Bob-Load Certification Request

[toggleswitch2]

Official Bob-load or little "baby" load?

The DW is a Maytag. Extended his hose with some surgery, and now don't have to roll him to the sink. It reaches from in-place.

Rinse & Hold doen only because I will be away for two days.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Top rack.

Notice the general LACK of cheap platics (lids only in plastic)in the machine! (Ducks and runs)

Stainless steel, glass, pyro-ceram and Correlle dishes only for this guy's food storage!

 

[appnut]

You be certified!!!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Anyone notice the clean/dirty indicator? Of course all of you nosey bitches.... er concerned citizens... did! LOL

It's to indicate status of DW, but black-on-black is hard to read, so on washer it went.

 

[toggleswitch2]

YAY!

Your immediate concern and lack of hesitation are admirable!

WOOO-HOOO.

I'm a big-boy now!

Honey there is not enough surgeries on the planet. ....anyway I digress..

 

[toggleswitch2]

The indcator bings back memories of my aunt's mid-60's Whirlpool DW (the first DW I had ever seen!) with a rotary-style telephone dial!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Anyone notice the little Corning Ware skillet, (handle straight up) left side of rack, center?

A whole buck (quid=> UK)in thrift shop.

 

[scott55405]

Toggle, I LOVE the "rotary dial" RCA Whirlpool! I mentioned that in a dw thread in the other section.

Nicely done load as well...has Maytag gotten rid of the dreaded center post, or am I missing it in the pic?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

has Maytag gotten rid of the dreaded center post, or am I mi

No, you're not missing it. With the 'tall tub' design, they eliminated the tower and now have a washarm under each rack. That's a total of three arms for a two rack dishwasher or FOUR spray arms in a three rack model. Toggles just has that upper rack so crammed... errr... efficiently loaded that you can't see the full sized arm under it...

RCD

 

[frigilux]

I loved my Maytag TT....until the mother board smoked and would turn the heating element off and on at will. Fire is bad karma! They clean very well and hold a ton of dishes (as Togs has demonstrated). I especially came to love the terraced upper rack. You can put very tall things on one side---super flexible. And you can stand two 13" x 9" baking pans on end at the left side of the lower rack, with the upper rack still in its low position. Talk about a space-saver. That's the one thing I can't do with my LG.

And now that you've received The Great Man's blessing, it's all official.

 

[tlee618]

Yes Steve I notice the Dirty/Clean button but what is it attached to? Looks like maybe a front loading washer!!

 

[scott55405]

Thanks RCD the redesign was a good call on their part. Frig, I'm so sorry you had such an awful issue. I"ll have to look at the LG site, I didn't even know there were LG dishwashers!

Terry, I think it's a f/l washer in the Frigidaire family.

 

[maytagbear]

It IS

the rear control panel Frigidaire FL washer.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[toploader1984]

i have the SAME dushwasher except mine is built in, i love mine

 

[mayguy]

I have a Maytag as well, and does a good job.. Only draw back are the corners on the upper racks.. I can't put tall glasses since the water can't get into the corner. so I trie to make sure I don't put glasses on the corner.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~has Maytag gotten rid of the dreaded center post, or am I missing it in the pic?

RCS is correct; no more center post/tower.

This pic was taken while the machine was in a "normal" cycle.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~Yes Steve I notice the Dirty/Clean button but what is it attached to? Looks like maybe a front loading washer!!

Terry: Lawrence/MB is correct it is attached to a F/L Frigidaire with a rear contol panel.

Here is a pic of my "holy trinity".
DW was running at time of pic.

220v 30a standard North-American electric dryer. Being used on 110v 20a. "Plug-and-play" regular kitchen outlet. I do believe the dryer now consumes 15 or fewer amp(ere)s. Notice the very heavy-duty extension cord going up the wall to the outlet. That is the gray one and it's for the dryer!

Thanks all for your comments!

One can't tell in the picture but the dryer is decidedly more "cream" in its white than the washer is, which is "purer" white!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Here are the quick-connects that convey water and "drainage" to the machines.

Left is washer; right,currently connected, is the DW.

A screw and a molly-plug in thge wall keep them against the wall. Bit of "curliqued" string helps me attach them to the wall when not in use.

Please excuse the cleanser powder (Ajax, Comet) in the sink. It is my anti-infestation weapon of choice. Don't want no creepy-crawlies coming in to visit. No water + no food = no insects.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Close-up of dryer's extension cord and heavy-duty (male) plug.

Say hello to my little fishie, "Beta-Max" is his name- a Male Betta.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Venting the dryer. Plywood cut to size. Standard 4 inch hole for vent drilled, added vent hood. Wrapped wood in contact paper. Fits in window via gravity and friction.

All with no damage to LL's property.

Thank for taking this tour!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Machine was mid-cycle!

ooopsie. forgot these.

Middle spary-arm.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Upper (top-most) spray arm.

 

[polkanut]

Is the drop-down door a garbage chute to a long-gone incinerator?

 

[toggleswitch2]

Yes 'tis!

Four apartments share one; 1st and 2nd floor units with two more back-to-back (also two stories [storys=> UK])

 

[iheartmaytag]

I like my TT Maytag

EXCEPT: The control board has been replaced twice, it is much nosier than my previous Jetclean, and the lower rack is rusted through.

Maytag says my extended warranty doesn't cover cosmetic issues, and a rusted through rack on an 18 month old dishwasher is not covered.

Other than that it does hold a lot, and it washes well.

As for the tower, I didn't mind the tower in my Jetclean, but then again I had had GE Potscrubbers for years and they all had the "Power Tower" so I just was used to loading around it.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Are three racks as good as two?

Here is the MDB8600AW* with three racks and four wash arms...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The middle rack is adjustable in height and has a splitting silverware basket and fold down tines galore. Three full sized wash arms and a little 'twirler' in the roof.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The lower tray is great for cutting boards and the like and with the extra wash arm, the large flat item doesn't screw up the wash action for the other racks. This is available in only 1-2 models or so...

RCD

 

[rp2813]

On Maytags . . .

We're currently using a plain white Maytag DWU7400AAE from appx. 1991. It has the dreaded center post/tower of power or whatever they want to call it, and I find it to be a hassle to work around. The entire rack configuration is so inefficient that it precludes any possibility of a Bobload. I am always running this thing with less capacity than I used to cram into my KA 21. It does seem to clean well, but it's very loud about it. It says "Dependably Quiet" right on the front of this rig but nothing could be further from the truth. It's downright ugly to look at too, with yellowed plastic trim.

This machine will get chucked when we blow up the kitchen, if not before. I usually start the DW before bed, so it doesn't matter to me how long it takes a modern day DW to get through a cycle. At least we'll be able to fall to sleep with it running.

Am I nuts for wanting to dump this machine? I'm all ears if somebody can share its virtues. My partner is starting to make noise, if you will, about replacing it. I don't have the owner's manual to make sense of and/or understand the logic behind the rack arrangement but I doubt it would help matters much.

Ralph

 

[redcarpetdrew]

DWU7400AAE

That is a very good dishwasher. A real workhorse, if you will. On the minus side is that it's middle to lower in the food chain so it has decent sound deadening but not spectacular. Also on the list is the racking. The raised hump on the rack to provide clearance for the jump up tower is annoying. This was a holdover from the old belt drive models. The later MDB series incorperated a tower on the rack itself thereby providing more room to load.

The plus side is a bigger list. The wash action is great. Large jets on the washarms provide plenty of water action. It uses more water, I think, than newer models but really cleans. The self cleaning filter also works well. Drying is excellent due to your model actually having a real blower motor (like the older K/A's) which really moves the moisture out of the dishwasher for really dry dishes with or without the heat option. The new models rely on 'flash drying' to dry the load and it is NOWWHERE as good, IMO. Your model could actually be improved as far as sound quality. I've seen them with additional insulation along the front panels that help. Also placing sound absorbing pads along the inside of the motor compartment helps. The higher end models of that year did exactly that. The top of the line at that time, the DWU9961AAE, was virtually silent! I had a DWU9962AAE that had the tower on the rack and I think it was the best dishwasher Maytag ever built or ever will. SILENT! and washed like a mother. I'd still have it if Maytag hadn't misrun their rinse aid campaign like a bunch of dimwits...

RCD