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Waste King will Make You a Queen in Your Kitchen |
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Post# 756414   5/11/2014 at 22:37 (3,608 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 756415 , Reply# 1   5/11/2014 at 22:37 (3,608 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 756417 , Reply# 2   5/11/2014 at 22:52 (3,608 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Even had the original manual inside.
Dry as a bone, the screen on the water valve was plugged tight and the hose washer was crumbling. Quick 2-tool fix and it ran through the Full Cycle (normal) wash perfectly. A neighbor had this same portable when I was growing up, but I never saw it running. I picked one up behind lowes once but it was rode hard and the tank seams were rusted through so I threw that one back. I'll give it a run for a while and report back later, with post-detailing pics. I have to admit I can already see some quirks that live up to the brand's "Machine of Ill Repute" moniker. The first thing I noticed was there is no way to cancel a cycle. The timer must run it's 60 minute sequence back to off before another cycle can be started. The indicator dial is just an indicator behind a plastic window, no touching-no turning. |
Post# 756419 , Reply# 3   5/11/2014 at 22:55 (3,608 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 756420 , Reply# 4   5/11/2014 at 22:57 (3,608 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 756423 , Reply# 6   5/11/2014 at 23:40 (3,608 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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Post# 756424 , Reply# 7   5/11/2014 at 23:42 (3,608 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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Love those big rectangular wash arms!! |
Post# 756433 , Reply# 8   5/12/2014 at 01:09 (3,608 days old) by washer111 ()   |   | |
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Absolutely LOVE those turquoise, thick racks!!! And the stainless interior really is GLEAMING for its age. Do you have soft water in your area, or was the machine un-used most of its life? |
Post# 756453 , Reply# 9   5/12/2014 at 05:33 (3,608 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I've seen mentioned here a time or two that little plastic besel can be removed and one can advance the timer. DON'T DO IT!!! We had some sort of issue with ours and my dad turned the timer around before he placed the plastic besel back on. He got the timer out of "sequence" and the start button had to be held in for an entire timer increment until it advanced. It also didn't drain on its own at the end of rinse & HOLD. A simple explanation. There's like 5-10 second portion of the timer mechanism with the intent the timer is turned off (for R&H) as well ass final rinse thermostatic water heat hold. When the timer motor is activated again after being "held" it's about 3-5 or so seconds before the timer advances to the next increment. (I think you understand what I{'m trying to say).
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Post# 756454 , Reply# 10   5/12/2014 at 05:36 (3,608 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 756477 , Reply# 11   5/12/2014 at 09:14 (3,608 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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is in your place?
Yeah, the inability to do a "Cancel-Drain" bothered me with my Waste-King, but in the 20 years + or more I watched my Mother use a dishwasher, I don't think she ever needed to stop a cycle once it had started. WK dealt with that a few years later. What's the story with the detergent dispenser? I've never seen one on a WK/Thermador like that one. |
Post# 756486 , Reply# 12   5/12/2014 at 10:11 (3,608 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 756500 , Reply# 13   5/12/2014 at 11:23 (3,608 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 756519 , Reply# 15   5/12/2014 at 13:03 (3,608 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Indeed. The biggest one will have you seeing spots before your eyes.
These machines earned their reputation as documented by Nate and experienced by us both, but to their credit, they dry more thoroughly than any other machine I've ever owned.
They're beautiful and I loved the look of mine, but it only added insult to injury when, after removing my earplugs, I found a load of dishes that often needed to be washed again by hand.
Loading was always a challenge, as WK's rack design aimed at maintaining order was tough to defeat, and in hindsight that was done for good reason -- these machines needed all the help they could get.
Pictured below for those who haven't seen it before is a bit of cramming I achieved that finally broke down the WK barrier against amassing a BobLoad. It can be done but they don't make it easy for you, particularly with that tower coming up through the middle.
Greg, I'm sure you'll be captivated by your machine just like Nate and I were and you'll forgive its quirks and shortcomings for a while, but it would behoove you to keep your daily driver on deck. |
Post# 756566 , Reply# 17   5/12/2014 at 17:05 (3,608 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Fun Find Greg, It does not hurt the timer if you advance manually, the service manual tells you that it can be advanced manually if you unlatch the door first to kill the power. We had several customers that left the silly plastic cover off so they could skip the heated dry cycle on models that did not have the energy saver dry option, and I am sure I manually advanced a few dozen of these when servicing them with no ill effect.
The best thing about your new DW is that it is a portable, so not only will you not waste time installing it but it will also be easy to push aside when you find out that it is not that great of a DW. |
Post# 756732 , Reply# 20   5/13/2014 at 12:13 (3,607 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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So is this what we have to do to get Big Al on the boards--find a Waste King "Supreme" ? I'm on the hunt!
Greg, the next time you have a fun filled family weekend, I hope you carve a nice roast of ham, turkey, lamb, beef, pork, or kielbasa on that first-class carving board. It's huge and unused.
Al, I love the big squared-off arms, too.
Beautiful pix, Guys, and what a shock for me to see Stainless Steel in a 72. Honestly though it was one of "them new fangled thangs," available only lately, as far as interiors go. This post was last edited 05/13/2014 at 12:32 |
Post# 757171 , Reply# 21   5/15/2014 at 13:50 (3,605 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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"The best thing about your new DW is that it is a portable, so not only will you not waste time installing it but it will also be easy to push aside when you find out that it is not that great of a DW. "
Best. Line. Ever. :-) My beef with ours wasn't the performance per se, and it sure wasn't with the handsome looks, which this shares. It was with the absolutely so-so wash performance on the regular cycle, which was non-steam (we had the Thermador version with steam generator). It wasn't bad. It wasn't great, either. It was meh. If you ran even the shortest of the steam cycles, the performance was SPECTACULAR. I just didn't get why it couldn't handle run-of-the-mill loads that didn't need steam. The top rack was awesome in that you could pull all the loops and dividers, and use it as one big, flat basket if you wanted to--which was ultra-helpful for baking loads. But the bottom rack was regimented beyond belief, and Ralph's cries of desperation were deftly illustrated by the picture of bowls climbing up over other items just to get them in there. The tines are so closely spaced, with the curlicues at the top, that you don't have much in the way of freedom. Lord help you if you crammed something odd-sized and tall in the bottom rack, and forced the rack back in, lest the top arm and conduit snap off from the bottom. I'll be eager to hear how this one does--it may be a great performer if it does not share our Thermador's cycle sequence that paused briefly during the steam segment if it wasn't selected, and thus allowed the water to do nothing and cool for a few minutes. I think that had a lot to do with its mediocrity. |