Thread Number: 40239
Flooded Kitchen...!!! Anyone want this KDS 15! |
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Post# 595616 , Reply# 1   5/10/2012 at 22:18 (4,339 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 595632 , Reply# 2   5/10/2012 at 23:49 (4,339 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Sleep on it. Timers can be replaced or rebuilt and overflow switches are around. You loved that dishwasher when you put it in, don't let one setback drag you back to a four hour cycle-time with pee-stream wash action! The 15 is a "known" entity now, you know what it needs and can get it fixed right.
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Post# 595647 , Reply# 3   5/11/2012 at 00:55 (4,339 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 595660 , Reply# 4   5/11/2012 at 02:43 (4,339 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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If I had a dime for every customer who had said that they were going to rip the GD-ing thing out of the cabinet and hurl it down the road but still called me to come save it... LOL.
Seriously, there is no guarantee that a NEW one won't flood. It's a water handling machine. This stuff happens. An idea if I may. Remove said dishwasher and fix the floor. Add a drip tray (similar in idea to the ones for washers...) and drain the tray outside "Just in case...". I am actually starting to see this in some custom built homes. Repair your pride and joy (admit it, she still is...), reinstall and get back to business. Either way, good luck. RCD |
Post# 595687 , Reply# 6   5/11/2012 at 07:47 (4,338 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I would look for something like a KA 18-23, we have several KDS 22s and 23 around if anyone is interested. The MT RR machines to me are one of the most unforgiving machines to load as they have a HUGH cutout of wasted space in the lower rack, don't have a decent wash system for the upper rack and nothing in the way of really large pots an pans will fit in any where. The best vintage and best cleaning DWs ever are the KM Ultra-Wash and WP Porcelain tank machines built from 1984-1990, fast reliable best cleaning, great drying even on air-dry setting and largest USEABLE capacity of any DW in modern history. |
Post# 595696 , Reply# 7   5/11/2012 at 08:22 (4,338 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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OK... I'll give you the top rack on the 15 series was a bit cumbersome to load. The Maytags are good cleaning machines, and hold a lot. I never felt the lower rack wasted a lot of space, it's surprising what you could get in those machines but John is right, tall stockpots and super-sized bowls usually become handwash items.
The Whirlpool machines were great cleaners and held a lot but I would lean toward the Kenmore machines vs. the Whirlpool, that silverware rack in the door is a good way to store peas and noodles for the next day's stew (Whirlpool encouraged thrift in homemaking too!) and the flatware never seemed as spotless as it should be. |