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Post# 135253   6/12/2006 at 09:44 (6,528 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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I always loved that GE had two trains running with their Hotpoint division(something Jack Welch, may he rot,would never have allowed)doing its own thing. A friend of mine in the appliance business used to speculate that they used Hotpoint to test and test market new products, ideas, features and gizmos. What do you think?




Post# 135254 , Reply# 1   6/12/2006 at 09:45 (6,528 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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Angelina Jolie's mom sure does love her new dishwasher...

Post# 135255 , Reply# 2   6/12/2006 at 09:46 (6,528 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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It has a gizmo in the center and dispenses its own soap!

Post# 135256 , Reply# 3   6/12/2006 at 09:48 (6,528 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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approved by the Home Arts Guild of Chicago; what more could you want?

Post# 135258 , Reply# 4   6/12/2006 at 09:50 (6,528 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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You have to admit, their cycle design and selection makes a lot of sense. I'd like those 4 cycles now (well, I sort of have them).

Post# 135262 , Reply# 5   6/12/2006 at 10:31 (6,528 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
I babysat for someone with this machine

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and I remember how I used to play with it. I would always hope that it was running when I got there so I had an excuse to play with it. I guess I didn't think I could if it was not running.

I remember well, that 1/2 size spray arm in the middle. I remember starting and stopping the machine to see where the arm was. I even rigged it with a knife to see it work with the door open. That was no weak spray as I recall. LOL


Post# 135274 , Reply# 6   6/12/2006 at 13:05 (6,528 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Pots & pans SHORTER than a normal cycle?


*EEEEEEK* (FAINTS DEAD AWAY.)
Perhaps for the inevitable post-DW hand washing?


Post# 135280 , Reply# 7   6/12/2006 at 14:03 (6,528 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT)        
Pots & pans SHORTER than a normal cycle?

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If I am not mistaken, I believe that is the way that the older KA's worked on Utility/Utensil....a shorter cycle because of no drying.....

Post# 135282 , Reply# 8   6/12/2006 at 14:10 (6,528 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Yeah

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I think the intention was this pots and pan cycle would loosen most of the really bad stuff and then leave it moist so you can finish the job by hand. Gee, think that would fly today?

Post# 135283 , Reply# 9   6/12/2006 at 14:15 (6,528 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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Interesting to see that its an electric detergent dispenser...I seem to recall reading a Consumer Reports that said HP's earlier design was very finicky (a water-weighted design to open the second wash cup). Then...GE didn't even stay with the electric design moving forward.

BTW was GE the only mfgr that had both mechanical detergent and rinse dispensers? I can't think of one.


Post# 135327 , Reply# 10   6/12/2006 at 19:59 (6,528 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

"So quiet, all you hear is the sound of the water at work." Well yes, but the same could be said about Niagra Falls. Quite water thirsty at 14 gallons; 4 rinses. Pots and Pans only one wash. Definitely meant as a pre soak. No mention of using the Calrod heater to keep the water hot like in earlier machines. If you could have run the Calrod element and let that pots & pans cycle wash for 25 minutes before rinsing, the pans would not need additional scouring at the sink. Some Kenmore detergent dispensers would open when the timer dial was turned without the machine being on, I think, like in the top loading portables. Those little cups would just lose their bottoms. No more mention of adjustable upper rack. I think the previous model with the red disk had a better pump and the disk was less restrictive about what you could put in the bottom without have to make sure that it would not get whacked by the flying half-arm. This model was better about coverage into the outer reaches of the upper rack.

Those water tank detergent dispenser covers had to be kept clean. If the little screen got clogged, the water would not drain out of the side that was supposed to flip over to dispense the fresh detergent in the second wash. Worse yet, if the little screen got lost, a bit of food could clog the drain hole in that chamber, but it was a pretty nifty way to give a double wash before electric detergent dispensers.


Post# 135334 , Reply# 11   6/12/2006 at 21:37 (6,527 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)        
dual filtration?

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this machine had dual filtration? WTF?
Why did GE do away with all filtration until, quite frankly, the 6 Level wash system??? If you ask me, they were the last company to actually put filters in their dishwashers. that passive filter in the back of many of their machines was sort of a joke if you ask me.


Post# 135406 , Reply# 12   6/13/2006 at 12:49 (6,527 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)        
dual jet spray makes the day

fun machine,much better than the mushroom head tower that followed,at least the upper rack would get full under-coverage.


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