GE2800 Photos

[washer111]

Hi Guys,

I know a number of the members on this forum have one "the mighty" 2800 models done by GE (The beeping dishwasher!).

I was wondering if anyone might be able to post a nice, good quality picture of their 2800's control panel (and /or) the entire machine running.

Don't ask why - I just like having these pics around, and google searches just don't show anything up

Thanks in Advance

P.S. If a nice pic has already been posted, then please let me know! I'd hate to waste someone's time

 

[toploader55]

I remembered this

For the 2800

Nate, You have a 2800 right ?

 

[william637]

I have one

I came across a 2800 at the Habitat store a few months ago and picked it up for $25. I'll try to remember to go and take some pics of it tonight or tommorow and post them for you.

 

[gadgetgary]

Control Panel

Running

 

[cyclemonitor]

would this....

suffice

 

[cyclemonitor]

and

more

 

[cyclemonitor]

one

more

 

[cyclemonitor]

last

one

 

[gadgetgary]

GE 2800

Racks

 

[joefuss1984]

would love to have

Would love to have one of these in black that looks good and runs good haha.  I think these debuted in 1984 as did I LOL.  They look so advanced for their time.

 

[applianceguy47]

My parents put a 2800  in their new home in 1985. 

 

I replaced it for them in 1999 with a 1997 KA Superba, which they still have.  It works fine, but needs racks.

 

The GE was squeaking like every time the arm would go around.  It also needed racks.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ultramatic]

Wow that commercial took me back...

<span style="font-size: medium;">I was so impressed on so high tech it was when I first saw it. </span>

 

[washer111]

Thanks for all the great pics guys!

Just a quick slightly off topic Q. I saw a video on YT of a GE Potscrubber 1200 starting up on a cycle. I haven't been able to find that video recently. It was a really good quality video, that captured the 1200's operation sounds nicely.
Anyone know of it's whereabouts?

 

[william637]

If the video isn't found

I also have a 1200 in the basement. It is what came with the house when I bought it. The control panel is scratched up (why do people insist on cleaning printed/painted control panels with abrasives?), but otherwise it works. If the video isn't found I can hook mine up and make one. It's kinda fun listening to the timer automatically advance.

 

[chris74]

What a shame...

... that these heavily computer-controlled machines are so outdated now...

 

[combo52]

Early 80s TOL GE DWs GSD 900, 1200, 2600, 2800 and other

These Models with the Multi-orbit lower wash arm, Self-cleaning filter, heavy die-cast control panel, heavy molded tub and door liner with a heavy duty metal frame around it, and even additional support for the extra-deep upper rack in the form of an extra Axel and wheels that ran on the ceiling of the tank. IMEO this was the first time that GE got really serious about trying to compete with the big boys by with a built-in a DW that could compete with KA, WP, and MT in terms of performance and long term durability as they wouldn't rust out in ten years or less.

 

I would never have seriously considered a GE DW in my home until these machines came out. They do still have several serious short comings when you compare them to WP or KA DWs of the same time period. The lower rack just doesn't allow random loading, it is too cut up with the Silver Ware basket in the front, the wash tower in the center and the silly saucer space right behind, as a result the LR holds less than a dozen dinner plates. If you try and load the lower rack heavily with pots, pans and bowels items wouldn't get washed in the corners of the otherwise excellent top rack.

 

But to me the most worst part of this machine was they used the same motor and pump that they put in their cheapest builder machine. It was always interesting when looking at the beautiful brochures for these DWs that GE barely mentioned that it even had a motor let alone its HP LOL. But it used noisy inefficient 1/6 HP motor that used as much power as KAs 1/2 HP motor did and put out even more heat. The nice thing is that if you want to use one of these machines today as an everyday machine you can easily install the new PSC motor and cut the power consumption down to 1/3 and reduce the noise as well. And the grinder was [ and still is in current GE DWs ] a very fragile little affair that can be easily destroyed by hard objects, they have changed the design of this many times over the years but still have not manged to get one that cannot be broken easily. The one good thing about GEs huge noisy fan that was used to cool the most inefficient motor ever used in a home DW was that all that hot air blowing around helped dry up the water that was often leaking from the trip shaft seal of other points under the DW.

 

[william637]

Thanks for your post Combo52

I had always assumed that the motors between DW manufacturers were of roughly equal efficiency - i didn't know the old GE motors turned more electricity to heat than kinetic energy. That'll teach me to assume things again...

That said, it makes me feel better about the motor/pump replacement I have done on my 2800. I didn't think there was anyway that the new assembly could possibly deliver enough water volume to make the spray arms work as originally designed. Even with the new motor being much more efficient, the new impeller and pump housing is so much smaller I don't see how it is going to be able to produce the same flow rate. What is your experience with this?

I also liked your comment about the leaks and the heat drying the water. I was amazed at the rust down there. Just before I did the replacement, I looked at the 1200, and rust in the same spot. I picked up another BOL GE DW from habitat for $25 and was going to use the pump and motor off it (rather than order a new assembly from partsdirect.com), but lo and behold, it leaked in the same spot too!
I had wondered why people didn't have rotten floors since all GEs seem to leak in the same spot. Now I know.

And finally, I like you, like the multi-oribt wash arm. That was by far one of the most clever features of the machine. Whoever came up with that should get an "a".

 

[peteski50]

GE

Thanks John for some clearification - I did like the 1200 model but was very disappointed that GE didnt keep the potscrubber2 design with complete usable racks. I still perfered the more flexable loading of KA and WP.
Peter

 

[bwoods]

2800

As ComboJohn says the heavy racks were very well designed and the extra roller and axel on the upper rack allow it to hold a ton.

The older induction motors draw 5.5 amps and move a TON of water. If you ever pull a tower wash DW out of the cabinet and take the sound insulation off, you will be surprised at the force of the water hitting the PermaTuf tub you can place your hand on the outside of the tub and feel the water jets strike the inside of the tub as they rotate and feel the surprisingly strong vibrations from the shear force.

Like ComboJohn, I have a love-hate relationship with the little saucer rack. It does keep you from putting a large pot in the back of the lower rack. On the other hand, it gets saucers out of the upper rack and gives you more room for bowels, etc

The PowerTower is designed to wash the upper rack 100 percent by itself. It is not there to augment the lower wash arm for cleaning the upper rack, but to give, as GE states, true random loading.

As long as the tower is not blocked or a tall pot is not in the way of its jet stream (this is probably the most common misloading mistake) it will clean every item in the upper rack, including the corners, with ease. A while back I mentioned the "dried up peanut butter in a jar" test.

The GE tower wash is the only DW I have had that CONSISTENTLY cleans dried on crud from inside of small mouth jars. Try it. Totally block the flow from the lower rack, you can then place the jar in any position, including any of the corners, and you will have a shiny clean jar when the cycle is done.

I have had dozens of GE tower wash machines (literally) over the past 30 years or so and they get my #1 rating for all around. Very, very close is the Maytag RR(which I love) and not too far behing that is the Whirlpool PowerClean.

No machine is perfect and each have their unique merits. The Maytag RR holds the most dishes and is easiest to load of any dishwasher I have used and can handle deep pots in the upper rack.

The Whirlpool PowerClean can handle and dispose of more food waste, and larger waste particles (like noodles, broccoli, green beans) than any machine I have ever had, without even breaking a sweat.

I am always changing out dishwashers to test them in the kitchen, but the one I always come back to for the permanent daily driver is the GE Tower Wash.