Thread Number: 60748
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
KDC-14 Questions |
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Post# 833881 , Reply# 1   7/26/2015 at 10:18 (3,168 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 833907 , Reply# 3   7/26/2015 at 12:29 (3,167 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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The thing about which you will have to careful is the temperature limit of the water the pump can handle. Most condensate is much cooler than dishwasher drain water. |
Post# 834096 , Reply# 4   7/27/2015 at 18:43 (3,166 days old) by skulybros ()   |   | |
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I like both the ideas(condensate and a factory pump). Is there somewhere on this website to ask for parts? or someone specific to ask about the factory drain pump? |
Post# 834155 , Reply# 5   7/28/2015 at 07:20 (3,166 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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I did this with my KDC-14. I wired mine into the motor so it ran constantly, just like the original factory pump would have done, necessary for the overflow system of the machine. I simply connected the flange for the drain directly to the inlet of the pump with a direct-drive washer tub to pump corrugated hose and the overflow from the tank drain through the existing machine plumbing and now directly to the pump. The GE (clothes washer) pump added a nominal amount of "hum" to the overall noise of the machine while it was running, but it was fine.
My KDS-14P had the sump-tank on it but of course, it leaked so I pulled it off and pitched it. Unnecessary other than for protection of small items getting to and damaging the pump but the screen and strainer in the machine is still there and I've never had an incident. My 14 pump model never had a pressure switch of any kind, nor,IIRC, any wiring to indicate it might have been missing/removed. Was this an early or late addition? |