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Post# 639777   11/17/2012 at 18:50 (4,149 days old) by xpanam (Palm Springs California )   |   | |
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Post# 639784 , Reply# 1   11/17/2012 at 19:15 (4,149 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 639824 , Reply# 2   11/17/2012 at 21:16 (4,149 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 639839 , Reply# 3   11/17/2012 at 22:00 (4,149 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 639847 , Reply# 4   11/17/2012 at 22:34 (4,149 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 639854 , Reply# 5   11/17/2012 at 22:52 (4,149 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Take me home. I got lots of buttons and a dial that is easily manipulated. I wash like crazy and hold bulky and odd things very well.!!! Pots & Pans cycle with 3 detergent washes. What more can you ask for Nate!!!??? Dishwasher variety is the spice of life Nate!!! Racking variations. No need to get bored!!! I survived the Joplin tornado!!!
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Post# 639871 , Reply# 6   11/18/2012 at 05:22 (4,148 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 640426 , Reply# 7   11/20/2012 at 09:42 (4,146 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 640438 , Reply# 8   11/20/2012 at 10:48 (4,146 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 640492 , Reply# 9   11/20/2012 at 15:24 (4,146 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 640493 , Reply# 10   11/20/2012 at 15:32 (4,146 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 640494 , Reply# 11   11/20/2012 at 15:34 (4,146 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 640519 , Reply# 12   11/20/2012 at 17:31 (4,146 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 640535 , Reply# 13   11/20/2012 at 19:23 (4,146 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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On the earlier versions of this DW when it was pure Westinghouse this was where air drawn out of the tank and into the Big blower wheel that cooled the main motor, this acted as a lame version of forced air drying, of coerce it required them to run a 6 amp motor all the way through the dry cycle. I do not think that this DW still did this, but they were recycling as many parts as possible at this point in WCIs history. This DW on my 1to 10 scale of great DWs ever built would merit a solid 1.5. |
Post# 640632 , Reply# 14   11/21/2012 at 09:47 (4,145 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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I remember being so relieved that my MW machine didn't have that "feature." What a turd of an idea.
Mine was mostly identical to this, only portable and from around '81, so it still had the old "blue bar" logo for Montgomery Ward. No tilting racks and no mystery pod for faux forced-air drying. One odd feature was the "Econo Wash," which according to the docs I have that came with the machine, dispensed detergent twice during a long wash segment, but didn't drain. I thought that was a strange idea, and probably not too great for your dishes. The machine performed really well, actually. I had to fix a few things to get it going, but nothing major. The flatware basket location made for great washability there, as Bob pointed out. The top rack's tine ribs were spaced too far apart, and all your drinking glasses fell over when you pulled the rack out, unless you packed everything in there so that it had absolutely nowhere to go. The wash-arm, as GE-kindred as it looks, has goats-eye holes like a Whirlpool, not big open holes like a GE or D&M. The build quality was absolutely atrocious. D&M actually looked pretty good by comparison. On John's Dishwasher Performance Metric, if this was a solid 1.5, I'd give a turbine-pump GE without the back-wall filter a 0.8 by comparison. :-) |