Thread Number: 6729
GE reinvents the dishwasher... |
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Post# 134826   6/10/2006 at 10:18 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134828 , Reply# 1   6/10/2006 at 10:24 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I think these models were introduced in 1963, while the Top-Loaders were still available. Maybe they were the product of a lot of market research that indicated that customers preferred the Front Loading system. I know my mother decided fairly early on that she didn't like loading and unloading our GE Top Loader. The next machine she bought was a BOL from this front-loading series, an SD102, I believe and she always liked the way that machine worked. It was a great machine, but only had one cycle that was actuated by moving the dial manually. I, of course, missed the four colorful buttons. The Top Loader also, compared to the new Front Loader, was built like a freakin' tank. And to the day I die, I'll remember the daring shock of that pink on dark pink interior...
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Post# 134829 , Reply# 2   6/10/2006 at 10:25 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134830 , Reply# 3   6/10/2006 at 10:27 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134831 , Reply# 4   6/10/2006 at 10:28 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 134832 , Reply# 5   6/10/2006 at 10:31 (6,501 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Uh-oh, I just realized that this model doesn't feature the "Rinse-Glo" dispenser... this won't do. Don't worry, the next one, the SD402, will. Here are all the installation specs for all the geeks out there...LOL (now that I know what that means). I just realized: these brochures antidate ZIP codes!!!!! |
Post# 134867 , Reply# 6   6/10/2006 at 13:51 (6,501 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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Post# 134974 , Reply# 7   6/11/2006 at 01:14 (6,501 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 134980 , Reply# 8   6/11/2006 at 02:31 (6,501 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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I guess (silly me) when the heart and brain of the beast are made elsewhere, the rest sort of seems irrelevant. Sort of like me being proud of my great-great-grandfather having been a brilliant engineer. He was. I am not. Of course, no manufacturer has ever made every single solitary element - not even Miele (they build nearly everything for themselves). But let's stop for a moment and think about it. GE no longer does *their own motors*. GE *buys in* the control logic. Sorry, but I am unrepentant in my views: As long as US firms keep giving control over their destiny out of their hands in the interest of short term profit the rest of the world is going to continue kicking your butts in terms of quality, price, reliability and that tiny little factor: profit. GE has great design, their products actually clean. But I'd rather spend a week fixing up a Mobil Maid - including touching up that not-quite-so-more-durable-than-procelain-interior :-) than buy a new one. |
Post# 135020 , Reply# 9   6/11/2006 at 08:57 (6,500 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 135058 , Reply# 10   6/11/2006 at 11:55 (6,500 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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I remember well this dishwasher. Was a good start at a front-loading design, but GE would still lack a food particle separator for years to come. Whirlpool, Waste King, at that time, already had one. |
Post# 135240 , Reply# 12   6/12/2006 at 08:00 (6,499 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 135251 , Reply# 13   6/12/2006 at 09:33 (6,499 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)   |   | |
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