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Thread Number: 18019
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Post# 293534 7/30/2008 at 10:59 (5,740 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 293535 , Reply# 1 7/30/2008 at 10:59 (5,740 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 293536 , Reply# 2 7/30/2008 at 11:00 (5,740 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 293556 , Reply# 3 7/30/2008 at 12:00 (5,740 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 293563 , Reply# 4 7/30/2008 at 12:52 (5,740 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The 15 series was produced from 1965-68. The first series with the Hydro-Sweep wash arm, larger tank and racking capacity. The inside of this machine looks very nice - save the racks if nobody wants the whole machine, they are getting pretty scarce now. Thanks for posting pics - it's fun to see machines this old that still have life left in them! | ||
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Post# 293658 , Reply# 6 7/30/2008 at 19:51 (5,740 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 293679 , Reply# 7 7/30/2008 at 21:16 (5,740 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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This machine was in my friends' kitchen when they bought the house 12 years ago. They started it once, but said it was very loud, so they never tried it again. It's been sitting idle ever since. Greg---Thanks for the information; I had guessed it was from the very early 1960's because of the location of the control knob and the lack of an upper spray arm. When did KA add the upper spray arm? Spent quite a bit of time in a great appliance store, today, in Winona, MN. The place had its own cat; a friendly, small, gray short-hair. Apparently, the owner found it wandering around near the store and took it in. Now it lives there. | ||
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Post# 293684 , Reply# 9 7/30/2008 at 21:35 (5,740 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 293691 , Reply# 10 7/30/2008 at 22:15 (5,740 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I have an 18 series Superba in my kitchen with a 19 series upper rack and wash-arm. I thought about changing out the 800 watt heater with an 1100w unit from a 17 but decided against it as the heat is very hard on the vinyl coating on the rack above the heat inlet and I quite often use the sani-cycle so there is little need to add more heat to dry the dishes, the air circulation is plenty after a 180F final rinse. With the 18 series, the gallon-per-minute rating of the lower wash arm fell to 34 (GPM) by feeding the upper wash arm. You're right, Steve, the 18's and above were a lot easier to load but once you get used to the racking and spray patterns of the earlier versions, it wasn't a big deal to work with only one wash arm. I fell deeply in love with my KDS-56 when we were remodeling and couldn't have asked for more in a dishwasher. If I had built-in version of that or a 17, I probably would have put that in the new kitchen. 
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| Post# 293692 , Reply# 11 7/30/2008 at 22:16 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Oh, tisk! | ||
| Post# 293693 , Reply# 12 7/30/2008 at 22:17 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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...and then... | ||
| Post# 293694 , Reply# 13 7/30/2008 at 22:17 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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OMG!! | ||
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Post# 293695 , Reply# 14 7/30/2008 at 22:17 (5,740 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Single Arm Tragedy | ||
| Post# 293696 , Reply# 15 7/30/2008 at 22:21 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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LOL | ||
| Post# 293697 , Reply# 16 7/30/2008 at 22:22 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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And no... | ||
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Post# 293699 , Reply# 17 7/30/2008 at 22:30 (5,740 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 293700 , Reply# 18 7/30/2008 at 22:33 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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LOL | ||
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Post# 293703 , Reply# 19 7/30/2008 at 22:41 (5,740 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Never had a KitchenAid - scroll down ;-) | ||
| Post# 293705 , Reply# 20 7/30/2008 at 23:34 (5,740 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Bah | ||
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