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Thread Number: 34065
Does this mean all wash towers are bad? |
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Post# 511651 4/15/2011 at 13:27 (4,905 days old) by PeterH770  (Marietta, GA) |
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Post# 511659 , Reply# 1 4/15/2011 at 14:07 (4,905 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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GE!
I think this is the worst design GE dishwasher they ever made. Their is so much space taken up that easy loading would be almost impossible. Why didnt they just go back to the potscrubber2 design? And I think the Whirlpool is a thousand times better in capacity and loading conveince as well as cleaning!
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Post# 511685 , Reply# 2 4/15/2011 at 17:50 (4,904 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 It looks like the supply of water is more than the arm can handle, I would imagine very little pressure gets through to the upper reaches of any taller items in the upper rack. Wonder if this is a "me wash you long time" dishwasher, that would be the only way things will get clean. Splash water around for three hours and soak the dishes clean - electrically!
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| Post# 511710 , Reply# 3 4/15/2011 at 20:35 (4,904 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 511724 , Reply# 5 4/15/2011 at 22:12 (4,904 days old) by A440 () | ||
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When I look at it again it looks like a dead roach! LOL! I guess a roach is better than a turd...
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| Post# 511728 , Reply# 6 4/15/2011 at 23:01 (4,904 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee) | ||
My first $199 WP dishwasher was super basic and lasted 7 years before the pump started leaking. I had no idea of how it worked until one day i opened the door and the middle thing was stuck n the "erect" position...totally flipped me out...like a monster had invaded my dishwasher. Lol
I hated the center cone design as i could never wash anything really large, like a Crock pot insert, etc. | ||
| Post# 511747 , Reply# 8 4/16/2011 at 02:14 (4,904 days old) by dj-gabriele () | ||
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That looks like a very inconvenient design! Even on my aunt old dishwasher, where the upper spray arm is fed via a Venturi tube, it comes from the ceiling of the machine and not from the bottom! So you don't waste any space. | ||
| Post# 511764 , Reply# 10 4/16/2011 at 11:00 (4,904 days old) by mixfinder () | ||
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Give and Take More to consider. I'll let the God of things vintage and valuable make the decision. If nothing else has shown up and there's still an empty trunk I'll load er up. | ||
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Post# 511767 , Reply# 11 4/16/2011 at 11:05 (4,904 days old) by JoeEkaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Post# 511785 , Reply# 13 4/16/2011 at 12:50 (4,904 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Kelly---You are correct that later model Frigidaire dishwashers adopted the Euro-feature of alternating rack washing. Mine did a great job on dishes/glasses/flatware, but needed a little pre-scrub help with really grimy pots/pans. The nice thing about that feature is you often get an Upper or Lower-rack only wash option for half-loads. And it allows the manufacturer to use less water per fill, since it doesn't have to feed both wash arms at the same time.
My current machine, an LG, also alternates between upper and lower racks, but it's so quiet I don't notice the alternation. It was very obvious with my Frigidaire. | ||
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Post# 511849 , Reply# 14 4/16/2011 at 20:21 (4,903 days old) by CleanteamofNY ((Monroe, New York) |
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 This is why I got hot that my pots and pans did not come clean on the top rack like with older dishwashers made in the 80's and late 90's! A true dishwasher should be able to clean on both racks no matter what, but as you know, we like our dishwasher to be so quiet that dishes comes out shytie (somewhat) clean....... | ||
| Post# 511911 , Reply# 15 4/17/2011 at 08:33 (4,903 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota) | ||
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The only DW I liked with the tower was the Maytag Jet Tower. | ||
| Post# 511937 , Reply# 16 4/17/2011 at 11:48 (4,903 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
Wash Tower
I never understood how an upper wash arm could deliver a reasonable wash unless it was fed from a hard pipe or hose, as opposed to simply squirting a jet of water into the inlet. I used to have a WP model with the plastic lower wash arm (with two square jets and three round jets on each side of the arm) and a center two-jet tower. It actually did a great job.
About a year or so ago I replaced it with the last of the short tub WP with the full upper wash arm, (fully piped/hosed, no center jet/tower). It works well, but not as much better as I expected, (much quieter though). Anyway, one day looking at the lower wash arm, I realized that the two closest-to-center jets are quite far apart, though one is angled inward. Curious, I did a test with a tall glass loaded in the center of the lower rack and sure enough, not wash action. 
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| Post# 511938 , Reply# 17 4/17/2011 at 11:49 (4,903 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
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Wash Tower - 2nd pic | ||
| Post# 511940 , Reply# 18 4/17/2011 at 11:51 (4,903 days old) by llmaytag (Southern California) | ||
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Wash Tower - 3rd pic | ||
| Post# 513367 , Reply# 19 4/24/2011 at 07:32 (4,896 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Just have to Ask... | ||
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Post# 513445 , Reply# 20 4/24/2011 at 16:57 (4,895 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 515386 , Reply# 22 5/3/2011 at 07:12 (4,887 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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just a thought | ||
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