Thread Number: 10346
No More Whirlpool Portable dishwashers? |
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Post# 189836 , Reply# 1   2/9/2007 at 19:36 (6,257 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 189877 , Reply# 2   2/9/2007 at 21:23 (6,257 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Well, WP went from a decent model to their BOL model as a portable. I suppose they wonder why their sales of portables has fallen. It may be the same amount of money to rip out a cabinet and connect a regular machine than to buy a portable anyway. Looks like the portables are "specialty" items now. One could always buy a dishwasher enclosure/cabinet from IKEA in a pinch and make a regular machine portable. |
Post# 189879 , Reply# 3   2/9/2007 at 21:35 (6,257 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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I am suprised there are no more mechainical control wp branded dishwashers. Only Roper |
Post# 189892 , Reply# 4   2/9/2007 at 23:21 (6,257 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 189894 , Reply# 5   2/9/2007 at 23:24 (6,257 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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Ah-ha! Although i think a GE would be cheaper.. Plus it would get built in right away |
Post# 189896 , Reply# 6   2/9/2007 at 23:35 (6,257 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 189898 , Reply# 8   2/9/2007 at 23:52 (6,257 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 189899 , Reply# 9   2/10/2007 at 00:02 (6,257 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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Brother.. Yeah he gets a bad temper.. |
Post# 189901 , Reply# 10   2/10/2007 at 00:50 (6,257 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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'Sploder: In your BIL's defence, I do not have any electronic-control appliances in my house, nor will there be any if I can possibly help it. They are failure-prone, they are short-lived, and they are damned expensive to replace or repair. It only took two failures before I figured out I didn't want any of 'em around. Even my microwave is mechanically controlled. I can almost understand getting that mad at an appliance that suddenly decided to die for no good reason. |
Post# 189941 , Reply# 11   2/10/2007 at 09:51 (6,256 days old) by exploder3211 ()   |   | |
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No he couldn't get the thing to start.. He and i both have massive finger so that makes it an issue |
Post# 189942 , Reply# 12   2/10/2007 at 10:03 (6,256 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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The only failure I've personally had on an electronic-control appliance is a Sharp microwave that has been stashed in my garage since January 2005. Thanksgiving 2005 I brought it into the house for use as a spare, and the fluorescent display had gone wonky (but it otherwise works). Unfortunately a non-working display is problematical on this model as it has prompts and scrolling instructions for the various programmed functions.
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Post# 189951 , Reply# 13   2/10/2007 at 11:32 (6,256 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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DADoES: I think the reliability of electronic control boards has a lot to do with the quality of the power supplied by someone's electric company. Here in the Atlanta area, we have an ageing infrastructure that contributes to frequent power failures in some areas, and surges. Those conditions are murder on electronics. In another area, with a better-maintained electric grid, they might be less problematic. That still doesn't speak to the truly wretched availability of control boards once appliances are a few years old. We're all familiar with how rebuildable mechanical timers are- you send 'em to Reeco and you get 'em back like new. That's a lot harder to do with control boards. I have seen SO many later-model appliances in thrifts whose control boards are DOA. All things considered, I'm sticking with mechanical controls. They're proven, rock-solid technology, and they're renewable. Can't ask for more than that. |
Post# 189956 , Reply# 14   2/10/2007 at 13:04 (6,256 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 190122 , Reply# 15   2/11/2007 at 01:41 (6,256 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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That is what I've been saying all along! Long as Miele continues to stock parts, my mechanical timer washer will stay in use. Ditto for my Frigidaire/Kenmore dishwasher. Look around, there are literally hundreds if not thousands of washing machines and dishwashers with mechanical controls either still in use or just sitting unused because some fool consumer thinks new machines with electronic controls are better. Beauty of mechanical machines is YOU control the cycles, not relying on what some fool programmer designed the system to have. L. |
Post# 190184 , Reply# 18   2/11/2007 at 09:10 (6,255 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Uh, my Miele W770 allows me the option of choosing a pre-wash and or soak, and for how long; simply reset the timer. Can add as many rinses as I fancy as well. Again simply reset the timer. Then again am not one to set any appliance, much less a washing machine and leave the house, so going back and forth does not bother me. Truthfully my Miele does well enough on it's own with cycles as they are, do not need to mess about with the controls. L. |
Post# 191192 , Reply# 21   2/15/2007 at 08:36 (6,251 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I cannot swear to this, but John told me that the current Maytag tall tub portable is going to be WP's as well. When and if that happens, I have plans. I am still using my KDS-58, convertible 18 Superba that I bought in 1977. Tom |
Post# 191279 , Reply# 22   2/15/2007 at 16:12 (6,251 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 192634 , Reply# 23   2/21/2007 at 09:26 (6,245 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Toggle, What is the major problem with the Maytag tall tub rack layout? Thanks, Tom |
Post# 193345 , Reply# 24   2/24/2007 at 21:56 (6,242 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)   |   | |
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They are back!!! The portables are back on the Whirlpool web site. Not sure what is going on. |
Post# 193349 , Reply# 25   2/24/2007 at 22:24 (6,242 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 193576 , Reply# 26   2/25/2007 at 18:56 (6,241 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)   |   | |
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No, The 940 is the same one I bought in Sept of 2005. No visible changes anyway. |
Post# 193595 , Reply# 27   2/25/2007 at 20:23 (6,241 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 193602 , Reply# 28   2/25/2007 at 20:53 (6,241 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 193604 , Reply# 29   2/25/2007 at 21:03 (6,241 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 193615 , Reply# 30   2/25/2007 at 21:21 (6,241 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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