging during the wash cycle meaning it’s underfilling. Pump noise level going up and down. I didn’t realize that until after we got rid of it, yet it still outperformed!! These were amazing dishwashers. Ours was literally orange on the interior from rust. The chrome spray arm was golden, so much so that I assumed that was supposed to be the color of the spray arm 😂 One wash cycle with iron out and it was chrome, and the interior walls were white again.
Hotpoint was made by General Electric, which quit making appliances and electronics with both that round GE logo and General Electric around 1994. Hotpoint is no longer in business. 1993 was the last year for leading brands like Whirlpool, General Electric, Maytag, Hotpoint, Kenmore, Frigidaire, Kitchen-Aid Superba to make kitchen appliances like refrigerators, dishwashers, ovens, microwaves, toasters, blenders, washing machines, dryers with retro brown, grey, silver control panels, wooden brown and silver coated trim above controls on very top.
The machine is not getting enough water. This is evident by the cavitation of the pump and the lack of the sound of the spray in the wash chamber. There should be a very distinct sound of water from the wash tower hitting the door.
