GE 2800 DW in Brooklyn

[toploader55]

I used one of these machines on a Private Yacht I worked on back in 1987.

Fantastic Machine. These would take the Paint off the side of a house.

Now here's the kicker. I somehow found a Archived Imperial Thread. Veg o matic has posted the Thread and has a pic of his machine.

This machine in Brooklyn has the exact same front panel !!!

Could it possibly be ?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/app/2178987082.html

 

[gadgetgary]

Eddie

I too have that machine.

 

It is a true workhorse.

 

 

[toploader55]

Hey Gary

Do you still use it ?

I remember they would clean anything with the water heating on.

I loved the Cycle Monitors. Well, the Whole Machine.

BTW, where is Veg ?

 

[gadgetgary]

Eddie

I still use it once in a while. I love the lights and digital display.

 

It was in my kitchen and I replaced it with my current KA 22 Superba.

 

I love both machines.

 

 

[a440]

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[combo52]

GE GSD 2800 DISHWASHERS

These were very good performing machines but some what limited in loading flexibility. Glasses would not get clean in the corners of the top rack if anything large was in the lower rack below them. Also the lower rack was very limited in capacity holding only 7 or 8 dinner plates and the wash tower was all to easy to block. Also the 1/6HP pump motor didn't put out nearly the volume or pressure that WP,MT or of coerce KAs do. But amazingly they did clean very well which I have to give GE engineers credit for. Eddie there is no high temp or water heat option on these machines all wash cycles used some added wash heat.

 

[appnut]

Eddie there is no high temp or water heat option on these ma

wash heat.  John a sligh variation of a correction.  The light soil option (energy saver) skipped the water heating phase of the main wash cycle.  Some of the 2800 displays had the word 'Heating" in them and displayed when water was being heated.  The manual actually sstates cycle timesa could be extended by up to 20 minute to allow for water to be heated to `140 degrees.  The 2800 was also the only GE in the series which had a high temp rinse--the options section had a sani on or off button   That rinse option did delay time (sat there and watched the time display not move) until predetermined temp was reached. On my 1200, the PotScrubber cycle definitely got the main wash temp higher than the heating phase of the normal or light wash cycle.  The Energy Saver wash cycle skipped the heating phase of the main wash cycle and the rapid advance timer would simply skip over that section of the main wash on the timer. 

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[toploader55]

Well,

All I know from running that machine sometimes 6-7 times a day, I used to see steam bellowing out the Vent in the door before the timer advanced on the final rinse. It's been a while, but I believe I used to hit the Heavy Soil all the time on Normal only because I never pre rinsed. And Mrs. Chase who owned the Yacht was a Germaphobe and instructed me to do this because that button "Sanitized" the load.
Yes, if you did have a large item in the bottom rack and glasses in the corners of the top rack, it was a Crap Shoot if they would be "yibbled" inside or not.

 

[appnut]

Wow, 6 or 7 times a day with an hour and a half for each load with heated dry option.  That's a lot of hours run a day. 

 

[toploader55]

Hey Bob.

That's with 5 Crew, 2 owners, and 4 family members on Board. 3 meals a day plus Snacks, Coffee cups, Glasses. etc. So, that's like 33 plates, Glasses Flatware plus Cocktail Hour and Cooking Utensils, Mixing Bowls, you know what it takes to put out a meal. The machine would be unloaded and it would still be warm from the previous load while loading her up again. When there was just Crew and one owner, it was usually 2-3 times a day. Normally 3 times rarely 2.
I was on board for almost a year and that machine NEVER broke down. It didn't have a chance to. LOL

 

[combo52]

HEATING OPTIONS ON GE ELECTRONIC DWs

Bob & Eddie you are correct on the 2800s about there being some options pertaining to the heat levels on different cycles, I was thinking about the 2500 as shown, it was the first electronic DW from GE and had less options. One of the things that I never liked about 1980s GE DWs was that the main wash period was about 30 minutes long and the heater would be on the whole time. This system worked well if your incoming water was only 120 dregees but if your water was already 140 it was too hot by the end of the main wash and the glasses would etch and the vinyl racks would fail as would the many other plastic parts of the machine to say nothing of the main pump seal. It often lead to an early end for the machine.

 

[appnut]

Ahh ok John.  I understand.  Just about anyone I know in real life around here, they have their water temp set at 120 degrees either for lowering their expense level or because of kids and count on dishwasher to heat water.   I can say I've never had my water temp any higher than 120--except on my WP Smart energy when I do a load of whites then it gets jacked up. 

 

[toploader55]

Bob...

I just realized something.

With the Guests on Board it truly was 6-7 BOB LOADS A DAY !!!

And Thanks... I knew there was some kind of Water Heating. Although a Yacht has 2 Generators and 3-4 Water Heaters depending on the size of the Vessel (And mind you this was in the 80s before tankless) That Steam would just pulse out of that vent with each sweep of the Wash Arm.

 

[appnut]

You're welcome Eddie!!

 

[mattl]

Had a 2800 for many years and loved it.  Prior to the end of it's life it was leaving black stuff all over everything, and had the "Blocked Wash Arm" warning constantly displaying.  I guess the seals and gaskets deteriorated  and perhaps the bearings went bad.  Hated to see it go.

 

[veg-o-matic]

Nobody here but us chickens

Still here, though currently using a soulless modern Frigidaire DW. I really miss The Mighty 2800, but it had a quirk that drove me nuts; I guess the holes in the bottom of the silverware basket were just a little too large, letting steak knives slip through and block the lower wash arm. Sometimes the "blocked wash arm" alarm would go off three or four times during a cycle.

 

[retropia]

I seem to recall an existing GE dishwasher at a house I'd purchased where the previous owners had tied a piece of screen to the bottom of the silverware basket, probably for the same reason. The screen would keep slender items from sticking out below the basket and blocking the wash arm.

It seemed to work but the way it was done didn't look the best.

 

[gadgetgary]

Hmmmm

Why didn't you keep the dw and just put the steak knives in handles down?

 

 

 

[appnut]

Veg I have two suggested solutions:  Put the steak knives in at a slight angle instead of straight down or put stuff such that you can use the fold-down cub rack in the top rack to lay the steak knives up and down it.  I do that with my Knmore elite TT.  And finally, you can always wash them by hand, they will stay sharper longer.