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Post# 1062566   3/7/2020 at 18:37 (1,481 days old) by Cam2s (Nebraska)        

Despise the fact that I’m moving in a few months and need to be getting rid of stuff and not adding I was tempted today. Normally I can’t bring these kinds of things home because I have a small car but today a newer Whirlpool power clean showed up three blocks away from my house for the price of free! I walked over with a dolly and rolled the damn thing three blocks back because I have zero self control. Now I’ve been using a Bosch for the last several years and have been extremely pleased with but gotta switch it up! The only issue is that it’s suffering a bit of rack rot, will have to get some touch up. A few questions...according to the owners manual the only cycle with two rinses is Pots and Pans? Does adding high temp wash to normal or heavy change the purge to a rinse?

Cameron.


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Post# 1062571 , Reply# 1   3/7/2020 at 20:07 (1,481 days old) by Dustin92 (Jackson, MI)        

I did pretty similar to you a couple weeks ago- we have a 2.5 year old Bosch but it never dried the dishes and took forever, and recently wasn't washing well, so I repaired the 20yr old Maytag we took out 2.5 years ago and installed it in place of the Bosch. It's got a pretty bad case of rack rot but we have clean, dry dishes in about 1.5 hours. I drained out and dried the Bosch and it's in the corner of the laundry room acting as storage for toilet paper until the day comes that we might need it.

Post# 1062584 , Reply# 2   3/7/2020 at 23:13 (1,481 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)        

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Adding the Hi Temp option to Normal will give a prewash, thermal hold main wash, rinse, thermal hold final rinse. But there’s hardly any reason to have two full rinses with these machines. The whole point of what made the PowerCleans so legendary is that anything more than the Normal wash is really overkill for anything less than fully baked on soils, and the rinsing performance is just about unmatched. That purge flushes the sump and filter assembly more effectively than most people realize. Using the Pots and Pans cycles gives a thermal hold prewash AND main wash, which is beyond overkill for practically anyone’s needs, and I don’t recommend using, especially with two filled detergent cups, because by the main wash everything is going to be clean and at that point, the effect on the machine and dishes is going to be the same as having hand washed the dishes before hand anyway. On top of adding unnecessary wear to the machine itself. My advice would be to use either the Heavy cycle for anything, well, heavy, if needed, or if you really want the two rinses, add Hi Temp to Normal, but really give the Normal cycle on its own a chance and you'll be amazed at what this machine can do while also avoiding emptying the city's water supply, lol.

I’ve had my first PowerClean since finding it in 2014 and fully rebuilding it from top to bottom and updating it with the racks and wash arms, etc., from a 2006 model, and fully insulated the tub and inner door with Noico sound mastic, and it’s been a dream since. I now have two PCs, the newest being a TOL 2004 model which I’ve also rebuilt and polished up and soundproofed. Both machines have the purge before the final rinse, and with even the most fully packed and filthy dish loads, there’s not a speck or anything but a fresh smell left over. All while using around 4.5 gallons which gives modern machines a run for their money in performance and water efficiency.

It looks like this machine needs *quite* a bit of TLC but it’s nothing a bit of elbow grease and some good cleaning rags and toothbrushes can’t handle. Over time with good detergent use and making sure to have good rinse aid in, that tub and the inner components will whiten up and descale, but you can accelerate the process with some CLR and a scrubber pad and brush.




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Post# 1062586 , Reply# 3   3/7/2020 at 23:31 (1,481 days old) by murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)        

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A few pics of my first 2001 model, the newer 2004, and the soundproofing jobs..

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Post# 1062643 , Reply# 4   3/8/2020 at 18:25 (1,480 days old) by IIIJohnnyMacIII (North Carolina)        

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I have the same machine with a stainless front and a black control panel. It’s absolutely amazing and the best machine I’ve ever owned. Like you I’m coming from a Bosch. Put in a one ounce tube of zapzyt in the prewash and run it on pots and pans. It should make your plastic tub like new. Enjoy your machine!


Post# 1062665 , Reply# 5   3/8/2020 at 23:52 (1,480 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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according to the manual for Pots and Pans with 2 rinses.....

well what does the manual say about adding options?



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