Thread Number: 62638
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
year built of GE Mobile Maid dishwasher model S414FW1181 |
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Post# 852047 , Reply# 1   11/16/2015 at 17:36 (3,055 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Your dishwasher looks like it was built in Canada (in my hometown of Montreal probably!) and that being the case, the date codes in the model and serial numbers you have found will not apply. I have very little literature on the Canadian-built GE dishwashers, too. BUT based on it's resemblance to this one of mine, I'd guess it's a 1970 or 1971 model!
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Post# 852053 , Reply# 2   11/16/2015 at 18:04 (3,055 days old) by zzroomie ()   |   | |
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Yes you are right--it does say built in Montreal Quebec! Go figure us unruly Canadians not following GE guidelines! Mine does look similar to yours. Thanks for solving my confusion! |
Post# 852054 , Reply# 3   11/16/2015 at 18:06 (3,055 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 852063 , Reply# 4   11/16/2015 at 19:04 (3,055 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 852068 , Reply# 5   11/16/2015 at 19:31 (3,055 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 852073 , Reply# 6   11/16/2015 at 19:40 (3,055 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 852163 , Reply# 7   11/17/2015 at 03:19 (3,055 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Love it Ken. Just Love it.
That's practically the same wash arm if not the same that Hotpoints used.
I never liked when the manufactures started using the round holes instead of the "thought out" shaped nozzles.
Visually to me, it just looks like a "Cheap-Let's cut some corners" design. Yeah, they work but it looks to me like they took a well thought out idea and just cheapened it. And then there is that noisy whining motor. |
Post# 852188 , Reply# 8   11/17/2015 at 07:50 (3,054 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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That beautiful coppertone GE portable was one of many things I tried to steal from Paul last week. Would have gotten away with it if Paul and Phil weren't such &^$@!! early-risers.
I don't know about Hotpoints made after 1970, but in my experience, the Hotpoint Front-Loading dishwashers were always better in quality and performance than the GE FL's. Seems that the Hotpoint Top Loaders were always GE clones. As they got closer to being assimilated by GE the Taylor Avenue design Hotpoint lost their distinctiveness, but they always seemed ahead of GE up until then. Quality was another issue: the ones I knew didn't last for very long but the families we knew that had them were happy with them. They were easy to load and unload, reasonably quiet for their time and had useful cycles and features. This post was last edited 11/17/2015 at 08:25 |