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Thread Number: 28938
D&M Dishwashers |
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| Post# 441088 , Reply# 1 6/11/2010 at 22:04 (5,067 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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Post# 441100 , Reply# 2 6/11/2010 at 23:05 (5,067 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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D&M
WCI / Electrolux did buy D&M in the 90's. I like the earlier D&M designs in the 60's and earlier 70's dishwasher styles. Than in the later 70's they changed the internals and added a tower wash arm and put the big wash arm on the top of the units. Most of the companies that utilized D&M design dishwashers used this design except for modern maid and kenmore. They stuck with the arm under each rach with no tower and Kenmore in my openion always had the best D&M designs. The quality of all D&M units was down in later years before Electrolux took over. I would like to see brochures if anyone has ones to post of these great machines. After Electrolux took over D&M they came out with the first tall tub dishwasher in America. I thought it was a interesting design and easy to load. But the quality wasn't their in these units. I think these Frigidaire units have improved in quality but are still considered low grade compared to other units.
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Post# 441104 , Reply# 4 6/11/2010 at 23:25 (5,067 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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D&M background Please refer to thread #26662 in the archives. | ||
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Post# 441265 , Reply# 6 6/13/2010 at 08:34 (5,066 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Ties to Philco? | ||
| Post# 441336 , Reply# 7 6/13/2010 at 16:57 (5,065 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati) | ||
i love the old D&M dishwashers,
especially the sears kenmores with the roto racks. i spent many an hour with the sears roebuck catalog, looking at the dishwashers with the same fascination that most teenage boys would find in other parts of the catalog!!!!
i remember the 240 volt models that boasted a 180 degree sani rinse! and those big button control panels and lighted controls! and i will never forget how sears described their washing ability!!!!!!! TORRENTS OF WATER ENGULF EACH RACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 43 years later i still remember that one!!! i have 4 D&M machines now, 2 kenmores, one a top loader roto rack and one front loader. a kelvinator made by D&M with the square top rack and a modern maid impeller machine. they are definately a trip down memory lane! i found the recent D&M post on the history of the co. very interesting!! | ||
| Post# 441361 , Reply# 8 6/13/2010 at 19:45 (5,065 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR) | ||
Don't know about now...
...but my 2002 Kenmore 18 inch portable is still a D & M design....makes the same sounds as my aunt's roto-rack Kenmore, my grandmother's 1970's Kenmore, and my old D&M Kenmore from the mid 80's.
They were a good machine....my aunt had hers from the late 60's until her death in 1998, my grandmother's is running at a friend's house, and my old one is at my grandmother's house. My 2002 has run two loads a day for the last eight years with no repairs. | ||
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