Another dishwasher...

[philr]

Another Non-Frigidaire dishwasher to add to the small collection. This one is the newest among those that I got so far. I always liked dishwashers with rapid-advance timers. I passed a few similar ones over the years but I had to get this one. My parents had a similar dishwasher from the same year but it was the one-step below model with the rotary cycle selector and energy saver switch, two things that I don't care much for!

So after the KDS-14, the 1969 Frigidaire Custom Imperial, the two WU 601 and the two KDS-18 dishwashers, here's finally something I think John Lefever will approve!

;-)

 

An Inglis Royal 100 from 1978...  It also came with the instructions manual. I wish it was the older model with the earlier style latch and the porcelain inner door like the one in the manual but this newer one has replaceable front panels and it's in decent shape. 

 

[philr]

The detergent dispenser reminded me the similar Inglis Royal we had when I was a kid. The door didn't open fully during the wash cycle as it was held by the lower rack. When the dishes were clean, as soon as we opened the dishwasher's door, the dispenser door would fully open and hit the inner door panel and that made a distinctive noise. Whoever opened the door to add some dishes and heard that noise had to take the clean dishes out...

 

That's the part I didn't like so I had found a way to partially close the detergent door, slam the dishwasher's door so the dispenser door would reopen and be partially held by the lower rack just like if the door hadn't been opened after the wash cycle. Then I manually washed the few dishes that I was about to add in the dishwasher and walked away leaving the unloading task to the next family member who would open the door! 

 

[toploader55]

Hi Phil

I had bought my Mom a 1970 Whirlpool Mark 100 for Mother's Day.

There was only one Pilot Light to let you know it was on but had the exact same cycle selection and was rapid advance.

I think this was one of the first 2 years Whirlpool came out with the Dual Wash Arms.

I really wanted a KitchenAid Superba, but when I saw the Whirlpool with the wash arm under the upper rack it just made more sense.

After loading a friend's KitchenAid and seeing the results of the One Arm Wonder I went with Whirlpool for the double wash arms.

Great Cleaners. Noisy, but who cares. It's the sounds we love.

Very, Very, Very Nice Machine.

 

[pierreandreply4]

congratulation phil, i think i know the model you have mention since my godmother when she moved back to trois rivieres she had the inglis model you mention with enrgy saver switch rotary dial

 

[barcoboy]

I have a newer, electronic control panel version of this dishwasher, and was my daily driver until the KDS-58 came along. I rescued it from a barn that was part of my brother's last house purchase, and restored it. Had an issue a couple of months later with it pumping small amounts of water out the drain during the wash cycle until the water level would get low enough that the pump would start sucking air and lose prime, which turned out to be a stem valve in the pump that needed to be replaced.

PhilR, when you starting talking about the detergent dispenser door and the noise it makes hitting the inner door panel, I said to myself, "I know that sound!"

 

[jetcone]

What a nice

looking machine. I bet it cleans like the dikkens too !

 

 

[turquoisedude]

I thought you'd have trouble resisting this one... LOL   These are really cool dishwashers - the rapid-advance timer is not something you find every day!   Congratulations on your find!!  

 

[philr]

Thanks for your comments.

 

Eddie, I guess the machine you bought was like the one John L. just bought on Shopper's square?:

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Since I haven't tried mine or read the instructions yet, I'm wondering what is the "2 speed" mention on the control panel? A two-speed motor?!?

 

[jetaction]

Great find Phil!

Handsome styling on this one!

 

[turquoisedude]

I always wondered about that 2-speed notation...  I always guessed it was some kind of aerator to 'soften' the water action in the China/Crystal cycle.  Let us know what you find!!

 

[whitetub]

Nice machine. I remember seeing them in the stores in those days.

So I guess the Normal wash would be the Super Wash button.

And for the french speaking members, I find it funny that they use the expression "laveuse de vaisselle" on the cover of the instruction manual. Instead of "lave-vaisselle".

 

[rpms]

My first dishwasher was one modle down from this. I think it had cup shelves?
I always liked cleaning the little filter cup in the bottom after a party. There was always an odd beer cap or cigarette butt.
How do you start this dishwasher if you want to use the same cycle already pushed?
Do you have to push cancel and then back to the original button?

 

[philr]

Paul, I know the GE dishwashers had a kind of aerator on some of their dishwashers but I'm wondering about this one. The 1977_78 Inglis Royal dishwasher (the model without the rapid advance timer) that my parents had when I was a kid didn't mention having two speeds but it also had a china/crystal cycle. I never knew the difference between this and the regular cycles... 

 

Steve, "une laveuse à vaisselle" is how I call "a dishwasher" in French! I have friends from France who call it "un lave-vaisselle"!

Same for "laveuse à linge" often used (including by myself) here rather than "lessiveuse" or "lave linge" and "sécheuse" for the dryer ("séchoir" in Quebec is usually used for a hair dryer, unless it's a Norge I guess!). 

 

Brian, the model my parents had was also one model down from this. From what I recall, it had the same racking as this one, including the height adjustments for the upper rack. (see pictures from the instruction manual that I kept for the control panel view)

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[toploader55]

Yes.

The "Second Speed" is an aerated for a gentle spray for the Crystal China Cycle

 

[whitetub]

Phil, I know what you are saying. I just thought that laveuse à vaisselle was a little too slang, or joual, if you know what I am saying. On a printed document from a big corporation. Anyways, that machine is pretty cool. And so is the manual.

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

Wow Phil, that's pretty neat, and in really great shape too!  

 

I do like those rapid advance timers!

 

CONGRATS!!!

 

Kevin

 

[turquoisedude]

Geez, the mention of 'laveuse à vaisselle' has dredged up memories of the honking big pink neon Inglis sign that you could see on the autoroute Metropolitain (around Christophe-Colomb or Papineau, but I can't be sure...).  The sign would light up the types of appliances Inglis offered: laveuses, secheuses, réfrigerateurs, cuisinières, and finally laveuses à vaisselle.    I got to see that sign every Sunday night back in the 70s as we drove back from the weekend place in the Townships...  

 

[whitetub]

I barely remember that sign. We didn't have a car, so we barely went on the Metropolitan. In the late 70's, I was more obsessed by the Maytag store on Ste-Catherine East, between Fullum and Iberville. I remember the reverse-rack dishwasher demo, with a glass front.

 

[firedome]

Nice find Phil!

Congrats! Hope to see it in person this year... gotta rememeber to apply for the passport!