POD 1-17 LTV countertop dishwasher

LTV synopsis:

Patent applications seem written by lawyers getting paid by the word. My eyeballs hop skip and jump. So don't take any of this as gospel. If you bought one of these to use today, you might find the flow-restrictor knotzies at your door in the middle of the night.

The LTV doesn't 'fill and drain'. Says so right in the ad. So what does it do? Pump? No, there isn't one. There's a water inlet and a (gravity) drain, a motor that moves the nozzles, and a heat element. It's expecting HOT tap water; an element capable of heating running 60F water to 140~160 could not be plugged into a 120V household socket.

Apparently, the water runs for about 14 minutes, two-thirds of the cycle, at 3 quarts per minute. Detergent is gradually diluted away. The ingenious part is the steam finish, where it says "distills its own water". Yes, it does. The dishes sweat themselves free of spotting minerals. The good news is, when finished the dishes are over 200F so A) they're sterile and B) they're too hot to bother taking out until the next day.

So where do the minerals go? Oh, they thought of that. How well, can't say, but here's how it's supposed to work: The steam generator tank has a different expand/contract cycle than the deposited minerals as both heat/cool. The minerals flake off the generator internals and swoosh down the drain next time you run it.

"All of them?", you'd incline to wonder. So would I. My experience with part-per-thousand calcium carbonate is that it's pretty reluctant to let go once it's glommed onto something. I guess you were just supposed to run it until it quit, then call the Ling repairman. By the way, the expansion/contraction of the steam generator walls is also what sets the temp at which the heater shuts off. Mmmm. Better have a backup cutout for that. And a backup for the backup.

You see the potential impracticalities. But then, if it lasted a couple years that would put it roughly tied with most appliances sold today. So what the hey? Incidentally, Temco stands for Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company.

That should inspire confidence.


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Post# 1104832 1/17/2021 at 10:28 (1,194 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))
Checkrate/Likes 1 These come up for discussion periodically. The LTV dishwasher is very googleable if you're interested. Link is to a new-in-box from 2014. Doesn't offer to sell it. CLICK HERE TO GO TO arbilab's LINK

Post# 1104886 , Reply# 1 1/17/2021 at 21:58 (1,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))
Checkrate/Likes 2 LTV synopsis: Patent applications seem written by lawyers getting paid by the word. My eyeballs hop skip and jump. So don't take any of this as gospel. If you bought one of these to use today, you might find the flow-restrictor knotzies at your door in the middle of the night. The LTV doesn't 'fill and drain'. Says so right in the ad. So what does it do? Pump? No, there isn't one. There's a water inlet and a (gravity) drain, a motor that moves the nozzles, and a heat element. It's expecting HOT tap water; an element capable of heating running 60F water to 140~160 could not be plugged into a 120V household socket. Apparently, the water runs for about 14 minutes, two-thirds of the cycle, at 3 quarts per minute. Detergent is gradually diluted away. The ingenious part is the steam finish, where it says "distills its own water". Yes, it does. The dishes sweat themselves free of spotting minerals. The good news is, when finished the dishes are over 200F so A) they're sterile and B) they're too hot to bother taking out until the next day. So where do the minerals go? Oh, they thought of that. How well, can't say, but here's how it's supposed to work: The steam generator tank has a different expand/contract cycle than the deposited minerals as both heat/cool. The minerals flake off the generator internals and swoosh down the drain next time you run it. "All of them?", you'd incline to wonder. So would I. My experience with part-per-thousand calcium carbonate is that it's pretty reluctant to let go once it's glommed onto something. I guess you were just supposed to run it until it quit, then call the Ling repairman. By the way, the expansion/contraction of the steam generator walls is also what sets the temp at which the heater shuts off. Mmmm. Better have a backup cutout for that. And a backup for the backup. You see the potential impracticalities. But then, if it lasted a couple years that would put it roughly tied with most appliances sold today. So what the hey? Incidentally, Temco stands for Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company. That should inspire confidence.