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Thread Number: 12815
TurboZone...Does it live up to the marketing hype? |
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Post# 222893 , Reply# 1 7/15/2007 at 20:08 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27  (Baltimore,MD) |
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The Baking dish Burned on soil 
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Post# 222895 , Reply# 2 7/15/2007 at 20:09 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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TurboZone Will it get it clean? 
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Post# 222896 , Reply# 3 7/15/2007 at 20:11 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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The Upper Rack Note the tall glasses in the corner, Will there be crud in them? 
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Post# 222897 , Reply# 4 7/15/2007 at 20:13 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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Pick your poison Mines Casacde Complete 
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Post# 222898 , Reply# 5 7/15/2007 at 20:15 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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The Cycle and options Fully Loaded, so to speak 
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Post# 222899 , Reply# 6 7/15/2007 at 20:16 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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The results? Looks clean to me..... 
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Post# 222900 , Reply# 7 7/15/2007 at 20:18 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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Overall I'd say they came out wonderully 
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Post# 222902 , Reply# 8 7/15/2007 at 20:20 (6,123 days old) by neptuneguy27 (Baltimore,MD) |
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Oh what about the tall glass in the left front Corner? Well lets have a look. I don't see any crud! YAY!! 
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Post# 222908 , Reply# 10 7/15/2007 at 20:47 (6,122 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Chris, my new one is the black versioon of yours!! I've Zoned twice with steller results that even surprised me. Personally, I found that if I used the organized slits in the utensil baskets, heavy food accumulated on the lid and didn't get dealt with, but it was washed off the eating part of the utensils lol. So I stopped using it that way. I also started only using the one bigger basket of the 3, even a week's worth of eating stuff fits very nicely in the larger bazket and comes clean. That space can now be used in the bottom rack for a mixing bowl, put larger saucepan on its side, ... I also got rid of the basket at the back of the top rack, unless I need it. It eats up too much space and was noticeable in that reduced real estate in the top rack to me. Still have the knife holder on the left side of the bottom rack. The last two loads I've run I decided to try just the normal cycle instead of smart wash. I don't know if the soil level was so high the sensor triggered the heaviest soil setting on normal wash, but I have gotten a full 1st rinse instead of the purge both times right after the main wash. That's something I never did get on Smart Wash. However the soil was so high in both loads that it did an Automatic Purge Filter (APF) 3 times in the prewash, something that's only happened two other times. Normally just 2 filter purges. It also resulted in the longest cycle run time I've had, 161 minutes. I think of all the WP TT cousins, this is the best-performing of the 3 brands--KitchenAid, Kenmore/Kenmore Elite, and Whirlpool. | ||
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Post# 223102 , Reply# 13 7/16/2007 at 16:32 (6,122 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 223191 , Reply# 14 7/16/2007 at 23:58 (6,121 days old) by kacyc1 (Chico, CA) | ||
So you'd do this vs. a Maytag 3 rack? | ||
| Post# 223192 , Reply# 15 7/17/2007 at 00:09 (6,121 days old) by goprog () | ||
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though as I bet Maytag's factory will be closed by WP and the TurboZone is all we'll get. I just hate it when the target keeps moving and not always for the better. | ||
| Post# 223238 , Reply# 16 7/17/2007 at 05:28 (6,121 days old) by magic clean () | ||
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not to worry Maytag/JennAir platform dishwashers are not going away | ||
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Post# 223478 , Reply# 19 7/18/2007 at 01:27 (6,120 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I looked at the 3-rack Maytag, too, and quickly realized it was absolutely not going to allow for the amazing loading flexibility of the 2-rack model. So I went with a TOL 2-rack. The 3-rack also didn't score as well in cleaning with CR. Smart Wash Cycle: I have never used mine. I think they also opt for using more water and lengthen cycle times. In fact, I've taken to using the China cycle most of the time (about 60 minutes) and the 20-minute Insta Wash cycle for light-to-moderately soiled loads. There is no dry time on Insta Wash (unless you choose Heated Dry, and even then, it's very brief), so I pop the door open and let the dishes 'flash dry'. | ||
| Post# 223583 , Reply# 21 7/18/2007 at 18:39 (6,120 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
this is very perplexing to me. We have a GE Triton XL with their multi arm wash system. It's wonderful. When I look at our 2003 XL at home and the Profiles of today (2007) the wash systems are identical. How can they be "horrible?" Nothing's different. Unless do you think they screwed with the cycle sequences? | ||
| Post# 223822 , Reply# 23 7/19/2007 at 19:11 (6,119 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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more water?
well, while that may be true, i seriously think that might not be an issue....unless you're not getting full water pressure due to pump cavitation? the filtering system in GE's new tall tub machines is virtually fool proof and do so well that they make the hard food disposer in there useless. NOTHING can get sucked into the pump that is larger than those tiny holes in the sump filter. And whatever goes through there is partially routed to the super fine mesh filter under the wash arm. The tubs fill with a about 1.2 gallons of water which, in our machine, is perfectly fine. An answer from the "GE Answer Center" told me that water is run through the fine mesh filter at a rate of about 1 gallon per minute, meaning in just over a minute, theoretically all the water is passed through the mesh filter. Now... the only thing i can think of is a very poor cycle sequence programming. Other than that...this wash system is phenomenal.....is it being loaded properly? (I know, dumb question on this forum) | ||
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Post# 223880 , Reply# 25 7/19/2007 at 22:13 (6,118 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 223965 , Reply# 27 7/20/2007 at 08:57 (6,118 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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filter woes
the fine mesh filter ports are quite narrow, i agree. So I took a drill bit and enlarged the filter entrance hole by about, .100 thousandths diameter. That should help a little, and allow more water to flush through. On the drain side of the filter (that little rubber tube) there's a coarse screen in there, that MIGHT get clogged too, preventing the fine mesh filter to drain. If increasing your water heater helped...i wonder if the dishwasher itself is not heating its own water...maybe there's an issue with that fantastic, gigantic Calrod. Also, you could try switching to Cascade ActionPacs instead of regular powder. the detergent cups in these machines are kind of in a stupid place because dishes CAN block them, and the way they open actually seems to prevent water circulation from reaching them. I made my parents switch to Cascade pacs, and that solved all detergent issues, because the pac just falls out of the cup, even if it opens part way. ALSO...there could be an issue with pump pressure. Is it possible that your molded wash arms maybe have a split seam? The water may be spraying out the seams...just a thought. Best of luck! | ||
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