Thread Number: 51959
Frigidaire Spin Tube Dishwasher Question |
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Post# 743673 , Reply# 1   3/20/2014 at 19:14 (3,688 days old) by volsboy1 (East Tenn Smoky mountains )   |   | |
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I could never get it to work right.I grew up with a Kenmore Roto-Rack dishwasher which was a powerful dishwasher and lasted a long time.My Aunt had the Spin tube and me being about 11 loaded like I would any dishwasher and it did not do well at all.My Aunt hated the machine she had to wash the dishes before putting them in there I do remember her telling me to turn the tube so the spray will hit the dishes.Now I know her machine was broke which is a common problem on those machines having that metal arm hanging there and forcing water through it plus all the abuse dishwashers get from loading them. |
Post# 743674 , Reply# 2   3/20/2014 at 19:16 (3,688 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore)   |   | |
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You could checkout post 51942 (titled- "two new dishwashers") by PhilR. One of those machines is a Frig spintube. You could get some ideas from other threads on that post or possibly contact some of those members by their emails for possible info. |
Post# 743717 , Reply# 3   3/20/2014 at 20:30 (3,688 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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I now own 3 of these machines. The 1962 Deluxe I currently use has no detergent dispenser and no constant rinse at the top but still does a decent job if you don't load it incorrectly. I haven't connected the 1963 Custom Imperial I got from Robert yet but this one has double wash with a detergent dispenser, a rinse agent dispenser and the constant-rinse at the top that was found on all 1963-64 models.
The finish of the porcelain, the sturdy racks and the unusual wash action still make these machines favorites of mine! |
Post# 743763 , Reply# 4   3/21/2014 at 00:07 (3,688 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Nate had a Dishmobile at one time with the detergent dispenser (double wash). He said loaded properly and 140 degree water, it did ok. My experience as a teenage and these things was abysmal cleaning. Limited glass capacity with suburban families. A whole street a few blocks over had all Frigidaire kitchens. When these things died from rust, they were mostly replaced with Kitchenaids or Maytags lol. And as Tomturbomatic has pointed out, if you had dishes with rims on them (kind of like pie plates (Mikasa), they didn't get washed well and were difficult to put in this machine.
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Post# 743940 , Reply# 6   3/21/2014 at 17:26 (3,687 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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The CI Dishmobile I had did a stellar job. I got clean pots and pans out of it all the time; I just followed the loading instructions conveniently glazed into the door liner's porcelain. :-)
When I first got it, I ran cooler water through it, and the difference was astounding. You need 140-degree water at the tap to make these machines sing. It's not a KitchenAid, but these are nowhere near as poor of performers as you'd think. You do have to get the hang of the loading, though, and I firmly agree that the Custom Imperial's covered dispenser plus double-wash, and the constant rinse on top, really helps. |
Post# 743952 , Reply# 7   3/21/2014 at 18:11 (3,687 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Yes, the two washes really helped with the pans and the constant rinse really helped keep food bits from being redeposited. The model I was using was a deluxe so it had no detergent dispenser. |
Post# 744015 , Reply# 8   3/21/2014 at 22:25 (3,687 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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