Camera/Flashlight Inside My Dishwasher

[combo52]

DISHWASHER PUMP AND MOTOR SIZE

While its often true that higher end machines have more insulation than cheaper models its not just insulation that makes the really quite machines quite. The really quite machines like WPs new series that has a filter have very small pumps and move much less water and have no grinder to dispose of chunks of food and get it out of the machine with every drain period. The new series is about as bad as the Frigidair machines and all the European machines. None of them come close to the ability to clean really dirty dishes and not smell bad in a few weeks. Unlike most of the machines we made over the last 30 years in this country.

 

[appnut]

Mark your detergent dispenser

Mark, the reason is that the little flip door catches on the bottom rack when it opens at the beginning of the wash cycle. Then when you open the door after the dry cycle, it pops back the rest of the way. Mine does the same thing. It's very normal.

 

[cphifer5115]

detergent cup opening part way

my maytag does the same thing, when the door is completely closed on the dishwasher the upper rack stops the detergrent cup from opening all the way but it opens enough for the detergent to drop into the water.

 

[mark_wpduet]

cphifer......

ON that pic of your dishwasher........Are the racks actually blue? That reminds me of the OLDER dishwashers with the blue or green racks.....I'm pretty sure that is the same dishwasher that I will be getting (if it's even still available) when/if mine ever goes out.

 

[tolivac]

I have a newer WP/KA dishwasher sitting in the corner of my kitchen-acts to hold things than to wash them.The circuit boards have again been fried by lightening-my area is second to Florida for lightening storms.The flap detergent tray lid catches on the lower shelf or items loaded in it-when the machine is done with its cycle-have found chunks of detergent still in it.The shredder in the pump for mine should be in pretty good shape-as I pointed out in an earlier thread-the unrinsed dishes attract vermin.The no rinsing would be fine if you started the washer right after loading it.I only run mine once per day-not after every meal.so there is time for the critters to find the dirty dishes--maybe they help clean them?an "additional" pre wash cycle?and you don't have to run the machine.Insects like roaches can have a keener sense of smell than a dog-their antennae have odor sensry receptors that are amazing for detecting food odors and sex pheramones.I didn't like to open my dishwasher after its cycle to find chopped up roaches in it and on the dishes-so had to run it again-that was the only time I tried not prerinsing dishes before loading.

 

[richardc1983]

Hey guys, been reading this thread with interest.

Can someone explain to me the workings and mechanics of the dishwashers that have the macerators built in and any pictures of these parts etc?

I thought the macerator was the impellar on the drain pump side so that when the dishwasher pumped out the impellar of the drain pump shredded any waste?

I thought these dishwashers still had the usuaul filters before the circulation wash pump as any waste getting through that would clog the jets of the wash arms?

Or does it work differently? Does it have the usual filters in place to a dishwasher without a macerator?

 

[mark_wpduet]

They have filters, but not removable ones. It's a fine screen at the very bottom under the wash arm and it filters the dirty water through that then it gets filtered through that. The chopper blade just chops the fine particles up.

 

[richardc1983]

so theres a further filter under the screen at the bottom?

 

[amyswasher]

nope!

Right behind the chopper is a metal screen, but nothing filtering under the wash arm filter.

 

[logixx]

Link with pictures:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_To_Repair_Dishwashers/KitchenAid_Repair/Chopper_Replacement

 

[richardc1983]

Very interesting. On the link where about is the drainage pump situated? Is that where the hole is directly to the right of the chopper?

What is to stop the chopper getting clogged with food matter if particles start to collect on the screen?

Im confused as to what the fine filter on the top is for if large particles can get through to the chopper anyway? It seems like all water has to eventually take the same route down to the chopper anyway?