Thread Number: 10607
GE Pull-out Dishwashers |
[Down to Last] |
Post# 193468   2/25/2007 at 14:04 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
|
Post# 193506 , Reply# 1   2/25/2007 at 16:10 (6,262 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 193593 , Reply# 2   2/25/2007 at 20:18 (6,262 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
let me look at my stash....I am sure theres something there |
Post# 193601 , Reply# 3   2/25/2007 at 20:51 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|
Post# 193607 , Reply# 4   2/25/2007 at 21:07 (6,262 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
If loaded correctly (using the manual's suggestions) some of these GE Top-Loaders could hold ridiculously large amounts of dishware. My parents never knew how much their machine could hold until their appliance-nut son actually read the manual 9 years after they bought the thing. Glasses and cups could be "suspended" over the main impeller by using the double-forked clips in the central "hole" of the upper rack. And even though the bottom rack comprised a "hole" it could hold 12 large dinner plates, 16 smaller plates and 4 large bowls. The 30" machine must have held the all-time record. Dacor made a 30" model recently, but I think it was discontinued. Does anyone know which brand sets the record for front loading machines and what that record is? The model below is the first dishwasher my family ever owned. I will never forget the day my Father and I removed it to make room for our new KitchenAid KDC-17a(also a great machine, but a BOL as my Mother insisted she only ever used one cycle and refused to pay for any extra bells and/or whistles). We were both impressed how brilliant the design of the GE was: all of the utilities got installed in the empty casing shell of the unit. The dishwasher drawer needed only to be "plugged in" to the outlet built into the shell and easily slid into place. We never even realized that the thing had a "Power-Shower" until we threw it away. Oh if only my time machine weren't on the fritz! |
Post# 193625 , Reply# 6   2/25/2007 at 21:48 (6,262 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I remember my junior high school home economics room had the GE SE102. I had never seen one before until I attended school there. The school was built in 1958 I believe. It was a canary yellow. I remember asking the teacher if she had the use and care manual. She looked, but didn't find it. I was disappointed. Years later, I visited the junior high one day, but a different teacher used the room. I had asked her if I could open the drawer and she said it was inoperable and was nothing but a shell. I would love to find this model. So glad that you have it...bet you'll enjoy it! Are you going to install in your kitchen as your daily driver?
|
Post# 193672 , Reply# 7   2/26/2007 at 08:29 (6,261 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
Frontloadotomy: I'd appreciate it if you would post pictures of those machines, I'd love to see what they look like. And, no, sadly it's a BOL and lacks the Power Shower arm, the Rinse Dispenser and the auxiliary cup racks. But the reason I was so excited about it and bought it from GregM is that it is, for me at least, a missing link. As I said in the earlier post, we owned a 1962 TOL version of this (an SU401, I believe) with salmon colored vinyl racks and a pink interior. A couple of years later, my Mom and Dad bought what had to have been one of the first GE front load dishwashers with a blue vinyl tub and white racks (a 1964 SD 103, I believe). I remember, as a kid, noting that they both had the same silverware baskets, one was salmon colored one was white. The SU102 is the transition between the two. GE must have given up on the Top-Loading style because of market research. Or CU ratings scuttled the design. Varicyle: One of the things I love about this model, though is that it has an amazingly quick cycle, 38 minutes, and heats the water through the whole cycle. Yes, I will use it as my daily driver and continue to use the Maytag U201 as my "Chef's dishwasher". |
Post# 193908 , Reply# 9   2/27/2007 at 07:57 (6,260 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
I only could find a Service Manual for the original (1957) model SteveD |
Post# 194018 , Reply# 10   2/27/2007 at 20:14 (6,260 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
Checkrate/Likes
 
     
|