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Steam Bath When the machine steams (during the main wash on Full Steam, the prewash and the main wash on Heavy Steam, and during the prewash, main wash, and final rinse on Sani Steam) the pump stops and the heating element (which they call the Steam Generator) turns on. The element is mounted...

Yes, all of my dishwashers are guzzlers. I'm amazed at how much water my KDS-18 and especially my KDS-17A can use in such a short period of time. Practically as soon as the water valve closes, the drain valve opens. Ah well, dilution is the solution. My parents' Superba 21 is fairly stingy with...

I've used the machine a few times now. It does a very good job of cleaning and is fairly quiet (the tub has some sound deadening material on it as well as a thin fiberglas blanket). The steam cycles aren't as dramatic as I would have expected. The element is not a dual wattage like the sump...

More pix Here are more pictures. Now I have to order replacement hinges, fix some rack rust, do some cleaning and polishing, and it will be ready to go. T. http://automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?dir=/COLLECTIONS/DEEPTUB/

Here it is... I've replaced the motor in the Steam Machine. I couldn't bear to pay what places were asking for a genuine Thermador motor ($195), so I got a new GE-made D&M motor off Ebay, mounted it with some spacers to make room for the motor's external fan/slinger (which the Thermador motor...

Repairclinic.com and appliancepartspros.com have some parts available, though the prices are on the steep side. Appliancepartspros.com has exploded diagrams as well. I didn't mention it, but I need to order new hinges for mine (still available). They are quite misshapen. I don't know if...

I washed a pretty dirty load--including a skillet from making sausage gravy and food processor parts from making french bread. All had sat for about a day. I ran it on Heavy Steam Pots/Pans and all came perfectly clean. The upper bearing in the motor is very noisy--can't hear the washing...

Dunno that it was so much hit w/ugly stick as had the ugly tree fall on it. Definitely is the perfect accessory for any German opera costume.

I have an SE1000 with an orbital transmission. I unscrewed the lock hook from the lid and inserted it directly into the hole in the machine top. Most of the time I never even bother to close the lid. Sometimes the hook will move out of place enough that the computer thinks the lid is open--so I...

I ran the Thermador through the FULL STEAM cycle the other night. It steamed for about 20 minutes--well after steam was puffing out the fill flume. I imagine it wouldn't go so long if it were in a toasty kitchen instead of a frigid garage. Oddly, its thermostats are all pressed against the inner...

I try to keep an open mind about wash towers. I tell myself that there must be some good reason for it to be designed that way. I don't mind the fixed towers as much as the telescoping ones. At least the fixed ones remind you that they're there. Having grown up with single hydrosweep...

Thanks! It seems like many parts are still available...the ones that aren't seem like the ones that one wouldn't expect to break anyway. I'm impressed that the door panel is actually black glass...with a stainless motor panel...I'm assuming to coordinate with thee the CMT ovens of the same...

I bought a Thermador THD-3600 (MOL) "Steam Machine" dishwasher at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore over the weekend. It seemed an interesting change of pace from my usual KitchenAids. The motor needs some attention (sounds like a bad bearing) and the racks need some attention, but it holds water...

Debbie Reynolds did the Potscrubber ads. She kicks a--. T.

OH! And I just remembered that a children's book was written based on our experience of going to school in the department store. I was in high school by the time it came out, so I never read it, but my mother teaches fourth grade and her students read it. We weren't permitted into to mall...

My favorite department store was the now-defunct Wieboldt's. It was a complete department store, in that it had clothing, hardware, appliances, a sewing department, furniture, candy, WIGS, etc. I remember the wig department had a sign, "The Wiggery". Wieboldt's was a two story anchor in a...

The original KitchenAid disposer is still being made, now by Viking. It even has the KitchenAid Wham-Jam breaker, now known as the "Jaminator". Awhile back Consumer Reports tested disposers, and the Viking scored well above the next highest model. It's also very expensive...

I believe the woman who played Sara Tucker was Marge Redmond. She was also sister Ligouri in The Trouble With Angels. Wasn't she (as Sara Tucker) famous for her strawberry shortcake? And the commercials were for Cool Whip, weren't they? It's fun to flip through old magazines and see, for...

Cash Registers Speaking of cash register noise...did any stores outside of the Chicago-area Jewels have talking registers? They appeared sometime in the early 80's. They've all disappeared in the last 5 years or so. I think the registers were NCR, and they had a box called a POSitalker mounted...

When I was growing up (in Waukegan, IL) we had Jewel, A&P, Eagle,and Dominicks. At some point a Pick n' Save opened in Gurnee. Pick n' Save was one of those stores with the grease pencils to mark the prices on your items. It was usually a madhouse and people began to refer to it as Push n'...