Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

I'm going through a Hotpoint dishwasher from the late 80's - model HDA
467-02WH and the water inlet fitting seems to have an odd design. The
nipple for the incoming water hose instead of being a tube, is this
half tube configuration - see attached pic. The rubber hose slides
over this half tube. It's not broken, that's the way it is. Anyone
know why it's configured this way instead of a tube?

Also, the piece has an open configuration as seen in the view of one
just like the one on mine lying on its side. Wondering why this is.

View of the half tube

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...it?usp=sharing


View of the open sides

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...it?usp=sharing

Thanks.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On May 22, 10:42*am, Doc wrote:
I'm going through a Hotpoint dishwasher from the late 80's - model HDA
467-02WH and the water inlet fitting seems to have an odd design. The
nipple for the incoming water hose instead of being a tube, is this
half tube configuration - see attached pic. The rubber hose slides
over this half tube. It's not broken, that's the way it is. Anyone
know why it's configured this way instead of a tube?

Also, the piece has an open configuration as seen in the view of one
just like the one on mine lying on its side. Wondering why this is.

View of the half tube

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...4S1E/edit?usp=....

View of the open sides

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...oWTA/edit?usp=....

Thanks.

Who knows, but IMO when you get to that stage of disassebly with an
80s
vintage dishwasher, it's time to just buy a new one.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On Wed, 22 May 2013 07:42:01 -0700 (PDT), Doc
wrote:

I'm going through a Hotpoint dishwasher from the late 80's - model HDA
467-02WH and the water inlet fitting seems to have an odd design. The
nipple for the incoming water hose instead of being a tube, is this
half tube configuration - see attached pic. The rubber hose slides
over this half tube. It's not broken, that's the way it is. Anyone
know why it's configured this way instead of a tube?

Also, the piece has an open configuration as seen in the view of one
just like the one on mine lying on its side. Wondering why this is.

View of the half tube

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...it?usp=sharing


View of the open sides

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...it?usp=sharing

Thanks.

I suspect it's intended as an anti-siphon device.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:03:04 PM UTC-4, wrote:

Who knows, but IMO when you get to that stage of disassebly with an
80s vintage dishwasher, it's time to just buy a new one.


It involved removing two screws.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:33:02 AM UTC-4, wrote:

It involved removing two screws.


And there's the self-education of seeing how it works.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

Bob F wrote:
wrote:
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:33:02 AM UTC-4,
wrote:
It involved removing two screws.


And there's the self-education of seeing how it works.

Or, in this case, wondering how it works?

I'm sure that millions of $ of stuff has been thrown away when it
could be easily fixed because the owner was unwilling to take it
apart and look for the problem.

Or not learning. I'll bet uncountably many dollars have been spent in the
last year or two replacing dishwashers that no longer clean when the real
cause of dirty dishes was the absence of phosphates in the detergent.

I can imagine the angst of the average housewife when, after spending
$1,200.00 on a new machine, finds that the new machine STILL doesn't clean
as well as the one hauled off as heavy trash a month or so ago!

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On May 23, 7:40*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
wrote:
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:33:02 AM UTC-4, wrote:

It involved removing two screws.

And there's the self-education of seeing how it works.

Or, in this case, wondering how it works?

I'm sure that millions of $ of stuff has been thrown away when it could be
easily fixed because the owner was unwilling to take it apart and look for the
problem.

Of course, throwing away an 80's vintage dishwasher might not be a bad
idea, even after you spend the time educating yourself on how it works
and why it's broken.

Take the learning experience and file it away, then go buy a much more
efficient and certainly quieter unit.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

DerbyDad03 wrote:

Of course, throwing away an 80's vintage dishwasher might not be a bad
idea, even after you spend the time educating yourself on how it works
and why it's broken.

Take the learning experience and file it away, then go buy a much more
efficient and certainly quieter unit.

Quieter I can grip.

But how is a modern dishwasher that much more "efficient" than a 1980's
model?

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On May 22, 9:03*am, "
wrote:
On May 22, 10:42*am, Doc wrote:









I'm going through a Hotpoint dishwasher from the late 80's - model HDA
467-02WH and the water inlet fitting seems to have an odd design. The
nipple for the incoming water hose instead of being a tube, is this
half tube configuration - see attached pic. The rubber hose slides
over this half tube. It's not broken, that's the way it is. Anyone
know why it's configured this way instead of a tube?

Also, the piece has an open configuration as seen in the view of one
just like the one on mine lying on its side. Wondering why this is.

View of the half tube

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...4S1E/edit?usp=....

View of the open sides

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6iR...oWTA/edit?usp=....

Thanks.

Who knows, but IMO when you get to that stage of disassebly with an
80s
vintage dishwasher, it's time to just buy a new one.

+2

I did an even more extensive level of disassembly of an old KAid D/W
(79)... got it all back to together and it ran for two weeks. :(
Both a used on on craigslist for $50.... still running 5 years later.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On May 22, 9:59*pm, wrote:
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:33:02 AM UTC-4, wrote:
It involved removing two screws.

And there's the self-education of seeing how it works.

+1

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On May 23, 4:40*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
wrote:
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:33:02 AM UTC-4, wrote:

It involved removing two screws.

And there's the self-education of seeing how it works.

Or, in this case, wondering how it works?

I'm sure that millions of $ of stuff has been thrown away when it could be
easily fixed because the owner was unwilling to take it apart and look for the
problem.

Totally true... typically, the fixes are simple.
The learning process is worth the time.

Often an eval & fix can take less time than buying a new one..
It all depends.

Anyone know the reason for this odd design for dishwasher water inlet?
 

On Sat, 25 May 2013 11:46:08 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote:

Of course, throwing away an 80's vintage dishwasher might not be a bad
idea, even after you spend the time educating yourself on how it works
and why it's broken.

Take the learning experience and file it away, then go buy a much more
efficient and certainly quieter unit.

Quieter I can grip.

But how is a modern dishwasher that much more "efficient" than a 1980's
model?

Define "efficient". If you mean better at cleaning, sure, there are
dishwashers that are more "efficient" than others. Later ones are
more "efficient" than older ones, too, since the phosphates have been
cut back.