xpanam
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Dose anyone on here have this model? Or know someone that use to have one? You almost never see this model.I know its the only one from this circa with no wash tower. And why did they dropped it?
GE Potscubber II Dishwasher
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If that dishwasher was done up in black panels, it would be one sexy beast.
Some during that time...
came with 2 thin panels, one black on one side and white on the other, and one with whatever 2 colors were popular at the time. Both were stored in the door. We had one and switched from white to black when we got a black glass door range.
Don't know if this is one of those, but it might be!
came with 2 thin panels, one black on one side and white on the other, and one with whatever 2 colors were popular at the time. Both were stored in the door. We had one and switched from white to black when we got a black glass door range.
Don't know if this is one of those, but it might be!
PS II. GE
This is a very unique GE dishwasher. John (combo52) has one like it - see it in the linked thread.
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This is a very unique GE dishwasher. John (combo52) has one like it - see it in the linked thread.
POD - August 12, 2009
Wow - we had the same dishwasher when I was a brat, but in a portable model! It replaced the ol' Viking top-loader in 1979 and it was in use right up until my father sold his farm in Western Ontario in 2006... The machine cleaned wonderfully, but I think it may have been one of the noisiest...
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This IS TOL
This IS the Top of the Line model featured from those days, based on my GE documentation from the Doctrine... Rapid-Advance timer AND Wash options with or without the water heating system! Truly amazing! I think the Regular and Potscrubber cycles on these used something on the lines of 12-14 gallons, maybe more. The manual-timer models would've been bad for that, even on the 'Light soil' settings, which didn't need the knob to be turned.
This IS the Top of the Line model featured from those days, based on my GE documentation from the Doctrine... Rapid-Advance timer AND Wash options with or without the water heating system! Truly amazing! I think the Regular and Potscrubber cycles on these used something on the lines of 12-14 gallons, maybe more. The manual-timer models would've been bad for that, even on the 'Light soil' settings, which didn't need the knob to be turned.
TOL GE Pots-Scrubber DW
This was GE first DW with an all plastic tank and also the their first with an upper wash arm and no SILLY pop-up wash tower in the lower rack. This DW also had a forced air drying unit that looked almost like KAs drying unit, I think they were worried about using the exposed element to dry dishes in a plastic tub DW so the exposed element was only used for water heating.
GE diffidently was trying to build a better DW with this design, and while this would have been GEs best effort to date at building a DW for home use, this one still fell short in several ways. GE made only two versions of the DW, the one pictured and the one with the exposed timer knob that we have, both were expensive, neither had a filter, the top wash arm was not big enough so you still had GEs problem of glasses not getting washed in the corners of the upper rack and these DWs used nearly 20 gallons of water on the normal cycle.
GE also had a LOT of repair problems with these DWs, the few we saw after they came out 30+ years ago seemed to disappear pretty fast. But all in all it is rare and would make a good DW to collect, I hope someone gets it.
This was GE first DW with an all plastic tank and also the their first with an upper wash arm and no SILLY pop-up wash tower in the lower rack. This DW also had a forced air drying unit that looked almost like KAs drying unit, I think they were worried about using the exposed element to dry dishes in a plastic tub DW so the exposed element was only used for water heating.
GE diffidently was trying to build a better DW with this design, and while this would have been GEs best effort to date at building a DW for home use, this one still fell short in several ways. GE made only two versions of the DW, the one pictured and the one with the exposed timer knob that we have, both were expensive, neither had a filter, the top wash arm was not big enough so you still had GEs problem of glasses not getting washed in the corners of the upper rack and these DWs used nearly 20 gallons of water on the normal cycle.
GE also had a LOT of repair problems with these DWs, the few we saw after they came out 30+ years ago seemed to disappear pretty fast. But all in all it is rare and would make a good DW to collect, I hope someone gets it.
Seeing as the "Money-Shot" is actually yours, Combo52, does your machine still work, or is it tucked away, waiting for a flood when the price of water goes down?
I think forced air drying is a far better idea in these - that way, you won't melt the plastic, the racks, dishes, or the wash-arm (if it were plastic).
Though I think some members have had better luck than others regarding their pop-up towers, it seems that performance is dependant on loading, like in single-arm KA machines - block the spray, and you are done for. It seems that GE's design was good, so long as it is loaded well, whereas other machines could handle "abusive" loading. I think my machine falls into line with GE - proper loading yields results, careless loading just doesn't work, or doesn't get the best results...
I think forced air drying is a far better idea in these - that way, you won't melt the plastic, the racks, dishes, or the wash-arm (if it were plastic).
Though I think some members have had better luck than others regarding their pop-up towers, it seems that performance is dependant on loading, like in single-arm KA machines - block the spray, and you are done for. It seems that GE's design was good, so long as it is loaded well, whereas other machines could handle "abusive" loading. I think my machine falls into line with GE - proper loading yields results, careless loading just doesn't work, or doesn't get the best results...
GE!
It is ashame GE didn't enhance on this design. The popup tower was really annoying
and I knew people that wanted complete usable racks so GE lost out to KA and D&M Kenmore units. Had they went further with the design they would have sold more DW's - but GE was always a big seller anyway even with the tower.
Peter
It is ashame GE didn't enhance on this design. The popup tower was really annoying
and I knew people that wanted complete usable racks so GE lost out to KA and D&M Kenmore units. Had they went further with the design they would have sold more DW's - but GE was always a big seller anyway even with the tower.
Peter
I have been in contact with the seller and (assuming it's still there later tonight) am going to go look at / pick it up later.
Kevin
This would be a cool appliance to have Kevin.
My parents put the lesser model (the one that John refers to with the push to start knob instead of the rapid advance timer) in our summer 1977 built house in Denver. We used it at least daily for 5.5 years when all of us were home, and when I was visting the house in summer 1984 it was still there. I have heard these were trouble prone, but we sure liked it. We came to like it better than our KDS-17A we had before it.
When we got to Charlotte in January 1983, our house had a 1982/83 Potscrubber 900 as builder equipment. We thought the machine looked similar enough that it would have the forced air drying of the '77, but nope. Mom missed the air-bubble infused china/crystal cycle that the '77 had as well.
We never noticed the pop-up tower that was in this 1983 '900, or the lack of the center apray arm, but we never had any service complaints from it, or from the 1987 '900 that we used near daily for 17 or 18 years. Same from the three similar machines that I've had. All mine had the multi-orbit wash arm. In five similar machines, I've never seen a problem cleaning glasses in the corners of upper rack that gets mentioned here.
I'd consider using a dishwasher like this Potscrubber II at home if one came available.
G
My parents put the lesser model (the one that John refers to with the push to start knob instead of the rapid advance timer) in our summer 1977 built house in Denver. We used it at least daily for 5.5 years when all of us were home, and when I was visting the house in summer 1984 it was still there. I have heard these were trouble prone, but we sure liked it. We came to like it better than our KDS-17A we had before it.
When we got to Charlotte in January 1983, our house had a 1982/83 Potscrubber 900 as builder equipment. We thought the machine looked similar enough that it would have the forced air drying of the '77, but nope. Mom missed the air-bubble infused china/crystal cycle that the '77 had as well.
We never noticed the pop-up tower that was in this 1983 '900, or the lack of the center apray arm, but we never had any service complaints from it, or from the 1987 '900 that we used near daily for 17 or 18 years. Same from the three similar machines that I've had. All mine had the multi-orbit wash arm. In five similar machines, I've never seen a problem cleaning glasses in the corners of upper rack that gets mentioned here.
I'd consider using a dishwasher like this Potscrubber II at home if one came available.
G
I THINK!
There is a user "bigalsf" that still (maybe) uses this machine - on this forum. Whoever ends up with this might be able to discuss its washing ability and such.
Gordon, you still have your Potscrubber 1200, right? If you or another member with one of these machines (or the 2800) got a Potscrubber 2, you could have a wash-off
There is a user "bigalsf" that still (maybe) uses this machine - on this forum. Whoever ends up with this might be able to discuss its washing ability and such.
Gordon, you still have your Potscrubber 1200, right? If you or another member with one of these machines (or the 2800) got a Potscrubber 2, you could have a wash-off
Great dishwasher!
I see that the post has been removed so I can assume congrats are in order for Kevin!
Yes, I have the GSD 1070-03 model, the last in the series. I think these are really cool dishwashers; I love the control panel design! Kevin, you will have a lot of fun with this!
They do use a very large amount of water on the Normal cycle (approx 18 gal), and they clean well. John is right, you cannot load anything tall in the corners, but the loading illustration on the door indicates tall items should be loaded in the rows next to the center. It's a fairly quiet machine with the original motor/pump (that familiar GE whine!), but I had to change mine because the pump body developed a pin hole. I put the newer designed pump & motor assembly in (with the Pirannah style food grinder) and it made a major difference in the sound volume.....it is much quieter now. It rivals some modern machines of today! You can actually hear the water action much clearer. I used this one as my daiy driver for a while, but because it used so much water and parts are super hard to find I decided to just place it with my collection and use it occasionally.
I also had the GSD 950 pictured above when I lived in Philly, but I couldn't take it with me.
Enjoy the machine Kevin!
I see that the post has been removed so I can assume congrats are in order for Kevin!
Yes, I have the GSD 1070-03 model, the last in the series. I think these are really cool dishwashers; I love the control panel design! Kevin, you will have a lot of fun with this!
They do use a very large amount of water on the Normal cycle (approx 18 gal), and they clean well. John is right, you cannot load anything tall in the corners, but the loading illustration on the door indicates tall items should be loaded in the rows next to the center. It's a fairly quiet machine with the original motor/pump (that familiar GE whine!), but I had to change mine because the pump body developed a pin hole. I put the newer designed pump & motor assembly in (with the Pirannah style food grinder) and it made a major difference in the sound volume.....it is much quieter now. It rivals some modern machines of today! You can actually hear the water action much clearer. I used this one as my daiy driver for a while, but because it used so much water and parts are super hard to find I decided to just place it with my collection and use it occasionally.
I also had the GSD 950 pictured above when I lived in Philly, but I couldn't take it with me.
Enjoy the machine Kevin!
Actually there are NO congrats due.....
Even though I was in communication with the seller, they must have given the dishwasher to someone else when they deleted the ad. I tried to contact them again to confirm I was coming to pick it up, but they never responded..... how rude.
Kevin
Even though I was in communication with the seller, they must have given the dishwasher to someone else when they deleted the ad. I tried to contact them again to confirm I was coming to pick it up, but they never responded..... how rude.
Kevin
Update....
I just got an e-mail from the seller, they still have this DW and I now have the address.
Should I go get it anyway?
I just got an e-mail from the seller, they still have this DW and I now have the address.
Should I go get it anyway?
Y E S
What's one more machine Kev?
What's one more machine Kev?
Yeah I'll probably go get it.
Kevin: Get this!!! ITS WORTH IT!!!
I know first hand this is a rare machine. I only saw one once in person 12 years ago at a scrape recycle center, and Ive seen a LOT of machines there over the years. Had I known at the time this was such a rare machine,I would have gobbled it up,Im still kicking myself for not buying it when I had the chance.
The major parts for this machine are easy to find in that they are still being made along with the fact if they are not, they are still interchangable with older pop up tower machines. The timer and wash riser tubes are rare, but they are not lickely to fail in a way thats non repairable.
The machine is well insulated to, its well worth having.
Let us know if you do get it, still itching to see the pics lol!
Best of Luck!
I know first hand this is a rare machine. I only saw one once in person 12 years ago at a scrape recycle center, and Ive seen a LOT of machines there over the years. Had I known at the time this was such a rare machine,I would have gobbled it up,Im still kicking myself for not buying it when I had the chance.
The major parts for this machine are easy to find in that they are still being made along with the fact if they are not, they are still interchangable with older pop up tower machines. The timer and wash riser tubes are rare, but they are not lickely to fail in a way thats non repairable.
The machine is well insulated to, its well worth having.
Let us know if you do get it, still itching to see the pics lol!
Best of Luck!
