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Post# 492875   1/31/2011 at 18:16 (4,831 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

Rumor has it Whirlpool discontinued the hidden controls because people wanted to see all the buttons and light!



Post# 492877 , Reply# 1   1/31/2011 at 18:18 (4,831 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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Post# 492980 , Reply# 4   2/1/2011 at 06:06 (4,831 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

I can vouch for the cleaning power of the Pot Smasher cycle on Whirlpool dishwashers. When they came out with the Power Clean module, they tested it with a Big Mac placed in the lower rack. By the end of the cycle, the dishwasher had completely consumed the sandwich, with no tell tale bits left behind, not even an oniony belch or any cholesterol deposits in the lines.

The reason for abandoning the hidden controls is a bit more grounded in kitchen reality and customer clumsiness than in customer preference. The location of the tilt-out controls made them very vulnerable to spills on the countertop which could and would run into the controls on the way to the floor.

Post# 493008 , Reply# 5   2/1/2011 at 10:35 (4,831 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        
Power Clean module

I knew someone  would know all the GRIT on the story! Thanks for clearing that up....I hadn't heard of the Big Mac part...I do remember a chocolate cake commercial...and I think Kenmore...please correct me...inquiring minds want to know

Thanks Again!
Post# 493009 , Reply# 6   2/1/2011 at 10:36 (4,831 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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Post# 493011 , Reply# 7   2/1/2011 at 10:48 (4,831 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

The first Whirlpool dishwasher that I bought in 83 had the silverware rack in the door, more room in the bottom rack for dishes.  It last about 5 years, then the pump went out, bought another WP it lasted about 6 years and the same thing pump went out.
Post# 493015 , Reply# 8   2/1/2011 at 11:08 (4,831 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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I think this is about the best cleaning dishwashers ever made. I am sorry I gave up my powerclean portable. I didnt mind the silverware basket on the door. If you put the plates in front their was no problem with the silverware cleaning. I do wish they would have come up with the towerless wash system much earlier than they did. But with the rack arrangement it was no big deal.
David thanks for scanning
Peter

Post# 493036 , Reply# 9   2/1/2011 at 12:55 (4,830 days old) by autowasherfreak ()        

The first two WP dishwashers that I owned had a small cone in the middle to direct water up to the upper spray arm.  My current WP has the large tube on the upper and lower rack, which makes for difficult loading sometimes.  I like my KA better more loading options.

 

 
Post# 493079 , Reply# 10   2/1/2011 at 15:10 (4,830 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Jim, the dishwasher you describe that you have now is the DuraWash system, kind of like the budget PowerClean version. 
Post# 493166 , Reply# 11   2/1/2011 at 19:07 (4,830 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
WP DWs PUMP PROBLEMS

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WP did have some pump durably problems in the 1970s - 1984 the main seals would fail and the resulting water leak would ruin the motor pretty quickly. This problem was made worse [ as with any dishwasher ] by pre rinsing the dishes and using too much detergent. However the complete pump and motor assembly only sold for $68 dollars in the mid 1980s and if you called WP they usually gave you the part for free and it only took 15 minutes to install, hardly a good reason to get rid of the best performing DW ever.

Post# 493189 , Reply# 12   2/1/2011 at 20:54 (4,830 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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Post# 493199 , Reply# 15   2/1/2011 at 21:23 (4,830 days old) by appnut (TX)        
The above like the Sears Best/Lady Kenmore

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I never knew Whirlpool offered a rapid-advance timer model like the one above.  I've only seen this in the Sears Best/Lady Kenmore version.  I really liked that dishwasher.  I almost got it instead of my GE GSD1200.  I liked the fact that the delay timer was kind of like a roll/cylinder  you set.  Friends of mine that moved here when I did, had this dishasher.  He kept telling me it would run for hours and hours heating the water--he was an electrical design engineer so no dummy.  He figured out the water was being ehated basically by the motor heat.  I told him something seemed backwards.  So he put a volt meter on the heating element.  Turns out the heater was only being activated when it was filling.  Had sears come out and fixed it.  A wire was reeversed in the place it should have been.  I wonder how many units were assembled like that.  David or John L, can you tell me what the model number for that WP model right above is? I'm talking about the scan with the lady sliding in the new matching color custom made panel that matches the cabinetry next to the trash compactor.   I think the Lady Kenmore/Sears Best version had separate buttons for wash temp boost and high-temp rinse. 

 

 
Post# 493218 , Reply# 16   2/1/2011 at 21:50 (4,830 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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This is absolutly a awsome dishwasher. The control panel is out of this world.
Is this like a 1980 series (I'm just not sure)
Do you have the rest of this same series.
Thanks
Peter

Post# 493221 , Reply# 17   2/1/2011 at 21:59 (4,830 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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Post# 493235 , Reply# 23   2/1/2011 at 22:32 (4,830 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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Thanks again for the great posts.
My Aunt had the 5003xl what a great machine cleaned fast and everything came out spotless always.
I had a friend that moved in a apartment and they only had builders models. When the mid 60s bol GE bombed out they installed the 300xl bol (non powerclean)
it still wasnt to bad.


Post# 493260 , Reply# 24   2/2/2011 at 00:26 (4,830 days old) by wigwag (San Diego)        
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 Thank you so much for posting this! I grew up with this dishwasher and loved it! Our pump must have leaked too (I thought it was because a knife punctured the seal growing up) because it started making this horrible screeching noise. The motor died, and my parents decided to replace the pump and motor and it lasted about 10 years. I think it got replaced in 96 in a kitchen remodel. I miss that dishwasher!

Post# 493276 , Reply# 25   2/2/2011 at 06:26 (4,830 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

If I use the Pot Scrubber cycle, (remember when it was called Super Scour?) I select high temp wash because the first wash period in Pot Scrubber washes until the water reaches 145F. Even when I draw 140F water up to the kitchen faucet, that first wash lasts around 50 minutes. Though I insulated my hot water pipes, the water cools off during this time so the fill for the rinse between the washes is kinda cool and the fill for the second wash, while close to 140 is going into a cooled tank. Using the high temp wash guarantees a 145F wash as well as giving extra scrubbing time during the water heating. If things in the load do not merit the Pot Scrubber cycle, the additional wash time provided by the heating delay when High Temp Wash is selected is usually sufficient to remove heavier than usual soil.

Incidentally, John found that higher rail around the lower rack actually reduced capacity when it interferes with placing large items like pots and mixing bowls that would have rested against the top of the lower rail and leaned outward to use that fraction of an inch above it in the previous rack design, but are forced to sit more inside by the high rail.

Post# 493280 , Reply# 26   2/2/2011 at 06:53 (4,830 days old) by cyclemonitor ()        

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