I needed another dishwasher, right??

[turquoisedude]

Thank you Steve!!  I didn't do any further exploration on the dishwasher yesterday - I was called to help clear out a friend's mother's house following her move to a senior's residence.  49 years worth of stuff accumulated and I took one carload so far.... LOL 

 

[philr]

It was in the inner door panel on the earlier metal door models like my 1969. Mine also took forever to heat up the water. I tried that feature just once! But eventually it did reach the temperature and the timer resumed.

 

[appnut]

took forever to heat up the water

With such an extended detergent wash, imagine the possibilities of downright grimy BobLoads you could challenge that dishwasher with. To me, that's a lot of the fun--see just how much I can get in there as well as will it all come clean.  Man against machine!!!

 

[pulltostart]

Uh-Oh

I sense the birth of a new term!

 

When the dishwasher is not only PACKED, but you're dealing with (in Bob's own words) "grimy" dishes - what are you dealing with?

 

Why, a BobJob, of course!

 

lawrence

 

[appnut]

Lawrence, hilarious!!!  Reminds me of the cleaner Top Job. 

 

[jetcone]

Well

I do know of an Elite Model that was made in Poppy.......Its not Imperial nor Custom Imperial so no aberration there!!

 

[turquoisedude]

I'm in St-Lib today, so naturally I am messing with the "new" Frigidaire dishwasher instead of doing anything practical like housework, yardwork, or laundry... LOL 

Thanks to Steve's info, I located and extracted the water temp hi-limit thermostat. I don't have the original Frigidaire part number but I think (bad things can happen when I do that...LOL) the thermostat is a Therm-O-Disc 36TR12.

Amazingly, I am finding similar items but I am getting confused with the specs for the newer ones.

It seems they are made by Emerson now and the suggested application is in a pellet stove; high limit seems to be 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have seen others for dishwashers with a 200 degree cut-off.

Has anyone here replaced an old dishwasher thermostat recently and if so, what did you use?

 

[turquoisedude]

As the thermostat was out, PhilR suggested I test it.  It's not elegant, but I heated water and dipped the thermostat into the hot water and checked with the VOM.  I got it to work, but I didn't know just how hot the water was.  Meanwhile, SteveD in Guilderland suggested cleaning the spot where the thermostat contacts the tub. I did and then re-installed the thermostat.

So, looks like I am going to have to haul this one into the kitchen for a real test...LOL    Any howls you heard won't be from Canyon!

 

[cuffs054]

Paul, could you redo your test and use a candy thermo to test the opening temp?

 

[philr]

Tom has a great suggestion!

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Looks like your thermostat has F145 stamped on it, 145 would be the temp, and the F is for "fan",  this thermostat's contacts close when the temp is reached.  Many of these thermostats have an L for limit on them, on those the contacts open when the temp is reached. It's a fairly common thermostat used in many heaters and small appliances.

 

[cuffs054]

Paul, have you given up on this great DW?

 

[turquoisedude]

Certainly not!  I finally remembered to bring my candy thermometer from the kitchen in Ogden back to the house in St-Lib so I can test that thermostat again.  I'm actually itching to try this machine out with a true BobLoad!!

 

[appnut]

Oh my!!!!

 

[potatochips]

I had the same issue with a Whirlpool machine and the thermostat. I ended up setting my meter on continuity, and blowing a hair dryer on the thermostat with a meat thermometer stuck on the stat, I had a few of them and it seems the ones set to 140F usually close contact at 120F or so.