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Thread Number: 57538
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Kitchen Aid question. |
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| Post# 799232 12/15/2014 at 15:11 (3,412 days old) by rpms (ontario canada) | ||
I have a chance of buying this dishwasher for $20.00. How good a dishwasher is it and what cycles would be on it? The owner says she rarely used it.
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Post# 799239 , Reply# 1 12/15/2014 at 15:39 (3,412 days old) by rp2813  (Sannazay) |
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 Looks like a 17, 18 or 19 series Custom model. I'm leaning toward 17 or 18 because that third button might be a selector for heat/no heat drying. The other two buttons are likely for Normal & Pots/Pans options.
I'm not sure if I see an upper wash arm or not. If it doesn't have one, then it can't be newer than a KDC17.
For wash action, this would be as good as any other KitchenAid model from the same series.
Well worth $20, particularly since it's a low mileage machine. | ||
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Post# 799241 , Reply# 2 12/15/2014 at 15:43 (3,412 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I have this machine... It works great. Does a good job on the dishes as long as the water coming in is Hot. Mine is around 140. This machine does not have a heating element to heat the water.
Mine has a Full Cycle Button, a Rinse and Hold button and a Soak Cycle. Yours is a little blurry but I think is the same as mine.
I like that it's powerful and fast. | ||
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Post# 799243 , Reply# 3 12/15/2014 at 15:46 (3,412 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Agree - Definitely worth the $20!! | ||
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Post# 799245 , Reply# 4 12/15/2014 at 16:03 (3,412 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Appears it's a KDI-17 (Imperial). Soak Cycle, Full Cycle, Rinse/Hold. Does not have no-heat dry but the dry period can be manually skipped if desired. All cycles begin with a 1-minute half fill and drain to purge the hot water line. Full Cycle is purge, prewash (or prerinse if no detergent is used in the cup), rinse, main wash, two rinses, dry. Soak cycle pauses for 13 mins (by way of an auxiliary delay circuit that pulses the timer motor) during the prewash phase, then continues on with the same sequence as Full. Rinse/Hold is the purge, fill, a minute of spray in the prewash phase, two mins pause (where the soak would otherwise occur), drain, and the timer advances in real time to Off with no further washing/rinsing action. A shortened (full) cycle can be run by manually advancing the timer to skip the prewash and/or prewash and prerinse but there are no index markings on the panel so one has to figure out the cycle sequence and increments. I added tape marks on the panel to our unit back in the day. KDI-17a would have no-heat dry, with addition of another (brown) button. | ||
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Post# 799276 , Reply# 5 12/15/2014 at 18:14 (3,412 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 800014 , Reply# 7 12/21/2014 at 06:25 (3,406 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Did you buy it? | ||
| Post# 800026 , Reply# 8 12/21/2014 at 08:06 (3,406 days old) by rpms (ontario canada) | ||
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Unfortunately,no. The seller was ready to arrange pick up the moment I emailed her.
When I asked her a few questions, she said the dishwasher didn't work. I asked if I could still buy it? She said she would think about it. That was the last I heard from her. No big deal. I am not sure how I would have got it home anyway. The seller was 2 hours away and I would have had to get a van or truck. Question, can a normal size person lift a vintage Kitchen Aid by themselves? | ||
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Post# 800034 , Reply# 9 12/21/2014 at 08:49 (3,406 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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I couldn't. | ||
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Post# 800046 , Reply# 11 12/21/2014 at 09:30 (3,406 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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