Sad facts. I wonder why export models are so troublesome compared to their local counterparts? Could it be different voltages requiring design changes?
I guess if you told any european or australian the water usage on the pot scrubber cycle of one of these things, they'd have a heart attack! Good ol' GE made sure the heavy cycle had prewash, rinse rinse, main wash, rinse rinse , long wash, rinse long rinse I believe! Used something like 60L of water in the 80s!
But I guess the thing is, if GE had made more of a song and dance about the 2800's superior performance at the time, we'd all have been running around with self cleaning, orbital wash arm, wash towered local models by now! This is probably why Australian brands aren't recognised - they just weren't innovative! As you've probably read, we had one of the last Aussies Dishlexes.
A good wash, but some of the other models today, and of yesterday were garbage. Our friends have a Dishlex Global (or equivalent) that despite my best efforts in descaling filters and unblocking wash arms, doesn't perform very well. I will try to persuade them into running it a few times, and get the let of the land with it though, see if it really is a dud! It might also be other things, like 3 day old dishes drying out badly, or plates not being scraped (happened to relatives, wife got a new dishwasher in the 80s, and had chicken bones blocking the pipes! Was too lazy to scrape the plates).
But if I ever come across a 2800, 2500 or equivalent, count me in to owning one. Owning a 2800 in Australia would be very difficult! I bet any serviceman today would think they are recent machines, based on their superior technology!