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Well Peter, I"m gonna be the devil's advocate so to speak and split hairs with you.  You cannot simply go by "label" of cycle, you have to look at comporable sequences.  As I have stated before in discussing these differences, what was Normal on my model later became Heavy Soil and that's a comparable comparison.  What was Light Wash on my model later became Normal Cycle.  Except for China-Crystal, all comparable cycles used more water on the S version than others, including rinse & hold.  You look at essential sequence, not label.  (It's kinda like some people on here bitch because their Duet doesn't have a cycle called Permanent Press on it, but the manual clearly states the Normal/Casual cycle is intended for, including, wrinkle free and permanent press items).    Another way of looking at this is the layout of the buttons.  From left to right, each ensuing button was for a lower performing/lower soil requirement.  They simply dumbed down in a way the terms, trading Normal for LIght, and Heavy for Normal.  (Kinda like that last of the PlwerCleans, Normal started with the main wash phase, no "prewash", so you had to use "heavy wash" if you wanted to have dual detergent washes.  It's simply manipulating terms again to satisfy some government requirement.  But then again, I look inside the covers rather than simply accept what the cov er of the books says.  It's also kind of like on the new Maytag Maxima's, default normal soil is the equivalent of heavy soil (and time length of cycle) on the cmparable Duet model.  Just like I stated above, I habitually used Light Soil because it was simply the equivalent cycle (in terms of sequence of events) for what many other brands at the time had as normal (prewash, rinse, heated main wash, and two post wash rinses).  And my energy saver cycle was the equivalent of most light soil cycles--maybe a prewawsh but then a shortened main wash (probably without temp boost) and two rinses, which si what my energy sagver cycle was.  I used it for light soil or for soil that haedn't sat for more than aday or if I was doing some cooking and baking and that was the perfect cycle for stuff that hadn't become encrusted.  And as I've said before, I knew my Normal Cycle was the equivalent of most other's heavy soil cycle and I didn't reaklly use it, if I felt I needed better performance over the Light Soil (which gleefully took care of cooked on oatmeal and other starches which had sat for several days), I jsut simply went straight to PotScrubber.  Even with dinner guests of 10 & 12 and just tableware put in there, Light Soil was more than adequate. 

[this post was last edited: 9/18/2011-22:50]
 
The original "Debbie Reynolds" Potscrubber III dishwasher debuted in 1978 and did not have the ability to use 120 degree water,unless you used the Potscrubber cycle. It wasn't until 1979.when KitchenAid told America, with the 19 series that "now you can turn down your water heaters to 120 degrees and save 10% on your energy costs" that other manufacturers followed. Of course a handful offered this feature as far back as the Apex, Youngstown Kitchens, Sears but it became widespread soon after KA acted like they "debuted" it!
 
multiple pattern jet tower

I had a 1999 Maytag Intelliclean 9000 series DW with the 22 jet tower which changed patterns with every revolution of the lower Jetclean wash arm. That tower combined with the full size wash arm in the top of the machine washed the top rack as well as Mom's KA KDP-20 with the SS upper wash arm. The triple filtration and hard food disposer completed the package. I'd love to have an Intelliclean and a Hobart built KA on either side of the sink. These machines could challenge eachother on who cleans the best. (We all know the Hobart was best built.) My 17 years in the foodservice biz can confirm that.
 
Getting re-accustomed to the 1200

Just as I had learned to let go of my gripes about the TallTub and to load it using it's racks instead of fighting them trying to load like I loaded the old 1200, now I'm re-learning my old usage patterns.

I LOVE the power of this dishwasher. Already, the colander that is seen in the top rack picture has far more shine on it than it did before. There was stuck-on starch from spaghetti noodles, which never came off in the TT. I just assumed it was tarnished. One run through the 1200 with a Finish Powerball Tab and the chrome shine is back. Sitting in front of the machine, you can hear the multi-orbit wash arm spraying the door in different patterns, which sounds like a pressure washer, vs. a spray bottle that my TT reminded me of.

So far I've used the Potscrubber cycle to run the Affresh tablet that I 'flushed' the machine with, and I've run the Normal Wash twice. Next will be to test the Light Soil cycle, which is what I usually used on my last 1200. I've tried the Rinse/Hold as well.

The sound of the new-style GE replacement pump/motor takes some getting used to as compared to the old motor, but overall, what a machine!

Gordon
 
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