washerdude
Well-known member
Hey Folks!
Decided to do a fun little experiment soon!
I was looking around at spray arms when I realized, all WP built dishwashers have the same spray arm locking tabs, which then made me run to find a TotalCoverage/Powerwave spray arm. Upon finding one new, I was ready to order it, but quickly realized something...
Powerwave spray arms rotate around a gear coming up from the lower spray arms hub, something my Kenmore 15113 does not have. So I continued to look at more spray arms by WP until I noticed a Kitchenaid spray arm, the X shaped arms do not contain any gear to rotate around and just lock right onto the lower spray arm hub, so i bought it.
When the arm arrives, I'll record a video with the current arm and then after the X shaped arm. My dishwasher operates with both upper and lower spray arms on at once with no alternating, so it will be interesting to see if the unit will starve for water considering that the X shaped arm is a lot bigger than the current one. To its rescue though it has much more smaller holes (but more) so that may or may not compensate.
Water usage for a lightly soiled load on my unit is 3.3 gallons on the Normal cycle, A Kitchenaid's water use for a lightly soiled load on the Normal cycle is, 2.7 Gallons, Im assuming it HOPEFULLY will be fine...If not, looks like I'll just have to switch back to the old one.
Right away though I noticed the holes under the X shaped arm, it looks like there are 4 holes directed towards the heating element, which could be an indicator to more efficient water heating. However, the X shaped arm is going into a totally different type of setup, so it's either going to be a big hit, or a total miss. The current spray arm only has 2 big holes directed at the spray arm.
There are also more jets on the X shaped arm but with smaller holes. There are approximately 13 jets, with more directed towards the corners of the rack and tub. They all seem to be the same size, on the current arm they arm there in numerous sizes and shapes and also contain LESS jets with only 10 on the arm.
This will be a very interesting experiment to do, despite it not being a powerwave arm, if the X shape arm succeeds in experimentation, I will have it in there permanently and note the results of how it cleans. I'll keep you all posted!
Decided to do a fun little experiment soon!
I was looking around at spray arms when I realized, all WP built dishwashers have the same spray arm locking tabs, which then made me run to find a TotalCoverage/Powerwave spray arm. Upon finding one new, I was ready to order it, but quickly realized something...
Powerwave spray arms rotate around a gear coming up from the lower spray arms hub, something my Kenmore 15113 does not have. So I continued to look at more spray arms by WP until I noticed a Kitchenaid spray arm, the X shaped arms do not contain any gear to rotate around and just lock right onto the lower spray arm hub, so i bought it.
When the arm arrives, I'll record a video with the current arm and then after the X shaped arm. My dishwasher operates with both upper and lower spray arms on at once with no alternating, so it will be interesting to see if the unit will starve for water considering that the X shaped arm is a lot bigger than the current one. To its rescue though it has much more smaller holes (but more) so that may or may not compensate.
Water usage for a lightly soiled load on my unit is 3.3 gallons on the Normal cycle, A Kitchenaid's water use for a lightly soiled load on the Normal cycle is, 2.7 Gallons, Im assuming it HOPEFULLY will be fine...If not, looks like I'll just have to switch back to the old one.
Right away though I noticed the holes under the X shaped arm, it looks like there are 4 holes directed towards the heating element, which could be an indicator to more efficient water heating. However, the X shaped arm is going into a totally different type of setup, so it's either going to be a big hit, or a total miss. The current spray arm only has 2 big holes directed at the spray arm.
There are also more jets on the X shaped arm but with smaller holes. There are approximately 13 jets, with more directed towards the corners of the rack and tub. They all seem to be the same size, on the current arm they arm there in numerous sizes and shapes and also contain LESS jets with only 10 on the arm.
This will be a very interesting experiment to do, despite it not being a powerwave arm, if the X shape arm succeeds in experimentation, I will have it in there permanently and note the results of how it cleans. I'll keep you all posted!
