How to get the most out of your new KitchenAid Dishwasher

[rollermatic]

love it!

nothin better than a kds-17a!!!!

 

[appnut]

Pages 4 & 5

Uhh, what happened to them?

 

[bajaespuma]

nothin better than a kds-17a!!!!

Amen.

 

[cyclemonitor]

4 and 5

Sorry.... was in a hurry this AM

the 2 most important pages!

 

[cyclemonitor]

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[appnut]

David thankyou very much.  those bottom rack photos are very different than the KDS16 manual ones I remember. 

 

[DADoES]

 

I BobLoaded® the hell out of our KDI-17a.

 

[frigilux]

Thanks for scanning the owner's manual! Manuals are such great fun to read. The cycles seem so brief compared to new dishwashers, but set your water-use phaser on stun: NINETEEN gallons of water for the Soak Cycle. Yeow!

 

[tomturbomatic]

Did you note the hot water temperature range: 140-160F? We used to keep our water heater at 160 when they could be set that high. Now the highest setting is about 140 or so.

 

[appnut]

Now the highest setting is about 140 or so

I don't think my parents ever put ours above 140 at the most.  Tom, my Whirlpool Energy Saver water heater can go up to 155 or slightly higher at maximum. 

 

[a440]

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">My Bradford White will get up to 176.  I keep it on 160.</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">70 Gallon direct vent.</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Brent</span>

 

[bajaespuma]

David thank you again and again and again. This brought back so many good memories. I can still remember what ours smelled like when I opened the door the first time. And that cool US Steel sticker over that beautiful white porcelain with blue speckling. It was a Custom, a KDC-17a and that thing was built like a German car. It was a machine worthy of the brand. I remember I loved how you had to push one of the two cycle buttons to start the machine; then you'd hear the motor whir, you'd hear the pump purge and then the water would start to enter while the works turned so you had a quiet and gradual start-up. Wasn't silent by today's standards, but was relatively quiet.