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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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Post# 672792 , Reply# 2   4/14/2013 at 20:26 (4,001 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)   |   | |
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Post# 672808 , Reply# 4   4/14/2013 at 23:46 (4,001 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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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# 672870 , Reply# 6   4/15/2013 at 07:54 (4,000 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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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# 672874 , Reply# 8   4/15/2013 at 08:16 (4,000 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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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 ()   |   | |
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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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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# 673091 , Reply# 14   4/16/2013 at 00:10 (3,999 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 673175 , Reply# 15   4/16/2013 at 12:37 (3,999 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 673177 , Reply# 16   4/16/2013 at 12:48 (3,999 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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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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Post# 673189 , Reply# 18   4/16/2013 at 13:29 (3,999 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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Post# 673199 , Reply# 20   4/16/2013 at 13:53 (3,999 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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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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Post# 673207 , Reply# 22   4/16/2013 at 14:32 (3,999 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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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)   |   | |
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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. |