Apex Model C portable dishwasher - never used

[michaelh]

Never used Apex portable. $111, near Kaukauana, Wisconsin.
Marketplace - Apex dishwasher

 

[michaelh]

I am so sorry. I see someone else posed this yesterday.

 

[simpsomatic]

This Apex dishwasher belongs in someone's collection. May well be the only one in existence and never used to boot. What a find.

 

[Unimatic1140]

I had this model in my collection for several years and used it. It's a beautiful and vintage looking machine and the round window is super cool. Unfortunately this is probably the worst performing dishwasher I've ever used. It only has one wash and one rinse.

Does everyone know what the part I pointed to in red is?

 

[tomturbomatic]

When Consumer Reports tested this generation APEX in the permanently installed version, they discovered that the performance was greatly improved by resetting the timer to add a second rinse.

 

[appnut]

I found out from my dad, before he bagan mentally declining, that my parents had this dishwasher in their new 1948 house. They didn't keep it installed for very long as it was so miserable at performance. But because this dishwasher had been installed in their kitchen and removed, it explains how the 1959/1960 Waste King magically appeared i the kitchen with little fuss.

 

[Chetlaham]

I had this model in my collection for several years and used it. It's a beautiful and vintage looking machine and the round window is super cool. Unfortunately this is probably the worst performing dishwasher I've ever used. It only has one wash and one rinse.

Does everyone know what the part I pointed to in red is?

Robert, do you have a cycle sequence, tech sheet, user manual or description of the wash sequence? Was there a purge in between the main wash and rinse? I am really intrigued here. I am fascinated by single cycle machines.


If one was to slope the tub further, add a Power Clean Filter module, heater, and extra rinses this could very be one of the best cleaning dishwashers.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Robert, do you have a cycle sequence, tech sheet, user manual or description of the wash sequence? Was there a purge in between the main wash and rinse? I am really intrigued here. I am fascinated by single cycle machines.


If one was to slope the tub further, add a Power Clean Filter module, heater, and extra rinses this could very be one of the best cleaning dishwashers.

No I don't believe I do Chet. By "purge" if you mean a drain between the 1 wash and 1 rinse then yes it did. All it really needed was a couple of extra rinses and it would have been a much better performer.

 

[Chetlaham]

No I don't believe I do Chet. By "purge" if you mean a drain between the 1 wash and 1 rinse then yes it did. All it really needed was a couple of extra rinses and it would have been a much better performer.

Whirlpool did the same with their low energy cycle in the late 90s latter changed label to normal wash. Their sequence was Wash-Purge-Rinse and while it worked great for light soils; normal and heavy soils left grit and an overall ick in the machine.

Kitchen-Aids in the early/mid 90s also went a bit crazy where the cycle wash Wash-Rinse-Main Wash-Rinse but no purge between the Main wash and final rinse. The final rinse was also for some reason ridiculously long- 20 minutes of re-circulation after the thermal hold was over.


Regarding your machine I feel if you're going to skip the prewash/pre-rinse sequence you're obviously going to use more detergent so more post main wash rinses are needed to carry away said detergent and soil. Westinghouse had a dishwasher decades ago that used an open dimple instead of a detergent dispenser. It had more post main wash rinses than did their pre-rinse models.