Antique GE Mobile Maid Dishwasher - Hooks to your sink (Loveland)

[ovrphil]

Antique GE Mobile Maid Dishwasher. Hook it up to your sink and go (run it) - 21.5"(W) x 28"(D) x 33"(H)

Please call with any questions or go to http://www.ctonlineauctions.com/FortCollinsCO for more information about this item.

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/atd/5078526429.html

 

[tomturbomatic]

Note the third lid hinge/spring assembly to support the weight of the wooden top.

 

[launderess]

Not a bad looking unit

Looks like a more upscale model than my own and certainly in better condition than when mine arrived.

If didn't have one already temptation *may* have taken me, but only just. Mobile Maids are great dishwashers but you *REALLY* need water at or >140F minimum for best results.

With modern dishwasher detergents (well at least the older Cascade stuff with STPP in my stash) cleaning results are actually quite good even with water temps slightly lower than 140F. It is in the drying you need all that really hot water.

Without very hot water in the final rinse you are pretty much locked into using the heated dry cycle in whole or part I find. Because the tubs for Mobile Maid dishwashers are not insulated all the water heating efforts at best go to keep things from cooling down. By the second (and final) rinse dishes may not still be "hot" enough for flash/convection drying. Oh things will dry if left long enough, but you may find drips and water on tops of cups and so forth.

Speaking of Fort Collins, has anyone kept in touch with "Panthera"? Wasn't he from that neck of the woods?

 

[tomturbomatic]

Are you using a rinse agent in the final rinse to make the water sheet off the items and hasten drying?

 

[launderess]

Are you using a rinse agent in the final rinse ....

And how! *LOL*

Was using Jet Dry in the dispenser. Soon found there was a leak so when it finally emptied out decided on a bit of adventure; purchased off FleaPay a canister of Ecolab commercial solid rinse agent. Figured it was cheaper and easier to find than those Jet Dry hanging dispensers. That is where the fun began.

The stuff is that concentrated anything more than a gram or one half causes so much foaming not only does the motor struggle but *can* trip the overload/protection.

Was using the Ecolab in a basket but then took to flinging *very* small amounts into the final rinse. Wrote about this elsewhere at the time.

Anyway during the winter when the boilers were firing full blast for heat as well as hot water things were pretty good. But now that summer is here and the heating system is off hot water is *only* around 120F to 130F. Good enough for washing but won't really do for flash drying. If I stand around and pour a kettle of boiling water into the machine before it fills for the final rinse, volia! The Mobile Maid will give bone dry dishes with only minimal to nil heated drying. Otherwise have to used that cycle for ten to fifteen minutes or more.

One of the many weaknesses of the Mobile Maid's Plastisol tub is that if the long heated drying cycle is used often it can actually soften areas of the inner tub such as where the lower rack rests. With enough pressure (dish load) this can create a depression that sooner or later am sure will result in the breaching of the Plastisol liner. We all know what that means.

Several weeks ago when cleaning out the cabinet below my kitchen sink found several bottles of Cascade "free and clear" rinse agent. Must have nabbed a job lot at a good price, stashed away and forgot. Have stopped using the Ecolab stuff and now just squirt a bit of the Cascade into the tub as it fills for the final rinse.

 

[bajaespuma]

Actually not more upscale than yours

Then you wouldn't have been too happy with the machine featured in this thread; I lost interest when I noticed that there was no Rinse-Glo feature. This model is actually one small strange peg below ours even though it has a BB top.

 

For what it's worth, we owned many dishwashers (purchased new)with plastisol-lined tanks and never had even a spot of rust coming through. I'm wondering if this is a problem that originates with a careless user. I have two machines in my collection that have plastisol tubs, one a Mobile Maid and one a Maytag, that came with some broken blisters but with careful applications of metal tape and vinyl patching, they haven't spread. I think once the lining is breached, it's just a matter of time. I do think that the all-plastic tubs were an improvement, of course.

 

[launderess]

@bajaespuma

Thanks for the information. Don't feel *that* bad now about not being able to nab this unit. *LOL* Not that one was planning to anyway.....

In between how did you make out with the Mobile Maid you won from that Goodwill auction awhile back?

 

[launderess]

Am Very Careful In Loading and Unloading My MM

Especially silverware or anything sharp that could damage the interior lining. One slip with a knife and can see how there would be problems.

 

[ovrphil]

Sold!

No Rinse-aid(Rinse-Glo) or not, it made a good presentation.

Rinse-Glo…love the name.