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Thread Number: 16437
Kitchenaid Dishwasher Kdi16 (any-good) |
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| Post# 272923 3/30/2008 at 00:51 (5,869 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
My Appliance guy found me a Old White K/a Dishwasher.It is is Great shape the Tub had NO rust at all the racks have a little but not bad.The dishwasher has a Knob and two buttons it it does not have the wash arm under the top-rack but does have the overhead wash.Is this dishwasher worth saving?I dont know much about this model at all but it looks to be a 77 model year maybe older.Has anybody used one of this?I dont see how they would wash that great without that washarm under the glassrack I guess the bottom is for plates Only.I dont know what to do.I will post some Pics later I tried with me Fone Cam but the lighting was so bad it didnt take....
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| Post# 272931 , Reply# 1 3/30/2008 at 02:20 (5,869 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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Post# 272933 , Reply# 2 3/30/2008 at 02:44 (5,869 days old) by dadoes  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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The pic above appears to be a KDC-17. "C" is the lower-end "Custom" model with basic features, but still a good machine. One of my aunts had a KDC-17a. The "a" revision added a no-heat dry option. KA added a 2nd wash arm on the 18-series. All prior models, from the 10-series through the 17-series, were of the single-arm design. The sprayer at top of the tank was added to flush soil particles from the bottoms of glasses and cups, and help with plates and saucers in the upper rack. The single arm does fine if one takes due care with loading the lower rack so as to not block the spray. Shallow baking dishes, casseroles, and even some small pots/pans CAN be placed at the sides or back of the lower rack without causing detrimental blockage. | ||
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Post# 272960 , Reply# 3 3/30/2008 at 12:52 (5,869 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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You're fine with the 16...
My sister now has the KDI-16 when she inherited my aunt's house. Despite only one wash arm, I have never had any dish come out unclean. It needed repair about 20 years ago but none since. The only problem is the drain solenoid buzzes, but we are holding onto to it as long as possible and I think you will like it too. By the way, this dishwasher is 40 years old!
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| Post# 272972 , Reply# 4 3/30/2008 at 14:15 (5,869 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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I don't know what I should do.I prefer the two arms and the K/a with the hardfood disposer a real one not some blender blade like the ones out today.I was Shocked that it was in such good shape the tub had NO rust I dont think the washer was used alot.I think I will hold on to it till one a my friends needs it or the one I have now goes out but its a Kdi-21.I just can't let it go to the Dump thats one of my faults I have a hard time throwing things away.
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Post# 272976 , Reply# 5 3/30/2008 at 14:39 (5,869 days old) by gadgetgary (Bristol,CT) |
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| Post# 272983 , Reply# 6 3/30/2008 at 16:19 (5,869 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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I just don't see how you could put any pots in there at all and the glasses get clean.I could understand if it had one of thoese Orbital wash systems like thoese Old G.e.and the Old Frigidare.My Aunt has a Smeg dishwasher and its got two wash arms on the bottom its very wide and each one of them has a smaller one on the left-side each arm.She has two of them and they both have that type of wash except the regular dishwasher has just one in the bottom.I do like the over head rinse which my Kdi22 dont have but it don't seem to need it though.Why Oh Why did Hobart sell K/a to W/p it just kills me thats why I just cant let that old washer go to the heap..
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Post# 272997 , Reply# 7 3/30/2008 at 17:34 (5,869 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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KitchenAids!
Wes, To me their is nothing like those older KitchenAids. My mother had a kds19 for 25 years. I wish they made them now in a tall tub. Whenever a new company usually takes over another company it is not for the better. Whirlpool did make some bad decisions in changing the KitchenAids dishwasher design in later years. But to me as bad as that was nothing could ever be worse than what WCI did to Frigidaire. That will always top them all. Peter | ||
| Post# 273006 , Reply# 8 3/30/2008 at 18:09 (5,869 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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Peter, Well from what I have seen you are right that is for sure.I have been trying to find me a Jet-cone around here and I have only seen two in person.My Mamaw had a Custom Imperial dishwasher I thought it was SOO cool cause it had that satellite wash arm it was small attached to the main one.That dishwasher washed GREAT and lasted forever we still have her first Electric Frige (Frigidare also) they got in 49 that still works just fine.That dishwasher lasted for 20 years and they remodeld and threw it away.They got another Frigidare but it was a Wci one.That machine could not hold a candle to the other one it lasted for 7 years and burned out which considering washers today would be a good machine.I went to Good-will cause my Aunt was living in the house and picked up a old G.e. Pot-scrubber and it out washed that Wci job by a long shot.My Parents have never had any of them but K/a and Maytag and I just LOVE K/a dishwashers and it seems W/p is just eating every company and when that happens innovation goes out the window its all about cheaper and the bottom line.The W/p tall tub with the jets in the back we never needed that until they started to put smaller and smaller motors in it,now its just something to lure somebody and these old K/a washers could wash that in half the time as thoese will.I hope at some point W/p gets slapped with a Anti-trust investigation I guess I am just very bitter cause we go through washers every 3 years now....WES | ||
| Post# 273040 , Reply# 9 3/30/2008 at 22:58 (5,868 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago) | ||
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| Post# 273422 , Reply# 11 4/1/2008 at 23:49 (5,866 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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| Post# 273424 , Reply# 12 4/1/2008 at 23:54 (5,866 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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KDC-17 My aunt had that exact dishwasher in either Avacado Green or Harvest Gold. I am color blind, so I really don't know. I just know it was not white. She had it since 1974-5 until the moved from their home this past October. No problems, and did a fabulous job. Have a good one, James | ||
| Post# 273435 , Reply# 13 4/2/2008 at 03:24 (5,866 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains ) | ||
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Im Sorry Steve if I said something that bugged you.I did not know the history of it all I just assummed that old saying in get bigger or die out.I can say that from my Experience with the New Whirlpool/K.a side-winder is not good .My Aunt has one and it has needed a New-motor twice in it.The motors are not as powerful know the W/p Durawash is 1/16th H.p. I think the Tall tubs are around 1/7th and the older Power-clean pumps 1/3H.p which are pretty good from what I have heard and the one we had cleaned great.You can tell big time by the plexy glass test the spray is not nowhere near as strong as the Power-clean version.I have a feeling thats why they have put thoese Jets in the back now.I am installing my Kdi-21 I was just wondering about these OLD ones cause I know some guys love them but not having that arm in the middle is a problem for me and I know some guys have them and I wanted there saying.The guy I get these from owns a VERY Old Maytag/K.a. shop that has been in town for 50years he calls me when something I might like comes in.When I asked him for a older model I told him from 1984 era but this one is 74 era I think.
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