Thread Number: 67033
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
A Two Speed Dishwasher? An Imperial 90! |
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Post# 897330   9/5/2016 at 20:39 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897331 , Reply# 1   9/5/2016 at 20:40 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897332 , Reply# 2   9/5/2016 at 20:40 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897333 , Reply# 3   9/5/2016 at 20:41 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897334 , Reply# 4   9/5/2016 at 20:41 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897335 , Reply# 5   9/5/2016 at 20:43 (2,761 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 897336 , Reply# 6   9/5/2016 at 20:49 (2,761 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 897337 , Reply# 7   9/5/2016 at 20:59 (2,761 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 897340 , Reply# 8   9/5/2016 at 21:09 (2,761 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 897342 , Reply# 9   9/5/2016 at 21:26 (2,761 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 897343 , Reply# 10   9/5/2016 at 21:28 (2,761 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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Post# 897348 , Reply# 11   9/5/2016 at 22:05 (2,761 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 897352 , Reply# 12   9/5/2016 at 22:14 (2,761 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 897353 , Reply# 13   9/5/2016 at 22:16 (2,761 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 897365 , Reply# 14   9/6/2016 at 00:33 (2,761 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)   |   | |
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Congrats on finding this! It looks really sharp in white! Enjoy! |
Post# 897370 , Reply# 16   9/6/2016 at 01:16 (2,761 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 897375 , Reply# 17   9/6/2016 at 02:03 (2,761 days old) by toploadloyalist (San Luis Obispo, CA)   |   | |
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Do both Gentle Wash (cycle C) and China Crystal (cycle E) have low-pressure water spray? |
Post# 897376 , Reply# 18   9/6/2016 at 02:09 (2,761 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Great Machine.
Had a Mark 100 growing up. Yes, the second speed is a partial fill for the China and Gentle wash. That Whirlpool will definitely scrub the rust off a trailer hitch !!! I think that is the year just prior to the Silverware Basket going in the door. The Super Wash will without a doubt clean a Crusty Casserole. And the Short Wash can be used as a Daily Load Cycle. I'm pretty sure the Short Wash is R-W-R-R-D. I would suggest Cascade Powder in that Baby... Congrats on a Great Find. |
Post# 897403 , Reply# 19   9/6/2016 at 07:00 (2,760 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 897412 , Reply# 20   9/6/2016 at 08:06 (2,760 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 897421 , Reply# 21   9/6/2016 at 09:36 (2,760 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Thanks everyone. The "low speed" seems to be driven by an electrically energized aerator valve. I'm not exactly how that works, nor will I have much reason to ever use it.
I used a couple of cans of white Appliance Epoxy spray paint on the panels, avocado does not go in my kitchen lol. The machine didn't come with it's manual and I don't have much documentation on this machine, but there is the 1968 model brochures in the Ephemera Library. The Lady Kenmore dishwasher is still installed across the way, it's an excellent and fun machine. That wont be going anywhere anytime soon. Louis I used my iPhone 6 Plus to take those photos. |
Post# 897424 , Reply# 22   9/6/2016 at 09:54 (2,760 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 897451 , Reply# 23   9/6/2016 at 12:05 (2,760 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 897499 , Reply# 24   9/6/2016 at 17:27 (2,760 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 897523 , Reply# 25   9/6/2016 at 18:24 (2,760 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 897527 , Reply# 26   9/6/2016 at 19:15 (2,760 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Nice find Robert, we have the exact machine in the DW wall at the Museum, I wish I knew that you wanted a white version of this DW I would have liked to trade front panels to get rid of our white panels for a nice set of shaded colored panels.
I found our DW brand new never used at a house that was being cleaned out, it still had all the samples inside etc.
The low speed gentile wash had a solenoid valve that allowed air to enter the main pump housing causing the washer to aerate and thus greatly reducing the water pressure. On our SAU500 1975 WP DW my Mom could wash plastic cups in the top rack without flipping them over, so it probably worked very well with light weight glass ware.
Overall these were great performing DWs, they were completely designed and built by Whirlpool, unfortunately durability of several major parts were not that great and partly because they would wash the chrome off a trailer hitch they also tended to destroy them selves more quickly compared to DWs like a KA witch did not even have a water heating element. |
Post# 897531 , Reply# 27   9/6/2016 at 19:58 (2,760 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 897559 , Reply# 28   9/6/2016 at 23:30 (2,760 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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love the control panel and the butcher block top! and the blue interior looks so nice with those white racks! your paint job is beautiful but I always have been a sucker for avocado! it was always my favorite of the 60-70's colors. I remember I even put in an avocado double sink for my aunt and uncle when I remodeled their kitchen in 1972 as a teen.
all in all that is one fine looking machine you found there! enjoy! |
Post# 898345 , Reply# 32   9/12/2016 at 04:53 (2,754 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 898627 , Reply# 33   9/13/2016 at 18:07 (2,753 days old) by dishwasherfan (Phoenix, AZ)   |   | |
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Post# 1083008 , Reply# 34   7/29/2020 at 21:39 (1,338 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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Robert, I have never seen a dishwasher like this before! It would be interesting to see and hear one in action on youtube. |