Daily or Party Cycles?

[toggleswitch]

Nice DW greg-y!

Blah! Blah! Blah!
What are you wearing now?!!

If it was meant as a joke, as I surely think it was, I think it's smashingly funny!

Don't you love cross-pollenated threads?

 

[48bencix]

where is party cycle?

I noticed the Party on the key pad, on second glance.

Just love it.

BTW what happened to memeber party cycle? I enjoyed his funny posts.

 

[veg-o-matic]

I often wonder what Greg is wearing.

Nice KA, too!

vwg

 

[andrewinorlando]

Unfortunately, our member, Party Cycle, is not with us any more......

He was a very funny guy.....

 

[hoover1060]

Party cycle

Jason the party cycles are shortened versions of the full cycle, and also include the plate warmer as well. According the literature I have seen, party cycles are a light wash & rinse for stuff thats not really all that dirty, such as cocktail glasses, snack plates, ect....

I am by no means an expert, but I do love my KDS17A!!

 

[appnut]

Paty Cycles were light soil, plate warmer, and cancel drain. The light soil main wash was like 4 or 6 minutes. On the regular cycles, that main wash was about 10 or 12 minutes long. The other four were normal, heavy soil/soak, saniwash, and rinse & hold.

 

[westytoploader]

Congratulations Greg, cool machine! I have yet to see a Party Cycle run...will have to do it next year! You really seem to be bringing in those KitchenAids!

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Oh My!
Did member Party Cycle Pass away?
Brent

 

[frigilux]

pturo--- The Soak & Scrub cycle was great. My first KA dishwasher (purchased about 1983 or so) had it. Before the regular cycle begins, the water heats and it starts to wash. Then it pauses while the water heats up again. Then it scrubs again. Can't remember how many times this occurs before the regular cycle begins. It did a great job on pots/pans, that's for sure!

 

[DADoES]

On the KDI-17a, soak was during the normal Prewash phase which was two increments of fill, three of washing, then drain. Soak washed for one timer increment, then for the remaining two increments a delay relay took over which pulsed the timer motor and extended them to 13 minutes. There was a brief period of recirculation when drain started, being as the motor didn't reverse, until the water was out. Rest of the cycle was identical to Normal.

 

[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.