Once again, GE throws out the baby with the basinette and acts like it came up with the idea of a Front Loading Dishwasher:
GE reinvents the dishwasher...
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I think these models were introduced in 1963, while the Top-Loaders were still available. Maybe they were the product of a lot of market research that indicated that customers preferred the Front Loading system. I know my mother decided fairly early on that she didn't like loading and unloading our GE Top Loader. The next machine she bought was a BOL from this front-loading series, an SD102, I believe and she always liked the way that machine worked. It was a great machine, but only had one cycle that was actuated by moving the dial manually. I, of course, missed the four colorful buttons. The Top Loader also, compared to the new Front Loader, was built like a freakin' tank. And to the day I die, I'll remember the daring shock of that pink on dark pink interior...
at least they retained the cool color-coded cycle dial for one year, and don't you love the Las-Vegas-drapery-swag control panel:
..and here are all the can't-do-without features:
there's your Power Shower ( do you remember the models that had the little "mini-me" Silver Shower?):
Uh-oh, I just realized that this model doesn't feature the "Rinse-Glo" dispenser... this won't do. Don't worry, the next one, the SD402, will. Here are all the installation specs for all the geeks out there...LOL (now that I know what that means).
I just realized: these brochures antidate ZIP codes!!!!!
I just realized: these brochures antidate ZIP codes!!!!!
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That is great! I love the attention to detail. And they actually built the things themselves in those days.
That is great! I love the attention to detail. And they actually built the things themselves in those days.
huh? why? who builds GE dishwashers now? i know the motors come from germany........and i know the computers are GE design but made by some asian supplier.
so who makes other GE components? aren't they still made in appliance park?
[as the triton xl swirls away in the kitchen]
so who makes other GE components? aren't they still made in appliance park?
[as the triton xl swirls away in the kitchen]
well, gosh---
I guess (silly me) when the heart and brain of the beast are made elsewhere, the rest sort of seems irrelevant.
Sort of like me being proud of my great-great-grandfather having been a brilliant engineer.
He was. I am not.
Of course, no manufacturer has ever made every single solitary element - not even Miele (they build nearly everything for themselves).
But let's stop for a moment and think about it. GE no longer does *their own motors*. GE *buys in* the control logic.
Sorry, but I am unrepentant in my views: As long as US firms keep giving control over their destiny out of their hands in the interest of short term profit the rest of the world is going to continue kicking your butts in terms of quality, price, reliability and that tiny little factor: profit.
GE has great design, their products actually clean. But I'd rather spend a week fixing up a Mobil Maid - including touching up that not-quite-so-more-durable-than-procelain-interior
than buy a new one.
I guess (silly me) when the heart and brain of the beast are made elsewhere, the rest sort of seems irrelevant.
Sort of like me being proud of my great-great-grandfather having been a brilliant engineer.
He was. I am not.
Of course, no manufacturer has ever made every single solitary element - not even Miele (they build nearly everything for themselves).
But let's stop for a moment and think about it. GE no longer does *their own motors*. GE *buys in* the control logic.
Sorry, but I am unrepentant in my views: As long as US firms keep giving control over their destiny out of their hands in the interest of short term profit the rest of the world is going to continue kicking your butts in terms of quality, price, reliability and that tiny little factor: profit.
GE has great design, their products actually clean. But I'd rather spend a week fixing up a Mobil Maid - including touching up that not-quite-so-more-durable-than-procelain-interior
than buy a new one.
Panthera...outwits porcelain every time.
Oh, so you picked up on that tidy little lie buried in the back of the brochure...
Oh, so you picked up on that tidy little lie buried in the back of the brochure...
rinso
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I remember well this dishwasher. Was a good start at a front-loading design, but GE would still lack a food particle separator for years to come. Whirlpool, Waste King, at that time, already had one.
Woo Newbie here!
Hey, longtime listener first time caller (though I'm floating around Audiokarma a lot).
Ok I'm looking at the pictures of the machine cut away, and it's got a vertical shaft motor and a pump that looks vaguely like a kitchen aid or my grandma's old Modern Maid (!). But my parents had an old GE (native to the house - '70 or so?) dishwasher that hed a horizontal motor and the suction port in the corner (that always had water in it) of the tub, and a much different looking spray arm. Plus that *click* solinoid to drain.
When did GE change over to this design, and did they 'rip off' their earlier designs from someone else? I don't recall seeing the later design in anything but GE/Hotpoint, but it seems everyone used the vertical-shaft-reversing motor-with pump on top design at one time...
Newbie here!Hey, longtime listener first time caller (though I'm floating around Audiokarma a lot).
Ok I'm looking at the pictures of the machine cut away, and it's got a vertical shaft motor and a pump that looks vaguely like a kitchen aid or my grandma's old Modern Maid (!). But my parents had an old GE (native to the house - '70 or so?) dishwasher that hed a horizontal motor and the suction port in the corner (that always had water in it) of the tub, and a much different looking spray arm. Plus that *click* solinoid to drain.
When did GE change over to this design, and did they 'rip off' their earlier designs from someone else? I don't recall seeing the later design in anything but GE/Hotpoint, but it seems everyone used the vertical-shaft-reversing motor-with pump on top design at one time...
WELCOME newbie.
veg-o-matic
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I thought I recognized the name!
Welcome. You'll love it here!
veg
Welcome. You'll love it here!
veg
