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Post# 174868   12/12/2006 at 10:40 (6,344 days old) by retroguy ()        

A couple years ago I bought a retro Kenmore dishwasher home with me. It worked fine until about 6 months ago. I have the parts to fix it now, but that will be in another thread, later. To fill the gap, while I fixed the Kenmore, or got something else, retro fabulous, to take it's place, I bought this GE Potscrubber, on close out. I wanted something that would work well, and that would be pleasant to use with the Kenmore in dry dock. For 6 months, all was well. I, like most of us in appliance land, left the dishes as dirty as possible when they went into the dishwasher. The Potscrubber performed well, and was suprisingly quiet while operating. That is, until last night; upon turning on the dishwasher, my previously nearly silent kitchen sounded rather like some sort of grind factory. Completely disturbed by this, I let the dishwasher drain, emptied it, and removed the filter, to look at the food disposer blade. I found the culprit. (It wasn't me, or my habit of putting food laden plates in the machine) A small oval piece of plastic material very light orange in color, sort of like what a tarp might be made out of, obviously stuck in the machine somehow during manufacture, was wrapped around the blade. I removed it, cleaned the filters, put it all back together, and silence has returned to my humble home!! I couldn't be more happy. I can still throw the odd bowl of vegetables in the Potscrubber, and watch them disappear!! I'm getting better at this diagnose, and repair thing! Life is good!! Now if I could just learn to take a decent picture.... =)




Post# 174906 , Reply# 1   12/12/2006 at 15:38 (6,344 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)        
Woo-hoo!

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Congratulations, Douglas! Don't you love it when you nail the problem? :-D

Post# 174936 , Reply# 2   12/12/2006 at 18:12 (6,344 days old) by retroguy ()        
Hehe....

I do!!! Now it's just a matter of getting the Kenmore back. It felt like I was spending time on the wrong dishwasher! =)

Post# 175140 , Reply# 3   12/13/2006 at 13:18 (6,343 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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I used to turn my nose up at these for their water-hog characterisitcs.


...'til I fell in love with my GE DW located in the basement kithcen.

Well, as you can see, I have done a complete 180* turn. Water use in a DW is a GOOD thing!

Looking forward to see and hear about your vintage Kenmore!


Post# 175208 , Reply# 4   12/13/2006 at 18:40 (6,343 days old) by retroguy ()        
Toggles....

I'm thinking of putting in a 2nd kitchen in the basement as well. I've been searching ads galore to find some period cabinets to match the Kenmore, as well as a range, fridge, etc. Should all this work out as planned, I'll have plenty of pics to share. =)

Post# 175246 , Reply# 5   12/13/2006 at 21:06 (6,343 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Cool. That sounds great!

The duplication of STUFF (pots pans diehses, bowls, etc.)makes me nuts, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

I hope your sewer line is nice and low and that you don't need a pump to force the water from the kitchen sink up. I have all kinds of grease issues with my basement-kitchen pump. Then again I have a cheap "laundry tray" pump that was never intended to deal with grease. I dont think a bathroom pump that macerates solids would be any better. Anyone know of a proper solution? "Grease trap" comes flashing in my mind.

Best of luck with it Retro!


Post# 175356 , Reply# 6   12/14/2006 at 09:03 (6,342 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
Well, as you can see, I have done a complete 180* turn. Wate

Toggles,
I am there with you man, I was initially so proud of my former 2002 Kenmore for its frugal-ness with water, about 8.5 gallons for the full cycle, a cycle that lasted 96+ minutes.

Fred N. gave me a manual for the KDS17A when I installed it last summer and I was more than a little horrified at the KA's water usage, 14.9 gallons per cycle, done in 45-50 minutes.

I've had the KA installed since the end of July, and probably run it every 3-4 days depending on how much I cook and what I cook.
The difference in my water bill is minimal, maybe $10 a month, which in my book is not much.
My dishes come out spotless too, nothing ever has to be re-washed. Even the drip pans from the stove come out clean, and they can get pretty nasty!
The extra water use is totally worth it.


Post# 175512 , Reply# 7   12/14/2006 at 18:09 (6,342 days old) by exploder321 ()        

I want an old GE or K.A. but that would never fly with older people

Post# 175714 , Reply# 8   12/15/2006 at 08:26 (6,341 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Yay! Let's hear it for washing dishes (and clothes) with water!

Jeff, your KitchenAid dishwasher pump is able to achieve 45 gallons per minute moving through the Hydro-Sweep wash arm, coming out of those holes at nearly 10 psi - each! That's enough to jostle even the heaviest of gladware!



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