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American dishwasher in Belgium
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Post# 76410   8/3/2005 at 16:42 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Pol from Belgium bought an AEG topload dishwasher in the Netherlands. He mailed me some pictures and asked me if I could find out more about this machine. Ofcourse you all recognize this machine as a Mobile Maid, with just another label on it. Here are a few pictures.




Post# 76412 , Reply# 1   8/3/2005 at 16:43 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Close up

Post# 76413 , Reply# 2   8/3/2005 at 16:45 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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AEG Favorit, the name AEG still puts on the dishwashers.

Post# 76414 , Reply# 3   8/3/2005 at 16:45 (6,833 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Oh wow! In such nice shape! I think Steve and Rhinnie have one just like that! Does it have that "pank" interior?

Post# 76415 , Reply# 4   8/3/2005 at 16:46 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Blue inside

Post# 76416 , Reply# 5   8/3/2005 at 16:46 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Another interior picture

Post# 76417 , Reply# 6   8/3/2005 at 16:47 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Lid up

Post# 76418 , Reply# 7   8/3/2005 at 16:49 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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220 Volts, 50 cycles for Europe. Heating element is 2000W and the motor 420W. Apparently the motor and the heating element don't come on at the same time since it only draws a max. of 2000 Watts

Post# 76419 , Reply# 8   8/3/2005 at 16:51 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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He sent me also two scans of a brochure that shows the Mobile Maid under yet another brand. It's GHIA, a Belgium brand. Pol nor I have never heard of this brand.

Post# 76420 , Reply# 9   8/3/2005 at 16:52 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Post# 76421 , Reply# 10   8/3/2005 at 16:55 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Apparently the GHIA was sold in Germany but built (under GE license I suppose) in Belgium. Notice how the brochure tells us that there are a few 380 Volts models that draw a total of 6850 Watts. That must have been pretty fast dishwashers!!!

Post# 76422 , Reply# 11   8/3/2005 at 16:56 (6,833 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Steve,

I think you got an immediate answer to your question! LOL


Post# 76436 , Reply# 12   8/3/2005 at 18:08 (6,833 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Wow! Very interesting!

Post# 76440 , Reply# 13   8/3/2005 at 18:27 (6,833 days old) by Petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Wunderbar, Wery Interestink

Post# 76459 , Reply# 14   8/3/2005 at 20:05 (6,833 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Interesting indeed! 6850 watts?? I see there are some models that only use 16 liters of water, probably lower end models?

Just like the GE's here in the states - a little later than my 57 model since it has the top-shower. Thanks for posting these pics, always good to see you had a few poor performing machines too! ;-)


Post# 76486 , Reply# 15   8/3/2005 at 22:21 (6,833 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Wow that is cool! Interesting to see the interior tank in blue as opposed to pink.

Post# 76534 , Reply# 16   8/4/2005 at 08:14 (6,833 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

"Princess" phone blue at that! Cute little "bow-tie" impeller. What a fun looking machine! Those things really did do a decent job of cleaning BUT you could hear them roar all the way across the house! Not much on noise insulation in those days!

Post# 76617 , Reply# 17   8/4/2005 at 16:30 (6,832 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Well, what can I do but post a picture of the Princess phones?

Post# 76623 , Reply# 18   8/4/2005 at 17:21 (6,832 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

How cute! Shows everything but the floral funeral arrangement!

Post# 76634 , Reply# 19   8/4/2005 at 18:40 (6,832 days old) by mikepaquette ()        
GE mobile Maid

I had a pink interior Mobile Maid. Twice A portable & built in . Would love to own another . Very nice machine, Michael

Post# 76709 , Reply# 20   8/5/2005 at 07:14 (6,832 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Vas ist der "enthartungsanlage" ?
and why do half the machines have/use it and the rest do not?


Quote: Steve, I think you got an immediate answer to your question! LOL. Who? me? oh Louis, are you anticipating my needs/questions again?..WHAT A MIGHTY GOOD MAN U R!!!


Post# 76712 , Reply# 21   8/5/2005 at 08:00 (6,832 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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No dear, Steve Gyrafoam got an immediate answer to his question. See his post about the color of the tub and the picture that was posted immediately after.

I won't go into details about what an "Erhaltungsanlage" could be. I think you mean an "Enthärtungsanlage" which is a water softener. Although now European dishwashers have one, at that time they were an accessorie that you would have to pay extra for. Some were built into the machine, others were separate salt containers through which the water went before entering the dishwasher. My Miele dishwasher has a separate water softener. See the picture in my photo album.

Steve (Gyrafoam that is!) Are you going to share here the story about the floral arrangement?

Louis


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Post# 76713 , Reply# 22   8/5/2005 at 08:11 (6,832 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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LOL it's all about me me me me.

Post# 76809 , Reply# 23   8/6/2005 at 01:24 (6,831 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
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Fancy AEG badging a machine!!!not like them.

Nice colour blue, cant remember them over here, but hey dishwashers only started to take off here in the eighties, before then it was a very TOL pricy product...

I`d never seen the tap arrangement in use until at Gregs this time, very neat...I think most dishwashers Europe side where big and heavy and designed to be built in...

Not like those Philips 80`s machines with the polypropelene tub and 10yr guarantee...now they did sell..

Louis...ask Steve to tell you about the "Princess Funeral Phone" and of course the "Jeesus Faans" (no blasphemy intended)..I`m still dining out on those stories, just burst into laughter thinking about them...


Post# 76831 , Reply# 24   8/6/2005 at 08:25 (6,831 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

O.k.,o.k., The "Jesus fans" are not unusual to find at ANY funeral home in the U.S. during the summertime. I always tossed a few dozen or so in the hearse with me to pass out (mainly to the elderly) when we got to the cemetery. In the old days LOTS of the small country churches around here did not have airconditioning, so we took along a case or two of them. Just a stylized 6x6 inch piece of cardboard stapled to a small wooden handle. Usually with a picture of Jesus with his disciples and a prayer-----and of course----the funeral home name and phone number. Ours had the Lord's Prayer with a pair of hands clasped in prayer and a cross in the background (model#8516P). Hey, they are functional and good advertising!

Now the "Princess phones" are something else! (Florists in the U.S. are really inventive when it comes to funeral arrangements!) Usually a large floral stand (tri-pod) with a bank of flowers in the background. The body of a (fake) Princess phone (blue for men and "pank" for the ladies) is nestled in the flowers with the "reciever" of the phone dangling "off the hook". A broad length of ribbon cuts through the whole arrangement. On the ribbon, in silver or gold glitter it says: "Jesus called-----Momma answered" (or Daddy, or Sister, etc. whatever the case may be). These are VERY popular in the deep south of the U.S. especially with the "country folks". Not so popular in the "big city" but certainly well into the early 1990's we used to see dozens of them every day, many times for the same funeral! It was especially comical to have the remains "lying in state" in a beautiful cathedral, or in the rotunda of the state capitol, and have a dozen or so "princess phones" dangling around! Honey puleeeeeez!


Post# 76836 , Reply# 25   8/6/2005 at 09:23 (6,831 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
You learn the most amazing things here!

Some of you, I hope, are fans of the truly wonderful writer Armistead Maupin. In "Sure of You," the last of the "Tales Of The City" books, Michael encounters the very same floral arrangement and ribbon at his father's service. Of course, being of "the brotherhood," (as I like to call it when I am being discreet {or cute}), he finds "Jesus Called--Herb Answered" to be incredibly camp. However, Michael is the only one there who "gets it," and he has to dash off to phone Thack, his guy.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

(Jesus fans are familiar to me from my childhood. My church has done a lot of joint services with some of our region's black churches, and I find Jesus fans to be tenderly amusing.)


Post# 76959 , Reply# 26   8/7/2005 at 07:24 (6,830 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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ah...the bible belt. (Southern USA)
How interesting!

speaking of Jesus fans....


Bumpersticker:
Dear Jesus, please protect me from your followers. Amen.


Seen in a store on Fire Island yesterday:
How come people with CLOSED minds always have OPEN mouths?









Post# 76974 , Reply# 27   8/7/2005 at 08:55 (6,830 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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BTW=>

What is the purpose of that row of tines at the very top of the machine that is suspeneded from hooks in the tub?
(pic in the 5th panel down from the top)

What can be loaded there? Is that just to keep large items from scratching the tub's interior or can we actually hang a large cooking implements there?






Post# 77123 , Reply# 28   8/8/2005 at 13:24 (6,828 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Here's a picture to explain those tines, apparently they were meant for cups.

Post# 77148 , Reply# 29   8/8/2005 at 16:08 (6,828 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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O I C

Never would have thought of it. Thanks!
Looks risky to me.


Post# 77149 , Reply# 30   8/8/2005 at 16:12 (6,828 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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I would love to know how the (water) seal works on these top-loaders that slide into the main cabinet [to function as a front-loader.]


Hi Chris in St. Louis....you just restored a Westy T/L-ing "drawer" similar to this..what say you sir?


Post# 77992 , Reply# 31   8/13/2005 at 05:43 (6,824 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
water seal

I've alway wanted see the engineering on that type of seal, too


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