DishDrawer Video

[yogitunes]

something to consider with one of these, and maybe many others, although at first it never occured to me, but the size and stackability of one dishes really allows you to, maybe NOT BobLoad it, but fill this machine to capacity, anyway, the time came to get new dishes and glassware, from WalMart, BUT that they fit the machine really well, especially the glassware, which were shorter and fatter, which allowed the side racks to be lowered over top and cups to be placed in position, which you can't do with tall glasses in one of these machines....

but just the same, many of us adapt to the machines we have, and make it work for us....or eventually replace them, hopefully with a better model

 

[intuitive]

FP Dishdrawers Reliability

In the block of units I live in, we have a all FP kitchens.. gas cooktops, electric ovens & dishdrawers. 

 

The larder 3 bedroom units have double dishdrawers & all 2 & 1 bedroom units have single dish drawers.  EVERYSINGLE double DD has been replaced at least once. when I spoke to the FP repair guy.. he said the double units have to pack the electronics into a very small space compared to the single units.   He said he would repair 3 double DD's to 1 single DD.

 

We had the Double DD's in my office and every single one of them had at least 1 drawer out of action all the time. 

 

Our single DD (603) just keep on going, it is used at least once a day and never skips a beat. I have had to replace the water heater once. this failed because 'usband was using cheap dish washer powder.  I now use Morning Fresh Gel or Powder with Aldi rinse aid. 

 

 

 

[DADoES]

 
I'm not understanding your repairman's comments about packing the electronics into a smaller space on double-drawer units. Each drawer has a controller board mounted on front, and drawers are the same size on double- and single-drawer machines so the available space for mounting the board is the same either way (until the Tall and 36" designs have now come into play). There's a small mains board in the floor of the cabinet but the physical space there is the same for single or double. I suppose the mains board is more component-dense on a double-drawer unit since it has circuitry for two water valves, two sets of lid motors, and feeding power to two drawer controllers ... maybe that's what he meant? But that's only one board of three in a double-drawer unit.

 

[yogitunes]

AAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!.....theres the advantage of the 2 drawers.....if one of mine go out, I still have one to use until repaired........

if your single drawer, or regular dishwasher goes out....your screwed!

I also have a portable, mainly for party overload....but you never know......

Many of us have a few spare washers and dryers, some already hooked up.....show of hands, how many have a backup dishwasher?, vacuum?, A/C?, generator?....etc!

 

[combo52]

DISH DRAWERS

I also don't understand why there is any difference between the single and the double model except to say I have only seen about 6 singles and about a hundred doubles and most owners of the double tend to use the top one most of the time. About the only thing good about these machines is that being top loading you don't have to worry about liquids spilling on the floor when loading. But when you consider how much water they use for the small number of dishes they hold and the high cost of the machine it is really either a toy or a machine for people with money to burn.

 

[cehalstead]

spare units

4 vacuums, 2 dishwashers, and a wringer washer for extreme backup