niclonnic
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Status Update
The new, OEM, OrbitClean arm has been working flawlessly nearly two months later. Although I could have held onto the conventional, dark blue spray arm and used that, I ended up returning it, unopened, a week later. Since I pre-rinse all dishes, it does not matter what type of spray arm a dishwasher has. To me, a DW is more of a dish sanitizer.
Fortunately, this arm does have metal on the bottom of the orbital end. This reduces the chances of the plastic melting if it comes into contact with the heating element.
I checked online, and around late 2020, Frigidaire produced a dishwasher that features TWO OrbitClean arms. In addition to the lower one, the middle arm has an orbital end. In my mind, this translates to another part that can potentially fail, in addition to the lower arm.
Even today, Frigidaire makes ONE model that still has the orbital arm. I, too, am baffled as to why appliances have "goofy" designs which don't work that great in reality.
The new, OEM, OrbitClean arm has been working flawlessly nearly two months later. Although I could have held onto the conventional, dark blue spray arm and used that, I ended up returning it, unopened, a week later. Since I pre-rinse all dishes, it does not matter what type of spray arm a dishwasher has. To me, a DW is more of a dish sanitizer.
Fortunately, this arm does have metal on the bottom of the orbital end. This reduces the chances of the plastic melting if it comes into contact with the heating element.
I checked online, and around late 2020, Frigidaire produced a dishwasher that features TWO OrbitClean arms. In addition to the lower one, the middle arm has an orbital end. In my mind, this translates to another part that can potentially fail, in addition to the lower arm.
Even today, Frigidaire makes ONE model that still has the orbital arm. I, too, am baffled as to why appliances have "goofy" designs which don't work that great in reality.
