Thread Number: 47960
My "new" daily driver DW coming soon |
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Post# 695648   8/10/2013 at 16:57 (3,882 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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I will be picking up an early 2000's WP Gold DW. It is one of the last PC machines before the tall tubs came out. I will be using it to replace a POS Hotpoint in Katie and my home that she put in before I knew her.
This came to be after the HP almost burned us out of our home 2 nights ago. I started the DW @ 2130 Thursday and went to bed, @ 0300 Friday I woke up and could hear it still running! That PIECE OF SHIT was stuck in the HEATING PHASE of the main wash. The room was getting warm and the countertop above the machine was hot. When I temped the machine with my digital thermometer it read 90-92C. I manually advanced the timer and it proceeded through it's rinses and shut off. That piece of cheap garbage could have killed us both in a fire.
I knew GE built DWs had a history of burning up, but not from a jammed timer and faulty hi-limit at the same time. This clunker is going to the recycle bin and I'm putting in a REAL DW. Pics and vid to follow. WK78 and SFK |
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Post# 695712 , Reply# 1   8/10/2013 at 19:30 (3,882 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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Here is a link to the machine WK78 CLICK HERE TO GO TO whirlykenmore78's LINK on Minneapolis Craigslist |
Post# 695714 , Reply# 2   8/10/2013 at 19:36 (3,882 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 695727 , Reply# 3   8/10/2013 at 20:32 (3,882 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 695735 , Reply# 5   8/10/2013 at 21:00 (3,882 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 695767 , Reply# 6   8/10/2013 at 23:47 (3,882 days old) by retropia ()   |   | |
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That Whirlpool looks like a nice machine. How are the racks? |
Post# 695833 , Reply# 7   8/11/2013 at 12:05 (3,882 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida)   |   | |
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With the silverware basket in the door just make sure you load plates in the front. I used to load my dinner plates from side to side in the front so the basket gets plenty of water from the bottom arm. The middle does help wash downward. If you have a double sink I used to stand the basket up in one of the sink bowls diagonally from corner to corner, makes it so much easier to load. If you can take the covers off the basket it will hold more. Just remember to mix your silverware and you should get fantastic results. For a good, well performing dishwasher...this one can't be beat in this price range.
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