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GE Potscubber II Dishwasher
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Post# 672780   4/14/2013 at 19:56 (4,001 days old) by xpanam (Palm Springs California )        

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Dose anyone on here have this model? Or know someone that use to have one? You almost never see this model.I know its the only one from this circa with no wash tower. And why did they dropped it?

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Post# 672790 , Reply# 1   4/14/2013 at 20:22 (4,001 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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That looks near TOL if not TOL. Price is certainly right!

Post# 672792 , Reply# 2   4/14/2013 at 20:26 (4,001 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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If that dishwasher was done up in black panels, it would be one sexy beast.

Post# 672794 , Reply# 3   4/14/2013 at 20:39 (4,001 days old) by bravos4me ()        
Some during that time...

came with 2 thin panels, one black on one side and white on the other, and one with whatever 2 colors were popular at the time. Both were stored in the door. We had one and switched from white to black when we got a black glass door range.

Don't know if this is one of those, but it might be!


Post# 672808 , Reply# 4   4/14/2013 at 23:46 (4,001 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
PS II. GE

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This is a very unique GE dishwasher. John (combo52) has one like it - see it in the linked thread.

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Post# 672841 , Reply# 5   4/15/2013 at 03:20 (4,000 days old) by washer111 ()        
This IS TOL

This IS the Top of the Line model featured from those days, based on my GE documentation from the Doctrine... Rapid-Advance timer AND Wash options with or without the water heating system! Truly amazing! I think the Regular and Potscrubber cycles on these used something on the lines of 12-14 gallons, maybe more. The manual-timer models would've been bad for that, even on the 'Light soil' settings, which didn't need the knob to be turned. 


Post# 672870 , Reply# 6   4/15/2013 at 07:54 (4,000 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
TOL GE Pots-Scrubber DW

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This was GE first DW with an all plastic tank and also the their first with an upper wash arm and no SILLY pop-up wash tower in the lower rack. This DW also had a forced air drying unit that looked almost like KAs drying unit, I think they were worried about using the exposed element to dry dishes in a plastic tub DW so the exposed element was only used for water heating.

 

GE diffidently was trying to build a better DW with this design, and while this would have been GEs best effort to date at building a DW for home use, this one still fell short in several ways. GE made only two versions of the DW, the one pictured and the one with the exposed timer knob that we have, both were expensive, neither had a filter, the top wash arm was not big enough so you still had GEs problem of glasses not getting washed in the corners of the upper rack and these DWs used nearly 20 gallons of water on the normal cycle.

 

GE also had a LOT of repair problems with these DWs, the few we saw after they came out 30+ years ago seemed to disappear pretty fast. But all in all it is rare and would make a good DW to collect, I hope someone gets it.


Post# 672873 , Reply# 7   4/15/2013 at 08:08 (4,000 days old) by washer111 ()        

Seeing as the "Money-Shot" is actually yours, Combo52, does your machine still work, or is it tucked away, waiting for a flood when the price of water goes down?

 

I think forced air drying is a far better idea in these - that way, you won't melt the plastic, the racks, dishes, or the wash-arm (if it were plastic). 

 

Though I think some members have had better luck than others regarding their pop-up towers, it seems that performance is dependant on loading, like in single-arm KA machines - block the spray, and you are done for. It seems that GE's design was good, so long as it is loaded well, whereas other machines could handle "abusive" loading. I think my machine falls into line with GE - proper loading yields results, careless loading just doesn't work, or doesn't get the best results... 


Post# 672874 , Reply# 8   4/15/2013 at 08:16 (4,000 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
GE!

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It is ashame GE didn't enhance on this design. The popup tower was really annoying
and I knew people that wanted complete usable racks so GE lost out to KA and D&M Kenmore units. Had they went further with the design they would have sold more DW's - but GE was always a big seller anyway even with the tower.
Peter


Post# 672895 , Reply# 9   4/15/2013 at 11:27 (4,000 days old) by A440 ()        

Would be a lot of fun to play with!
Hope someone saves it.


Post# 672911 , Reply# 10   4/15/2013 at 12:49 (4,000 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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I have been in contact with the seller and (assuming it's still there later tonight) am going to go look at / pick it up later.

 

Kevin


Post# 672922 , Reply# 11   4/15/2013 at 13:25 (4,000 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)        

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This would be a cool appliance to have Kevin.

My parents put the lesser model (the one that John refers to with the push to start knob instead of the rapid advance timer) in our summer 1977 built house in Denver. We used it at least daily for 5.5 years when all of us were home, and when I was visting the house in summer 1984 it was still there. I have heard these were trouble prone, but we sure liked it. We came to like it better than our KDS-17A we had before it.

When we got to Charlotte in January 1983, our house had a 1982/83 Potscrubber 900 as builder equipment. We thought the machine looked similar enough that it would have the forced air drying of the '77, but nope. Mom missed the air-bubble infused china/crystal cycle that the '77 had as well.

We never noticed the pop-up tower that was in this 1983 '900, or the lack of the center apray arm, but we never had any service complaints from it, or from the 1987 '900 that we used near daily for 17 or 18 years. Same from the three similar machines that I've had. All mine had the multi-orbit wash arm. In five similar machines, I've never seen a problem cleaning glasses in the corners of upper rack that gets mentioned here.

I'd consider using a dishwasher like this Potscrubber II at home if one came available.

G


Post# 672971 , Reply# 12   4/15/2013 at 16:51 (4,000 days old) by washer111 ()        
I THINK!

There is a user "bigalsf" that still (maybe) uses this machine - on this forum. Whoever ends up with this might be able to discuss its washing ability and such.

 

Gordon, you still have your Potscrubber 1200, right? If you or another member with one of these machines (or the 2800) got a Potscrubber 2, you could have a wash-off :-)


Post# 673068 , Reply# 13   4/15/2013 at 21:52 (4,000 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)        
Great dishwasher!

I see that the post has been removed so I can assume congrats are in order for Kevin! :)

Yes, I have the GSD 1070-03 model, the last in the series. I think these are really cool dishwashers; I love the control panel design! Kevin, you will have a lot of fun with this!

They do use a very large amount of water on the Normal cycle (approx 18 gal), and they clean well. John is right, you cannot load anything tall in the corners, but the loading illustration on the door indicates tall items should be loaded in the rows next to the center. It's a fairly quiet machine with the original motor/pump (that familiar GE whine!), but I had to change mine because the pump body developed a pin hole. I put the newer designed pump & motor assembly in (with the Pirannah style food grinder) and it made a major difference in the sound volume.....it is much quieter now. It rivals some modern machines of today! You can actually hear the water action much clearer. I used this one as my daiy driver for a while, but because it used so much water and parts are super hard to find I decided to just place it with my collection and use it occasionally.

I also had the GSD 950 pictured above when I lived in Philly, but I couldn't take it with me. :(

Enjoy the machine Kevin!



Post# 673091 , Reply# 14   4/16/2013 at 00:10 (3,999 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Actually there are NO congrats due.....

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Even though I was in communication with the seller, they must have given the dishwasher to someone else when they deleted the ad. I tried to contact them again to confirm I was coming to pick it up, but they never responded..... how rude.

Kevin


Post# 673175 , Reply# 15   4/16/2013 at 12:37 (3,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
Update....

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I just got an e-mail from the seller, they still have this DW and I now have the address.  

 

Should I go get it anyway? 


Post# 673177 , Reply# 16   4/16/2013 at 12:48 (3,999 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)        
Y E S

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What's one more machine Kev?

Post# 673178 , Reply# 17   4/16/2013 at 12:50 (3,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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Yeah I'll probably go get it.


Post# 673189 , Reply# 18   4/16/2013 at 13:29 (3,999 days old) by chetlaham (United States)        
Kevin: Get this!!! ITS WORTH IT!!!

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I know first hand this is a rare machine. I only saw one once in person 12 years ago at a scrape recycle center, and Ive seen a LOT of machines there over the years. Had I known at the time this was such a rare machine,I would have gobbled it up,Im still kicking myself for not buying it when I had the chance.

The major parts for this machine are easy to find in that they are still being made along with the fact if they are not, they are still interchangable with older pop up tower machines. The timer and wash riser tubes are rare, but they are not lickely to fail in a way thats non repairable.

The machine is well insulated to, its well worth having.

Let us know if you do get it, still itching to see the pics lol!


Best of Luck! :)


Post# 673192 , Reply# 19   4/16/2013 at 13:43 (3,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
What's one more machine Kev?

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It's "that much less space" I have in my garage, that's what!   LOL

 

Hmmm... I guess I could start stacking them...... Tongue out


Post# 673199 , Reply# 20   4/16/2013 at 13:53 (3,999 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        
Start stacking them...

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Which? The dishwashers or the garages?

RCD


Post# 673200 , Reply# 21   4/16/2013 at 14:00 (3,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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The garages.   I'll build another one below with an elevator in the driveway.  Tongue out







Post# 673207 , Reply# 22   4/16/2013 at 14:32 (3,999 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)        
YES, YES Go get it!

If for some reason you do not want it I will take it off your hands! I have been looking for various parts & this would be a great doner machine. Once you have it, though, you probably won't want to give it up! :)

Let me know how it works out.


Post# 673243 , Reply# 23   4/16/2013 at 17:52 (3,999 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Late 70s Dual wash-Arm GE DW

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Yes I would go get it Kevin, if I were close I would race you to it, LOL.

 

Parts interchangeability between this GE DW and any other GE DW is very limited, true the pump and motor are the same as is the inlet valve and the wheels on the lower rack, but is about all that is. Every other major part that I can think of is different including the tub, door liner, hinges, door springs, both racks, all interior water system parts, all electrical parts including the KA style heater and blower assembly for drying the dishes are different.


Post# 673246 , Reply# 24   4/16/2013 at 18:03 (3,999 days old) by washer111 ()        
GET IT!

Based on what people have said above, this is a very RARE insight into a possible new Dishwasher design by GE in the 70s (Which according to John, still didn't have great top-rack performance). They are different. Although from what I've seen on this site, the original "Potscrubbers" and perhaps the machines preceding them had a similar looking pump and racking arrangement - so you could be in luck there if parts were needed.

Its also interesting to read the literature. Only this machine and the 950 model of the day had the dual wash arm. Everything "below it" used what some will call the "dreadful tower wash." 

 

If you don't get it, who knows how long it may be until another one crops up. Though knowing luck as it is here, once someone gets this machine, heaps will start to show up... But I digress - just get it, or feel my distant wrath!



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