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What goes on inside the KDS-15? |
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Post# 730450   1/25/2014 at 16:06 (3,743 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Well it's been a labor of love but she's ready to go. We all have our dream machines and this one is mine. It only took a few things:
After spending more than I had planned along with the help of many great folks on this site and Craigslist she's good to go. I have been thinking about putting her in as my Daily Driver but this model is just a hair taller than the newer ones and I think I would have to cut my tile overhang and I'm not sure yet that I want to do that. I am looking at my options.
Here is a photo ready to go and a short video of a Rinse and Hold Cycle.
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Post# 730455 , Reply# 1   1/25/2014 at 16:16 (3,743 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 730459 , Reply# 2   1/25/2014 at 16:20 (3,743 days old) by mitch (Atlanta)   |   | |
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A labor of love! |
Post# 730471 , Reply# 3   1/25/2014 at 16:35 (3,743 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Thank you for the video. I sometimes used to hold in the door switch to watch our 15 fill and enjoy the "dancing waters", but only for a few seconds. It is amazing how fast it drains when the valve opens. |
Post# 730498 , Reply# 4   1/25/2014 at 18:35 (3,742 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 730500 , Reply# 5   1/25/2014 at 18:38 (3,742 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 730505 , Reply# 6   1/25/2014 at 18:59 (3,742 days old) by rockland1 ()   |   | |
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Watching that video shows you why these machines worked so good. I wish Hobart would have stayed in residential machines. |
Post# 730633 , Reply# 7   1/26/2014 at 09:09 (3,742 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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"in residential machines." Yes, How true.
But I wonder how many whiney complaints they would have because their machines make too much noise ? We love our machines because they work and do the job in under an hour. But like most things in life, it's a choice and preference. Upstairs their is a Miele in residence. You can barely, almost cannot hear that machine until it drains into the waste Tee of the sink. But 2+ hours ??? I'd like to see my clean dishes before my next birthday. |
Post# 730636 , Reply# 8   1/26/2014 at 09:56 (3,742 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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That's a great video! Hurricane in a box.
How low is your counter overhang? If you roll the feet all the way up onto the base frame of the machine, can you slide it in under the counter and then raise the feet to proper height and level it while it's in place? The addition of a small strip of wood at the front on top of the dishwasher frame might get you enough clearance to keep the door away from the tile and still not be visible. Hope it works out for you, these are great machines. |
Post# 730684 , Reply# 9   1/26/2014 at 13:09 (3,742 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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My overhang is a little shy of 34 inches. My 20 and 21 fit fine but the 15 needs a little over 34 inches with the feet turned up all the way. I may just see if I can carefully slide it back without the feet at all because I think that will give me the clearance. If I get ambitious enough I'll pull out the 20 and see what I can do. I was able to get my 17 in and out and I think that might be the same height I have to measure. It's covered up in the garage at the moment.
I'm not in a huge hurry because I love the 20. I could install this one in my utility room next to the kitchen and get use out of it that way or I could roll it up to the sink and use it. I have been planning in the next year or so to do new counters and back splash. This may entice me to move that up on the list. AND if I do all that i will likely rip out a cabinet and make a place for a second dishwasher in the kitchen. I have been talking about doing that for years. I guess maybe I need to just put some money where my mouth is. |
Post# 731094 , Reply# 11   1/27/2014 at 20:42 (3,740 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 731131 , Reply# 12   1/27/2014 at 22:31 (3,740 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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During fill and flooded the kitchenLOL |
Post# 731160 , Reply# 13   1/28/2014 at 05:22 (3,740 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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I bought a new one from the guy on eBay who says he has hundred of timers for Vintage appliances. He had one for the 15. I don't know if he has others or not. I pasted a link to the auction. They are all $45. I was a little leery at first but thought I'd give it a shot. He was real nice. When I looked at the auction I saw the number (83810) of the timer and asked him to confirm that it was the right one. He said he didn't have a cross reference to say for sure but he was pretty sure.
I asked if he would send photos of what he had so I could see the terminals on each side. He did. He sent them to my phone. I confirmed it looked like the right one. He sent it right out. It didn't include the Rapid Advance Motor but that was an easy switch from the old one to the new one.
When mine flooded I was concerned that the fill protection didn't kick in and stop the fill but I'm not sure exactly how that thing works. I am also not sure how to test if mine is working or not now that the timer issue is resolved. Maybe I just need to throw in some water, start the machine and see if it stops filling before it floods. Does anyone know of any other way to test? I have a replacement switch for the fill protection device but I'm told it can be tricky to change out if the new one isn't installed exactly as the old one was. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chachp's LINK on eBay |
Post# 731239 , Reply# 15   1/28/2014 at 11:43 (3,740 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 731340 , Reply# 16   1/28/2014 at 19:11 (3,739 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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