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Thread Number: 19430
Vintage Kenwood Dishmaster in uk |
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Post# 312720 11/2/2008 at 12:17 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050  (Durham Britain) |
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Some of you may remember a few weeks ago a lady contacted this website offering a Kenwood Dishmaster for sale, i have bought it and it arrived this week. I have had chance to play with it so here are some photos etc This photo shows that the front comes off because it has to be plumbed directly to the mains and drain, no flexible pipes would be used, the drain is a mechanical pop up type a little bit like a bathroom sink sort, by turning the dial the drain closes a mechanical timer is started which opens a valve which pushes cold water into a mini hot water tank which has been pre heating the water and then into the wash tub, the switch is a simple switch and not automatic the machine would fill even without electricity. Wash times are controlled by the user and rinses are optional as all you would do is re set it and start again. I wish it had been the later model as this was automatic, but beggars cannot be choosers and this is the first dishwasher of this era i have seen on ebay in 8 years. 
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Post# 312721 , Reply# 1 11/2/2008 at 12:20 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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the impellor | ||
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Post# 312722 , Reply# 2 11/2/2008 at 12:22 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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the pop up drain | ||
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Post# 312723 , Reply# 3 11/2/2008 at 12:23 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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lower racks | ||
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Post# 312724 , Reply# 4 11/2/2008 at 12:23 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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upper rack | ||
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Post# 312725 , Reply# 5 11/2/2008 at 12:29 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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inside shot
here you can see the tank on the left with an immersion heater style element which is set at 180 f and this has separate electric connection as its 3kw and could be left on all day (for only a few pennies ) according to which but that was before anyone heard of co2 emissions, mind you it does not use much water! A second heater without thermostat sits around the impeller which is on continuously with the motor to keep up the temperature this is hot enough to boost my kitchen tap water i tried tonight as the immersion heater tank needs new hoses. 
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Post# 312730 , Reply# 6 11/2/2008 at 12:58 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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see it wash!
I used cling film ( all i had at time )to view the wash , with some liquid finish the pressure was lower due to slight foaming. You may see some dishes get pounded and some miss out not sure if this is due to the damaged impeller. The video quality is poor on you tube but looked better on my pc sorry dont know why CLICK HERE TO GO TO ricky5050's LINK | ||
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Post# 312750 , Reply# 7 11/2/2008 at 14:19 (5,647 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Kenwood Dishmaster!!! 
Hey Ricky, congrats on getting the diswasher,we know you have been awaiting this model for a long time!!! love seeing that power surge of water, interesting about the drain valve, would it have been sealed into the ground or just in an open drain ?? Heres hoping for a spare impellar, otherwise a machine fabrication shop could be an answer, looks like a mini boat impellar!! Enjoy, Mike | ||
| Post# 312758 , Reply# 8 11/2/2008 at 15:07 (5,647 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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Post# 312759 , Reply# 9 11/2/2008 at 15:12 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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more wash vids
here is a wash vid with upper basket removed to see full effect on lower rack , again sorry for poor vid quality
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Post# 312762 , Reply# 10 11/2/2008 at 15:25 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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full frontal
here is shot with it running as normal to show noise levels thanks for comments Richard CLICK HERE TO GO TO ricky5050's LINK | ||
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Post# 312766 , Reply# 11 11/2/2008 at 15:31 (5,647 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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drain | ||
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Post# 313126 , Reply# 13 11/4/2008 at 17:41 (5,645 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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its a biggie
Hi Simon its quite a beast standing taller than normal dws about the same height as top of work tops and heavy! draining would probably work as if i can get modern plastic u bend etc to fit ( think it may be a older size) or connect an electric pump from mod fl'der. The washing was very fierce in the bottom on some plates rather like rolling waves but it seemed to miss others, the worst was the top rack some got the spray some did not and it was not due to being blocked ( the pan in the photo was not in the wash attempts) i will try a proper "which" wash test by making a variety of gunge on plates cups etc, i have ordered new rubber for the lid and got a new set of hoses and bike cable to try out the immersion heater and pop up drain valve. and hope fully better videos as i have a perspex sheet to try as a wash window!
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