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When I was in college and trying to get free laundry out of the school, I figured out (with the help of the schematics taped to the back of the machines) that there was one trigger wire the coin boxes used to switch to 110v when all the change was inserted and the lever pushed in. I would be...

Despite the Frigmore failing to completely clean everything in the load, it more than exceeded my expectations. It prevented the dirt it did remove from re-entering the water stream, and it did it in around 2 hours, not bad for a modern dishwasher on the heavy duty cycle. Overall, the machine...

However, the area the pump draws from was clean. No particulate bypass here like the D&Ms it replaced. No grey matter in the tea cups on the top rack either, the top spray arm must have kept them freshly supplied with rinse water. All the wing crap is ready to go back to work. This will make...

As was the baking sheet and everything else used to make wings. The sump had a few bits of food still stuck in the pre-grind chamber.

Strangley enough, that was the only thing that did not get fully cleaned. It has been transfered to the Tragic Chef (rebadged GE tower-wash Potscrubber) at my house. The rest of the dishes came out sparkling. Even the bottom of the broiler tray was clean...

First thing I saw when I opened the door was a still very unclean broil tray...

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming... For those of you still waiting, the machine finished, and left a lot in the sink disposal. More than I was expecting.

I have heard many things about the dual pump set-up. Almost none have been good. I have also heard that many modern machines (especially these) can not and will not handle larger chunks of food and hold them away from the wash water. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I submit this picture as...

After giving the spray arms a quick spin to make sure they would still move, I dumped in some phosphatey goodness, fired up the poor sucker and waited for it to fill and do at least one spray arm cycle. This picture should give you a good idea of how high the water fills now. Lovely isn't it...

One thing this machine does right off the bat that impressed me is a purge; the dirty sump water is flushed with fresh water at the end of a drain cycle. This prevents anything that stayed in the backwash from affecting the next fill. With the water restrictor removed, that function is much...

Let's get to the torture. It was a slow day in the office, and my manager and I decided to make some homemade chicken wings in the company broiler. I brought all the dirty bowls, broil trays, burner grates, and baking sheet then loaded the sucker up. While it may not be BobLoad™ certified...

Yes folks, this sucker is 100% Frigidaire. From it's alternating arm wash system dubbed "Precision Wash Direct", to it's wheelie prone bottom rack, there is no mistaking it for anything else. The spec sheet they conveniently leave in the bottom states the pump is suppsedly good for 12 GPM...

Once upon an appliance based web forum, a user by the name of roto204 started a series of threads called, obviously, "Machines of Ill Repute". They were quite funny, insightful, and seeing as how I just got stuck with one, I thought I should carry the torch as it were. The first MOIR segment...

@dustin92 We have put Frigidaire's in other rental properties, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree I think the GE cleans great. But to each his own...

GE's with the center tower These suckers are about the most reliable still in production dishwasher you can buy. In fact if you go one model down you get rid of the electric controls and have a machine that could possibly outlast you with practically zero maintenance (then again those computer...