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Thread Number: 39721
Frigidaire Orbitalwash dishwasher?? |
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| Post# 588188 4/9/2012 at 18:49 (4,391 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
 I have been is dishwasher hunting again because my Maytag would not fit.I saw a Frigidaire I just opened it because I did not see the brand and it has a round arm on the end of a straight arm.Its a cool set up I will admit that but it looks like something from Smeg or A.E.G. I like the lay out the wash arm and it does allow the water to reach to places a lot more places than any other type. CLICK HERE TO GO TO volsboy1's LINK | ||
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| Post# 588218 , Reply# 1 4/9/2012 at 20:32 (4,391 days old) by henry200 () | ||
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It's interesting to see an old idea revived. Back in the early 70s Frigidaire had a small wash arm on one end of the large wash arm. | ||
Post# 588225 , Reply# 2 4/9/2012 at 20:55 (4,391 days old) by pdub  (Portland, Oregon) |
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Post# 588239 , Reply# 3 4/9/2012 at 21:14 (4,391 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Didn't GE's have mini spray arms on the ends of the regular arms?
Looking at the specs,, it doesn't say it has a SS interior,,does it and where it says "quietest dishwasher,, at 53Db.. that's not all that quiet these days.. That new KA I got a few weeks ago is rated at 46Db and I can hear it, it could be quieter imo for the money it cost. | ||
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Post# 588252 , Reply# 4 4/9/2012 at 21:34 (4,391 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I'm skeptical. Not because it's new technology, GM Frigidaire & GE had variations of this, maybe more but because it's in a Electrolux-Frigidaire. Has anyone actually touched one of these new iterations? Would love to see a video of it running but Frigidaire dishwashers have never had good ratings or reviews, at least not for very long anyway.
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| Post# 588270 , Reply# 5 4/9/2012 at 22:35 (4,391 days old) by LLMaytag (Southern California) | ||
New Wash Arm
I remember GE had a model with two small wash arms on each side of a larger wash arm. It seems that such a design and motion would provide jets wash from every conceivable position in that circle.
Another thing to consider is that for a rotating wash arm, the area covered by half the radius of the wash arm, is about a third of the area of the rack. The outer half of that radius covers three times the area and so that its why most conventional wash arms have more jets on the outer radius of the wash arm. With the new Frigidaire wash arm the wash action would be be much heavier in the center of the rack, but but the larger/taller items are often loaded at the edges and ends of the rack. I am curious to see it in action, however. | ||
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Post# 588313 , Reply# 6 4/10/2012 at 04:32 (4,391 days old) by lovestowash (St. Petersburg, FL) |
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www.frigidaire.com... | ||
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Post# 588316 , Reply# 7 4/10/2012 at 06:12 (4,391 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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| Post# 588330 , Reply# 8 4/10/2012 at 07:20 (4,391 days old) by william637 (Damp pants? Not a chance. ) | ||
Frigidaire Dishwashers
The first generation of the Frigidaire Precision Wash systems were fantastic (Mid to late 90's). I have one in my basement that I will put up to just about any machine.
The latter frigidaires have had problems. I just ripped two brand new ones out (each only 9 months old). One design flaw was the upper rack - it was missing a cross support which meant you could not move the rack without every glass falling over. The other is the weakness of the spray. I have seen videos of this spray-arm on spray-arm design. It is a really cool idea, and it will get water to a lot of places, but that water won't have any real power - it will just be sprinkling. If you end up getting this machine, I would be interested to find out how it works for you (maybe they are starting to get better again after all....) Good luck! | ||
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Post# 588339 , Reply# 9 4/10/2012 at 08:04 (4,391 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Found it on the homepage - thanks for the video tip. Sort of as I expected, it does look rather anemic but then, so do most of the new dishwashers truth be told. I guess I'm too spoiled after seeing the action in so many of these vintage machines! I know several people who have bought KitchenAid dishwashers lately and seem to be pleased with them but have mostly resigned themselves to pre-rinsing though this was probably ingrained long before the new dishwasher :-)
Frigidaire doesn't appear to have any dishwashers with stainless tanks, perhaps that's a step-up to the Electrolux higher end lines. | ||
| Post# 588753 , Reply# 12 4/12/2012 at 11:19 (4,389 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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No I did not buy this dishwasher...There is NOOOOOO way I would have a Frigidaire dishwasher.Well I did have a 1994 Frigidaire gallery that looked like a Viking but it had a 1/3 H.P. motor and moved 64 gallons a min through the Wash Arms and I would pit that machine against any..I was just opening dishwashers because you can't see a brand or anything nowadays..I will admit there was a T.O.L. Electrolux that was $1599 marked down to $800 and I have never seen racks,pockets,that did all that thing did it was a Wave touch and it was gorgeous but I have read nothing but terrible reviews on them.I have always been fascinated in those types of arms because you can reach every dish exponentially by that round arm spinning and that main arm kinda shaking back and forth as it spins.It reminds me if a ceiling fan I have those types of arms.I bought a L.G. dishwasher that cleans GREAT I threw in a half of a apple pie with a brown sugar and nut top plus all the other dishes the whole bottom was covered with food and it there was not one thing that did not come out clean.I did hear a ton of grinding.There was no food in the bottom either of it when it was done also.I do use institutional detergent with phosphates which makes a world of difference.I can't get pass the thought that Frigidaire uses a aquarium pump for a main motor Askoll makes them well the one I took apart. | ||
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Post# 588829 , Reply# 13 4/12/2012 at 16:31 (4,389 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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