Power Clean Dishwasher

The PowerClean module is rather simple. As the water falls from the dishes with soil it will travel thru the course grate to keep out unwanted items like broken glass and large pieces of food. Then the water heads down under the module to the macerator where the it will pulverize the food particles and then the water is pulled thru a sizing plate into the impeller and thrown out horizontally to a wall circling the impeller. The idea is separate the food particles from the water. The particles go over the wall and the "cleaned water" returns to the wash system. On the top of the module there are vanes in the extraction area that channel the water to the center and out the outlet to the lower arm and thru the JetStream column and into the upper arm and then thru the upper rack tower into the deflector in the top on the tank. The newer machines with a filter just lets the water and food particles move thru and catches the food on the screen. The wash arm has 2 holes under it to keep the screen clean. Also instead of using a JetStream column they are using a pipe in the back to connect the middle arm and top shower.
The PowerClean Original didnt have a filter on top. They used whats called a "dead Zone" to collect the food. PowerClean 2 used the filter. Both designs do a great job washing and move alot of water thru the arms.
After the recirculation period was done the motor stops and reverses to pump the water out. The drain pump pulls on a plunger to open the dead zone to remove the food and flush it down the drain. Some newer ones have a check ball instead of the plunger.
It sounds complicated but its not.


Forum Topics & Rules Manuals & Literature	New users Click-here to sign-up

Post# 353492 5/30/2009 at 23:22 (5,437 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts)
Checkrate/Likes This Whirlpool is for sale near me....I'm wondering if I should take it? The model number is DP6000. CLICK HERE TO GO TO jakeseacrest's LINK on Providence Craigslist

Post# 353494 , Reply# 1 5/30/2009 at 23:26 (5,437 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes Oh yeah, run don't walk to go get it. The PowerClean was one of the beset cleaning systems every put on the market!!!

Post# 353499 , Reply# 2 5/30/2009 at 23:42 (5,437 days old) by a440 ()
Checkrate/Likes *I agree with Bob...* These are great cleaning machines.... I would talk him way down on the price though! Brent

Post# 353506 , Reply# 3 5/31/2009 at 02:10 (5,437 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)
Checkrate/Likes What's so good about these Whirly dw's ? Someone describe the mechanism to me

Post# 353513 , Reply# 4 5/31/2009 at 03:08 (5,437 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts)
Checkrate/Likes I was a little iffy on the price. I was gonna see if I could haggle him a little bit. The place advertised usually has older dishwashers for sale but this was the first one that looked pretty good.

Post# 353523 , Reply# 5 5/31/2009 at 08:09 (5,436 days old) by toggleswitch2 ()
Checkrate/Likes What's good? Awesome self-cleaning filter Quiet and vibration reducing technolgy. Clean very well- even if you use only W-R-R Very good logical and flexible racking. Non tall-tub; better for average height to tall people. If the interior is plastique (I think it is), it will last longer than the older porcelain verison. To be sure it is the Power-clean version check that the water recirclation intake at the bottom of the tub is round not rectangular/square whiich is the BOL non-filtered version. BEST OF LUCK!

Post# 353554 , Reply# 6 5/31/2009 at 10:42 (5,436 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)
Checkrate/Likes The PowerClean module is rather simple. As the water falls from the dishes with soil it will travel thru the course grate to keep out unwanted items like broken glass and large pieces of food. Then the water heads down under the module to the macerator where the it will pulverize the food particles and then the water is pulled thru a sizing plate into the impeller and thrown out horizontally to a wall circling the impeller. The idea is separate the food particles from the water. The particles go over the wall and the "cleaned water" returns to the wash system. On the top of the module there are vanes in the extraction area that channel the water to the center and out the outlet to the lower arm and thru the JetStream column and into the upper arm and then thru the upper rack tower into the deflector in the top on the tank. The newer machines with a filter just lets the water and food particles move thru and catches the food on the screen. The wash arm has 2 holes under it to keep the screen clean. Also instead of using a JetStream column they are using a pipe in the back to connect the middle arm and top shower. The PowerClean Original didnt have a filter on top. They used whats called a "dead Zone" to collect the food. PowerClean 2 used the filter. Both designs do a great job washing and move alot of water thru the arms. After the recirculation period was done the motor stops and reverses to pump the water out. The drain pump pulls on a plunger to open the dead zone to remove the food and flush it down the drain. Some newer ones have a check ball instead of the plunger. It sounds complicated but its not.

Post# 353633 , Reply# 7 5/31/2009 at 15:43 (5,436 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts)
Checkrate/Likes Whirlpool has the manual online and it's definately a power clean.

Post# 353668 , Reply# 8 5/31/2009 at 19:11 (5,436 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)
Checkrate/Likes *next best thing to a KD21 system* Now I may be partial here,(no real suprise!) but it is a variation on a theme on a design that Hobart had beginning with the 21 series. I will stand corrected, but I am nearly 100% sure Hobart had the idea of separating the soils into a holding chamber and then washed it down during the drain period by reversing the motor before anyone else brought anything like it to market. The major difference was the all metal drain impeller which acted like a miniature garbage disposer and ground up everything that got that far down into the water system. After the 21 system, I would take the Power Clean module system as my second choice for great cleaning systems. As a point of fact, after Whirlpool bought K/A, they introduced the power module into the K/A 23 series machines which were relatively short lived before the 24 series came out but still used the power module setup until the tall tubs came out with the horizontal pumps.

Post# 353687 , Reply# 11 5/31/2009 at 20:05 (5,436 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)
Checkrate/Likes thank's appnut, this machine I got when sears had a guarantee if I could put a cake inside and not have the machine get rid of it completely, the machine was free! do you know how many cakes I baked and frosted and stuck inside there?.........they all disappeared...dammit!!! but a great machine otherwise...this machine cleans everything the first time! but you already knew that... wonder why manufacturers don't give that kind of guarantee anymore?....even my calypso set came with a one year trial...if I didn't like it, full refund...but I did keep them, made sure they were KQ2's..no glitches...

Post# 353672 , Reply# 9 5/31/2009 at 19:24 (5,436 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)
Checkrate/Likes power clean...is that the same as the ultra wash by kenmore? I have the kenmore limited, and to me you can put anything in there and get great results...

Post# 353679 , Reply# 10 5/31/2009 at 19:46 (5,436 days old) by appnut (TX)
Checkrate/Likes *power clean...is that the same as the ultra wash by kenmore?* Yes it is, exactly!!

Post# 353760 , Reply# 12 5/31/2009 at 21:58 (5,436 days old) by kqkenmore (memphis tn)
Checkrate/Likes *price* I hope that you can get the price down as it seems kinda of high.If they are like the Kenmores they are the best I have had 2 of them one I thought that it was too old so I replaced it with a Kenmore tall tub and they are both the bomb they wash great and I do not wash may dishes before I wash the dishes and everything is spotless. Carl