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Post# 483009   12/20/2010 at 20:20 (4,848 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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a rare model.....is it worth saving?....only 50.00
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Post# 483020 , Reply# 1   12/20/2010 at 21:02 (4,848 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 483238 , Reply# 2   12/21/2010 at 19:29 (4,847 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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I have a KDS 55 the portable version.
As it has been established that it is a single arm machine. I use mine for partial loads or when I have company, just for Plates and Glasses. I find it good cleaning, but I don't care for the Single Arm System. I love the machine for nostalgia but racking is a pain. You can't load Big pots and Pans in the Bottom with the expectations of getting items in the top rack clean. Save it ? Absolutely. But always remember... It's a DISH washer. I was always envious of my neighbors that had a KitchenAid. When I started collecting them, I was horribly disppointed with the results. The KDS 18 and up with dual wash arms are Superior cleaning machines. Just my 25 cents worth. (Inflation you know) |
Post# 483240 , Reply# 3   12/21/2010 at 19:45 (4,847 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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You discovered and described exactly what it is. Your discovery didn't occur to you until adulthood. I figured it out at age 12. You're right it's a DISH washer. I enjoy plaing with them at wash-ins cuz there's pretty much nuttin but glasses, dishes and maybe some other stuff that fits. but I couldn't see having one of th3ese as a daily driver. I'd be washing too many things by hand--pots, pans, mixing bowls. But you're right, it needs to be saved. And funny thing, EVERY household I knew that had a KA17 or lower (one wash-arm wonders) ONLY put dishes in their machines in suberbia. I never once saw a pot, pan, mixing bowl, and the like. I'd just go on back home and put everything that would fit in the 1968 Waste King or the RotoRack. Nuf Said!!
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Post# 483272 , Reply# 4   12/21/2010 at 21:12 (4,847 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I think my all time favorite KA DW is the KDS-16, I installed one in my mountain house in the service area off the formal dinning area. And it is a good machine in this area as I don't try to wash any thing but dishes in it. The main kitchen has the same model 1987 WP Power CLean machine I have at home. On the KDS-16 I added a relay to the motor circuit that energizes the 2nd heater element whenever the other element is on, this way it heats at 1400 watts when washing. And it really makes a big difference in the wash water temperature, it does require a 20 amp circuit however, but most DWs are on one anyway. This change is easy to make on any KD-15 through KD-21 that has the dual heating element.
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Post# 483381 , Reply# 6   12/22/2010 at 07:10 (4,846 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 483386 , Reply# 7   12/22/2010 at 07:25 (4,846 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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We were a GE BowTie House.
My Mom was the first woman to have a Dishwasher on our block in 1961. We actually used to put Pots and Pans after all the dishes and glasses were loaded. Ours had a Power Shower and ya know ??? That machine cleaned pretty well. We bought a Whirlpool in 1970,one of the TOL with the 2 spray arms. Jeez, that machine cleaned Super. One of the options was "Super Wash". That was the same year I bought my Mom a KitchenAid Superba Disposal. With the "Magna Start" activator sink switch. Mom passes about a year later and my Grandmother had it taken out and threw it in the Trash !!! She said "We didn't need that thing". I hated her after that for years. |
Post# 483594 , Reply# 8   12/22/2010 at 19:05 (4,846 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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my mom passed away in 67 when i was 12 and if i had bought her something like that and then had it taken out by a relative i would have been livid!
i put my first disposal in for my aunt mary who was raising me in 1971. an in sink erator. also bought her a g.e. front loader dishwasher of the same era as i could not afford a kitchenaid. luckily both of these lasted in that house till it was sold in 89. ah the warm memories!! |
Post# 483595 , Reply# 9   12/22/2010 at 19:07 (4,846 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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