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Post# 1052055   11/23/2019 at 08:10 (1,587 days old) by Bobbi (Pennsylvania)        

GE matching turquoise appliance set. This is on my local FB marketplace:https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/971404529907633/

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Post# 1052068 , Reply# 1   11/23/2019 at 09:35 (1,586 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Great find. Thank you for posting.

Post# 1052148 , Reply# 2   11/24/2019 at 12:17 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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That's a great set at a fair price.

The dishwasher though, somebody made the effort to keep that 70s/80s dishwasher in the same color family. They must have spray painted the door panels. And a good job at that.


Post# 1052150 , Reply# 3   11/24/2019 at 12:31 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That dishwasher is a 1984-1986 GE GSD1200.  One of the panels in the pack was neutral metal to allow a custom paint.  


Post# 1052152 , Reply# 4   11/24/2019 at 12:47 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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Thanks Bob.

Didn't they make this dishwasher, or a similar model, like 15 years.
This is the one with the self-advancing timer and the printed dial with lights behind, am I correct?

if were talking about the same model, I was amazed how long they continued to make it considering the electronic dishwashers probably had more features.

I know I saw one in a persons home in 1982. It had avocado panels but they had just had it installed. Maybe it was a variant with some slight difference, but it was the self-advancing timer.


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Post# 1052153 , Reply# 5   11/24/2019 at 12:56 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        
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I'm wondering if the one in the pic. is a 1977 top of line model.

The 1200 has a vertical panel, that's in the same plane as the door panel.

The 1977 model had a tilted panel and three stacked buttons or lights about 1/3 of the way from the right.
Also, the GEs from 77 still had the vent centered and below the panel.

The newer plastic tub models put the vent to the left and upper part of the panel.

It still would have needed the panels painted.


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Post# 1052154 , Reply# 6   11/24/2019 at 13:03 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Wow, I've never seen a 1200 with indicator lights instead of the timer pointer behind the plastic facia.  

 

 

From a post of mine from March 2014:

 

"The very first 1200 (also designated a PotScrubber III) came out in like 1978 or 1979. Debbie Reynolds had a magazine ad campaign Initially these were GE's TOL until the electronic control GSD2200, GSD2600, and GSD2800 came out."


Post# 1052156 , Reply# 7   11/24/2019 at 13:18 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Come to think of it, this could be a GSD1050, their TOL model from the Potscrubber II series.  That model had action indicator lights such as you describe (and in your pics).  The 1050 I believe had forced air drying--hence the vent hole on the bottom  half of the control panel parallel with the upper part having the locking latch.  The Potscrubber III didn't have such an opening.  


Post# 1052158 , Reply# 8   11/24/2019 at 13:19 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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Is it actually a knob behind a plastic front?

I always assumed it was a series of lights.

The early 70s lady Kenmore dishwashers, which had a self-advancing timer, had a cycle indicator light panel that would have a light for each wash/rinse. There were like 9 indicator lights in a row.

Here is Momma Adler showing us that superb GE dishwasher back when Grace was still in elementary school and before Grace met Will.

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see the vent has moved from low center to upper left corner and the panel is now vertical.



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Post# 1052159 , Reply# 9   11/24/2019 at 13:24 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I'm not sure it was a knob per se.  It did move as the timer advanced through the (the pointer) through the cycle.  No lights behind it,.  


Post# 1052160 , Reply# 10   11/24/2019 at 13:25 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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This "revelation" just makes this appliance set more rare.

Finding a 70s GE dishwasher that's TOL is probably even more difficult.


Post# 1052162 , Reply# 11   11/24/2019 at 13:35 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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I suppose anyone who's taken one apart would know if the timer is behind the panel, or down below in the motor compartment.

I know, as a kid, I found the door to a GSD1050 with the console in tact. There was a big mass of wires that led from the console down the door. There was no timer behind it, just the buttons and lights.
That means the timer was in the motor compartment.

The Lady Kenmore dishwasher from the early 70s, I worked on probably 4 of those. Even though they all had the same console, some models had the timer behind the console, some had the timer under the tub.



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Post# 1052187 , Reply# 12   11/24/2019 at 17:16 (1,585 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
GE GSD 1050

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Thats a rare DW, they only made about 25,000 of them and they were pretty problem prone.

 

It was an interesting DW however, it was the first plastic tank DW for GE or any American DW builder, it was also the first GE DW to actually have a real top wash arm which they discontinued in their next generation of DWs and then it took them another decade to get it right and use a top wash arm again.

 

This DW was the only other DW other than KA to use an externally mounted blower and heater for drying the dishes, this was discontinued because it did not dry better than WP and other DWs that had no fan.

 

Hi Bob, I never saw a GE DW that came with a primed panel that was ready for painting, what years did they do this ?

 

John L.


Post# 1052198 , Reply# 13   11/24/2019 at 18:59 (1,585 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        
shocked I tell you SHOCKED!

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"This DW was the only other DW other than KA to use an externally mounted blower and heater for drying the dishes.."

 

Since you are someone with over 50 dishwashers, I'm surprised to see this.   ....and on such an important detail at that.  cool


Post# 1052199 , Reply# 14   11/24/2019 at 19:04 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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John, when I got my GSD1200 May, 1987, one of the sides of the panels tucked inside the exposed panels pack that had a side that wasn't stainless or pewter, but it was metal and looked like it could be taken somewhere to be created with something custom.  The Hotpoint it replaced didn't have that because I watched the husband of the family I sold it to, take it apart so he could flip it to a white panel from the black glass that was exposed.  


Post# 1052203 , Reply# 15   11/24/2019 at 19:33 (1,585 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
GE Reversible DW Panels

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Hi Bob, GEs gray color [ silver ] was so light in color it looked like primer, but who knows however of the 100+ GE DWs that I reused or just plain recycled the aluminum the reversible panels from I never saw anything that looked like a panel that was not a finished color, GE also had a strange light green color on some appliances.

 

At the warehouse and when building my screened porch we used well over 100 painted aluminum DW panels, at the WH we built a large clean-up shower room completely lined with these panels and on the screened porch they served as a water-proof backing for the cedar siding, I love reusing stuff.

 

John L.


Post# 1052223 , Reply# 16   11/24/2019 at 21:49 (1,585 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        
Reversible Coor Panels

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Quoting from a 1978 catalog:

 

"Reversible Color Panels can be changed to suit individual kitchen decor.  Three reversible panels give you 5 of The New Naturals colors, plus a primer coated panel that may be painted to match cabinets or kitchen décor.  Also available are Onyx (black glass) and wood frame kits."

 

Hope this helps.

 

BTW, in this (1978) catalog the Potscrubber II models were GSD870, GSD970, and GSD1070.  I do not have a copy of their 1977 Sweets insert, but the 1976 does include the GSD1050 model.

 

lawrence


Post# 1052224 , Reply# 17   11/24/2019 at 21:56 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Lawrence, thank you!!!!  I knew I hadn't imagined all that.  


Post# 1052244 , Reply# 18   11/25/2019 at 06:32 (1,585 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Yes Thank You Larwence

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We have the 1978 GSD950 [ I think ] at the WH I will have to take a look, I am fairly sure they did not continue this even into the 80s or we certainly would have seen a lot of them.

 

And Thank You Bob, for teaching me some new appliance trivia., Yay

 

John L.


Post# 1052253 , Reply# 19   11/25/2019 at 08:35 (1,585 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Since this was part of the Potscrubber II series, I think the III series came out right at the end of the 70s or early 1980.  thus not seeing many of these.  And you're welcome John.cool


Post# 1052272 , Reply# 20   11/25/2019 at 12:11 (1,584 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
1050

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GSD1050.  I had this dishwasher in my collection.  I picked it up at Habitat for $25.  With the help of folks here I replaced the pump and it worked beautifully from there.

 

I gifted to a friend for his collection.  It was a fun machine but I needed some room.


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Post# 1052311 , Reply# 21   11/25/2019 at 19:41 (1,584 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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That's an interesting interim step...clearly evolutionary as far as design for GE is concerned...wonder if there was any filtering occurring in that housing?

Post# 1052317 , Reply# 22   11/25/2019 at 20:25 (1,584 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
GEs First Plastic Tub DW

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These were an interesting designed DWs,

 

They used their regular pump and motor assembly that had been in use already 10 years,

 

There was no filtering going on at all, just grinding small bits of food and circulating and trying to flush it away, which these did fairly well with the help of almost 20 gallons of hot water per load.

 

Great pictures of this DW loaded Ralph, did you ever wash any really dirty loads in it and how much food waste could this DW handle without redepositing some of it ?

 

John L.


Post# 1052341 , Reply# 23   11/26/2019 at 06:19 (1,584 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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There was an interesting Harvard Business School case I saw about the dishwasher market in the US in the late 70s, where a fictitious appliance (stove) manufacturer was trying to decide whether or not to get into the dishwasher business, and if so, whether to go with D&M, Whirlpool or GE for supply (which had just set up the plastic DW plant and was looking for companies to come aboard to build volume). The questions in the case centered around margin and differentiation and building a product line--D&M gave the best margin but the least differentiation.

Post# 1052342 , Reply# 24   11/26/2019 at 06:49 (1,584 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR)        
Performance....

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Great pictures of this DW loaded Ralph, did you ever wash any really dirty loads in it and how much food waste could this DW handle without redepositing some of it ?

 

John, I honestly don't remember the dirtiest load and how well it handled removing the waste.  I do remember I wasn't really unhappy with the results but I never pulled out my daily driver and replaced it with this one so it got only occasional use.  About the time I got this one going a really nice KDS15 came along with Stainless Panels so this one had to go.  The GSD1050 went to a good place to become a part of a very impressive collection of vintage dishwashers so I feel good about letting it go.

 

Here is a short video of it running.  It always made this odd noise that I suspect was the lower wash arm rubbing on the rack.  It was always very wobbly and had I kept the machine I would have dealt with that.  I still seemed to clean well on the lower rack.

 




 

 

Shortly before the 1050 came along I had pulled out a practically new Bosch dishwasher and replaced it with a refurished KDS 17A (thanks Mike - disherwashercrazy).  As we all know that thing was a workhorse so I really didn't have much interest in putting the GE in the kitchen. 

 

The 15 and 17, and a few others are still with me stored in the garage until we figure out a space for me to work on them again.

 


Post# 1053615 , Reply# 25   12/8/2019 at 17:42 (1,571 days old) by bigalsf (Salt Lake City)        

That is definitely a Potscrubber II dishwasher, model GSD1070.   The control panel gives away the model; the GSD1050 models had dark brown buttons for the Energy Saver Dry option switch.  The 1070 changed the buttons to a chrome color.   I have this model, but it's not in as good condition;  I would like to combine this one with mine to fully restore it.   

 

I contacted the seller, but he doesn't want to break up the set.  If anyone else is interested in the other appliances please let me know; we might be able to split the transaction.  Just an idea.  Thanks!


Post# 1053622 , Reply# 26   12/8/2019 at 18:34 (1,571 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast)        

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Alan, I would love that fridge (although don't need it--lol), and I know someone who might want the ovens. However, I live in Fl. and the other person lives in TN, so I'm not sure how that would work.


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