Daily or Party Cycles?

[hoover1060]

KDS17A

I usually use the Sani-Cycle on my KA, and this past Saturday night I noticed something unusual. I'd cooked dinner for a really great guy that I've been seeing, and we were sitting at the kitchen table having coffee and the KA was running. In the sani-cycle there is a pause before the final rinse to heat the water to 180, and then WOOSH it comes back on for the final rinse. At the moment of the WOOSH, this steam cloud came out from the bottom of the door, kinda like a mushroom cloud...
Should it be doing that?
I'll have to try the soak cycle next use. I have used the "light soil" once or twice now for a fast wash of glasses when company's been over.

PS: Michael, the guy I cooked for has a KUDS22 in his kitchen!

 

[gadgetgary]

Jeff

Don't be too concerned about the WOOSH and the steam cloud at the bottom(LOL). I believe it is perfectly normal since mine does the same thing. I very rarely use the Sani Rinse feature.

 

[appnut]

Jeff, I've observed the same thing, very normal.

 

[gansky1]

Also a stream of steam when the blower first kicks on - the Maytag belt-drives do the same thing after every fill when the circulation starts - whoosh!

 

[hoover1060]

WOOSH!

I love the WOOSH!

I still remember the first demo Fred Nelson gave of his KDS17, and the KD12 he has in his laundry room, he'd let them fill and start circulating, then stop the machine and say "Listen to the water when it starts" he'd then restart the machine, and the blast of water sound coming from inside just amazed me!

I'd noticed the steam cloud when the blower kicked in, but not during the sani-cycle. Its kinda cool!

Greg you and Fred N. were so right though, this is the best DW I have ever used! I'd never go back to the old Kenmore again thats for sure!

 

[gocartwasher]

WOW !!!

memories!!! .our dishwaher was just like that & when dad built the new home he took the wheels & cutting board top off of it to built it in to the cabnets,I to this day still have the cutting top & the casters of of it!!,built a fun board/moving dolly with the casters & a folding drawing table out of the top,and its REAL LAMINATED WOOD TO,you don`t see that now days!!!,& one more I have several recordings I made of it running through all the cycles,it was so relaxing listning to it wash,had rebuilt the pump in it back in 1980,my father bought it in 1970 when we moved to Indiana,remember hooking it up to the faucet & turning on the HOT water!!,out of all the dishwashers I`v worked on?scrapped the kitchenaid was the best made

 

[andrewinorlando]

Brent - yes, Party Cycle passed away early this year.

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Andrew,
I had no idea. I guess I was not around when that was posted.
I did think his post were very funny.
Thanks for letting me know.
Brent

 

[andrewinorlando]

Brent -

It wasn't posted here...i just never thought to do it, and I didn't really find out until this past summer when I couldn't get in touch with him. He was quite a character, but unfortunately was a very, very sick man.

 

[appnut]

Andrew, I am very glad you let us know. I had been missing him tremenodusly. He was one of the very few who knew an aweful lot about dishwashers and could remember all of how a particular cycle went on a dishwasher brand. I've lost a dishrack mate.

 

[andrewinorlando]

Bob - he knew that stuff backwards and forwards, in intricate detail. I used to enjoy the many conversations we had about dishwashers, from Bosch to KitchenAid, he knew them all...cycle sequences, loading patterns, engineering, etc. He was so happy because he had recently acquired a new Whirlpool with Power Clean module for his apartment in San Diego...it really made him happy. And we'd talk endlessly about the many loads of pots and pans, dishes, stove parts, etc., that he would do in it. And boy could he do a Bob-load!! He was a very funny guy, with a sardonic sense of humor. I sometimes look back through the archives for his posts. He was only 51.

 

[48bencix]

Rare guy

Andrew,

Thanks for updating us about Party Cycle. I really enjoyed his posts, and knowledge. I did notice that he was missing from this board for a while, but did not know him. When Greg posted his new machine, I wondered.

Again, thanks for letting us know.

Martin

 

[andrewinorlando]

Martin - he had been sick for a long time when he decided to really not have any more contact with people. I was really the only one he talked to as he had no family that he was in contact with (gay, you know!). Aside from some acquaintances where he lived, he really was alone. But he preferred it that way. He suffered from so many serious, fatal ailments that it's a medical miracle he lived as long as he did. It was not unusual to not hear from him for two or three months at a clip, when he wasn't well, or in and out of the hospital, as he would really cease contact with everyone. He seemed to enjoy spending time in Balboa Park, when he could physically get out, as he lived directly across the street from there. Last time he called me, it was to ask me what kind of pressure cooker I had, as he wanted to go out and buy one for himself when he was able to get out again.

I found out he was gone when he stopped returning phone calls and his phone was disconnected and his e-mail account just returned all e-mails as undeliverable, and mail sent to his apartment came back as undeliverable. I did see him in Sept of 2005 while I was out in San Diego at a conference, and he really made an effort to come out for an evening, but it was so hard for him to even walk 20 steps without stopping to rest.

But if you thought he was a character on here, that pales in comparison to how he was in person! A very amusing and interesting guy who had really lived quite a life. Overall, a good, kind and decent person with an incredible wit who could converse intelligently on many, many topics. But he was also a very private and independent person, who let very few people "in". For all the health problems I know he had, he would never talk about them, so it was hard to know exactly what was going on or how seriously ill he really was.

 

[danemodsandy]

1950s KA DWs

Hello:

I haven't posted here in a long, long, LONG time, but I was sorry to read about partycycle.

This thread brings up something I have been meaning to ask: How restorable are 1950s KA DWs? I've been thinking of a KD-11, and wondered what I was getting into with parts availability. Particularly racks, door seals, etc. Or are these machines for advanced collectors- the kind of people who have super-rare machines and parts "magically" appear wherever they go? That ain't me, that's for sure.

Anyway, good to be back.

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Andrew,
Thanks for letting us know.
Life sucks at times.
It sounds like he really trusted you, and considered you a friend.
It is nice that you were there for him.
Thanks for the information.
Brent

 

[sudsmaster]

Me have a KDS17A too. Interior looks a lot like that portable, and is in similar great condition. Don't have room to install it right now, but if the Bosch in the main kitchen ever dies, the KDS17A is going to take its place.