Thread Number: 75041
/ Tag: Modern Dishwashers
Why did Whirlpool discontinue the powerclean? |
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Post# 988621   3/28/2018 at 18:22 (2,191 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Ok- this is one thing that makes me really, really angry. Why did they discontinue the best designed hands down by far dishwasher ever made? I can live with everything else and understand the reasoning, but this is one thing I can not process. I just can't. It makes me so sad and mad at the same time. How I wish I had stockpiled a few of these back when they were sold cheap under the estate name.
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Post# 988655 , Reply# 1   3/29/2018 at 01:47 (2,191 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 988656 , Reply# 2   3/29/2018 at 01:57 (2,191 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 988678 , Reply# 3   3/29/2018 at 04:59 (2,191 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 988685 , Reply# 5   3/29/2018 at 06:19 (2,191 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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I'd rather have Prerinse-Wash-Rinse-Rinse with the same amount of water then Wash-Purge-Rinse. Dishes barely hold any water, thus every entire exchange is a basic 100% replacement of water. And given modern DW only use 0.8 to 1.2 gal per fill, I totaly is understandable that they had to redo the thing. |
Post# 988704 , Reply# 6   3/29/2018 at 11:04 (2,190 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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It used lots of water and lots of electricity.
They were also noisy. And they were too tall in dimension. The trends were going for more quiet operation, less water and electrical use, and TALL TUBS. My aunt had a high end Powerclean based KA. It was "quiet" for the day, with the tuned absorber and everything. But.....it was not Point Voyager "quiet." Also, I have no recollection of Powerclean systems using any optical soil sensors. I'm only aware of them using pressure-based soil sensors. In fact, it was part of their marketing. "We sense soil with filter pressure, not turbidity like everyone else! A little milk in the water won't trick our sensor to running a heavier cycle." |
Post# 988708 , Reply# 7   3/29/2018 at 11:51 (2,190 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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than todays machines, but not terrible. They had no tall tub either. |
Post# 988759 , Reply# 9   3/29/2018 at 20:14 (2,190 days old) by Johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 988761 , Reply# 10   3/29/2018 at 20:25 (2,190 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Not as bad as they are made out to be IMO. The way they cleaned is simply bar none. Even with a wash-purge-rinse everything was spotless, and the amount of soil they could handle was uncomprehending. With 150 degree water the cycle was only 32 minutes.By far the best built dishwasher ever in every category except life expectancy which goes to the mid 80s permatuffs and Hobart Kitchen-aids.
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Post# 988778 , Reply# 11   3/29/2018 at 21:56 (2,190 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I have a 1988 Kenmore UltraWash version....bought brand new....
and I have an exact match spare I got off CL for 25.00.....if the day ever comes that the first one fails to work.... 20 years, and still running strong..... as long as it does what its supposed to, I don't care if someone considers it noisy or uses a lot of water...even back then, it used less water than washing by hand its only loud if you let it, and WaterMiser cycle was there if you needed it... |
Post# 988783 , Reply# 12   3/29/2018 at 22:23 (2,190 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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This was my model the best dishwasher I ever owned. I am sorry I got rid of it. When I remodeled the kitchen in 2001 I was going to have it installed but everyone was saying get one of those newer tall tubs and I bought a Kenmore tall tub and had it for over 1 year and the control board went and sears took it back and I got the GE tall tub which I like but the power clean was the best! I wish they made them today! It didn't make that much noise and got everything done quickly! I would never want one of these new ones that run 3 hours!
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Post# 989653 , Reply# 14   4/6/2018 at 12:21 (2,182 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver)   |   | |
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Perhaps this is why I can’t wrap my mind around manual filter dishwashers...
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Post# 989743 , Reply# 15   4/7/2018 at 09:44 (2,182 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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