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Thread Number: 61415
/ Tag: Modern Dishwashers
Opinions please on these WP and Kenmore DW |
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| Post# 840731 9/11/2015 at 11:55 (3,142 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
All things considered with new dish washers Im thinking of first trying a used one for the folks as it would see limited use.
Here are two Im considering. Are they pretty much comparable? Im assuming the Kenmore is WP built? If I had any preference it would be towards the WP because of the mechanical timer. | ||
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Post# 840777 , Reply# 1 9/11/2015 at 18:51 (3,142 days old) by appnut  (TX) |
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Post# 840778 , Reply# 2 9/11/2015 at 18:55 (3,142 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Ywo Of The Best DWs Ever | ||
| Post# 840781 , Reply# 3 9/11/2015 at 19:27 (3,142 days old) by Dustin92 (Jackson, MI) | ||
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I Have to lean toward the Kenmore, even though it has electronic controls, because it has more cycle options and lacks that awful tower in the lower rack... Loading should be much more flexible with the open lower rack. | ||
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Post# 841030 , Reply# 6 9/13/2015 at 15:24 (3,140 days old) by imperial70 (MA USA) |
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I've had nothing but excellent results with the Powerclean design dishwashers. The latest one is almost 20 years old. | ||
| Post# 841298 , Reply# 7 9/15/2015 at 12:11 (3,138 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
These are great | ||
| Post# 841417 , Reply# 9 9/16/2015 at 04:05 (3,138 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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the clean light should come on once the dishwasher has run thru a complete cycle. Once you opened the DW the clean light would go off. | ||
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Post# 841427 , Reply# 10 9/16/2015 at 06:37 (3,138 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Clean Light Operation [ on WP built DWs ] On models with a mechanical timer the light is turned on by the timer at the end of the cycle, it will go off when you unlatch the door but will come back on if you latch the door again, to turn it off if you want to leave the door latched you must click the timer ahead one click.
Electronic control DWs the clean light will cancel out when you open the door the first time after a complete cycle. | ||
| Post# 841435 , Reply# 11 9/16/2015 at 08:47 (3,137 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
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Thanks for the information guys. I happened to find an older Whirlpool made Kenmore (not Ultrawash) close to home and got it two days ago. The seller said it came out of his mothers house. And he thought it was about four years old and it wasn't used that much. I didn't think it could be that new as it has a mechanical timer and actual buttons on the left for wash selection. I was surprised to see it didn't have an upper wash arm. Just a lower arm with the pop up tower. But for $60.00 I thought Id give it a try. After I got it home and was able to inspect it better it doesn't look to me the racks, especially the upper, have the capacity (height) our GE does. The numbers are model 6651744993, serial FF4503985. If I understand correctly the serial # would indicate a build date of 45th week of 1996. The seller stated if I had any trouble he would take it back. I contacted him with the age and told him I really wasn't looking for something that old. He said I could bring it back but it couldn't be that old.
Having never had a Whirlpool or Kenmore dishwasher I have no experience as to capacity compared to older GE's. I got looking more closely at the picture I posted above of the WP and see that its almost identical to the Kenmore I got except it has the extra wash arms. Can I expect the WP to not have the capacity our GE does? | ||
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