GE Potscrubber III

[panthera]

How Long did they make the Potscrubber?

Our local Home Depot is still selling the last descendants.
Lot's of parts are interchangeable.
Basically, here's what happened.
The original Potscrubber worked great, but was loud and plastic.
GE 'updated' it to Potscrubber II, which was still loud and plastic, but 'looked' more modern. No more Tower of Power, two or three washarms.
Unfortunately, early production was so bad even GE service manuals advised technicians to be generous in out-of-warranty repairs.
GE fixed them then killed them off - sort of like the Cadillac Northstar - and called their return to the older design 'Potscrubber III'.

Once the bad taste was out of everyone's mouth, they just went back to Potscrubber.
These dishwashers clean really well.

 

[whitetub]

In the late 1970's, my parents bought a portable GE Potscrubber.

It had a Potscrubber cycle, Normal, and Normal Econo(no heat dry) and Rinse & Hold.
You could start the dial at Normal, or Light. We used the Light cycle only.
It was Rinse, Wash, Rinse, Rinse Rinse. It did a great job. The Normal start would add a Prewash and a rinse I think.

It had the clown shoe wash arm, a tower, and mini wash arm on the top of the tub. Porcelain tub. (made in Canada).

That dishwasher lasted more than 20 years without any repair. Here's some pics with my cat.

 

[panthera]

Water is key

I think it was Laundress who pointed out that the large amount of water these dishwashers used had a lot to do with their outstanding cleaning ability.

Given that they still used far less than washing the dishes equally well by hand, customers felt they were saving water and energy. 

The noticeable dip in people catching other people's 'colds' and other infections played a big role in their successful introduction to virtually everyone, too.

 

Like the FilterFlo washer and so many other GE products, they didn't feel as elegant as the KA and Maytag dishwashers. But, they cleaned better than all the rest and many are still running after four decades. That's not nothing.

 

[bradfordwhite]

If Bobbi Adler says they're good

I'm sold. I'm going to my nearest home-town GE dealer and getting the best.

 

[appnut]

1978!!! complete with celery green interior and woodgrain control panel!!

 

[panthera]

For cleaning and flexibility the Potscrubber 1130

Seems to be the sweet-spot of all of ours. The multi-orbital arm, the big filter in the back, the time delay, the extra-extra program 'Potscrubber'....

It's perfect.

I like to begin with 'water-saver' for an extended pre-rinse (it just turns the first three into one, but for the entire length of the three) followed by 'Potscrubber' and 

Wash Heat Boost' for the wash and rinses.

Cleans everything. 

The GSD2500 just doesn't have quite the flexibility.