Thread Number: 74636
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
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Post# 984458   2/26/2018 at 16:53 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984459 , Reply# 1   2/26/2018 at 16:57 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984467 , Reply# 2   2/26/2018 at 17:52 (2,249 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 984468 , Reply# 3   2/26/2018 at 17:55 (2,249 days old) by potatochips ( )   |   | |
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Ill be staying tuned, Eddie! |
Post# 984473 , Reply# 4   2/26/2018 at 18:05 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Racks are absolutely virgin. Not a speck of rust anywhere.
And the Wash arm Support... well nothing beats the shine of Pristine Bakelite. The Schmutz in sump... I think will give up. Very low use machine again from a person that could do dishes by hand better than a machine. At least this one was not used as a file cabinet or a storage compartment. Well, maybe I am happy about that. There is a little mildew on the racks. That's fine. Tomorrow will be the water test. Look at that Shiny Upper Wash Arm. Which I may change out as I have another Top Rack with the full size arm. |
Post# 984474 , Reply# 5   2/26/2018 at 18:11 (2,249 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL)   |   | |
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Is it coming down here with you to the sunshine state? It was 90 degrees here today! waiting on you, Buddy. |
Post# 984475 , Reply# 6   2/26/2018 at 18:15 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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I Always like to say this... but the underneath of the sump when clean is sexy.😲🤭 I’m old and single ( grin) |
Post# 984476 , Reply# 7   2/26/2018 at 18:19 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984478 , Reply# 8   2/26/2018 at 18:24 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984479 , Reply# 9   2/26/2018 at 18:24 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984494 , Reply# 11   2/26/2018 at 20:39 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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"You really want Patty because she has the constant rinse, right? "
EXACTLY. My Hot water for the kitchen is about 20' off the boiler. So Water in the Kitchen is about a serious 160 F all the time. And Yes, the Constant Rinse makes all the difference after the Spinner Died. That "Slit" on the Upper Wash Arm feed is Crap. When I bought my KDS-19 I thought I would have the Constant Rinse. I was so bummed out when the top of the tank was bare. That "Spritzer" makes a huge difference. I have a KDS-20. Great Machine... but I love that None Stop Motor through the whole cycle plus the 9 water changes. The KDS-20 is OK, but I hate that silence when it's filling. When the 15 series came out I was "Stoned" on the sound of that motor running through the complete cycle never missing a beat until Dry Time |
Post# 984504 , Reply# 12   2/26/2018 at 21:19 (2,249 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 984507 , Reply# 13   2/26/2018 at 21:31 (2,249 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 984510 , Reply# 14   2/26/2018 at 22:07 (2,249 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Great catch Eddie - Patricia is awesome! As long as the water entering the machine is real hot it will clean like a charm!
Best Of Luck with it Peter
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Post# 984556 , Reply# 16   2/27/2018 at 08:15 (2,249 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Aferim! This was the last dishwasher my Parents owned/used. I purchased it for them from a wonderful old housewares store on lower First Avenue called Bloom and Krup.
They had it in their house from 1978 (it replaced one of those primordial GE Front Loaders {which, I've since learned, was a rebadged classic Hotpoint that a lot of collectors on this site have sought. It was working when they moved in and I, of course, thought it was cool, but when they operated it the noise shook the entire house and my Mother wouldn't tolerate it.) all the way to 2002 without even a repair when we sold the house . It was a great machine (would have been near perfect if it heated the water but they kept the water heater set high).
Perfect variety of cycles, easy to load and did the job. I wanted to pull it out of the house before the sale but I balked because I remembered how hard it was to install. The pictures below are from their last year their. The old GE machine was actually 23 3/4" wide so we had to struggle to get the new standard width KA to fit into the space without breaking the radiator on the RH side of the machine and the old Formica counter above. Even though the new owners were bound to gut the kitchen as soon as they moved in everything had to be in "closing condition" when we emptied the house. Pity. |