dishwashercrazy
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Giving Thanks early!
Many thanks to Matt (everythingold)! A week ago on Sunday October 18th, accompanied by a former work colleague, I drove from Peoria to Grand Rapids to pick up the 1950 GE Stand Alone Dishwasher, Model BE100A16. This machine was first brought to our attention by Matt on July 1st in Thread Number: 23114 “1950 (?) GE top loading impeller dishwasher”.
The serial number is 5020 7068. Now I believe that I have discovered the decoding method for these particular GE serial numbers: the ‘50’ is the year produced, and corresponds with two other year dates stenciled on the frame and tub. Now for the speculative part until I learn otherwise – the ‘20’ indicates the 20th week in the year, implying the week of May 15-19, 1950. The month, May, also corresponds to the “5 50” date stenciled on the tub. ‘7068’ would likely be a sequence number, although is it possible to imagine that GE was making this many of these machines?
At first, it appeared that Paul (turquoisedude) would be adding this machine to his collection, but within a few days passed the option to buy over to me. So since July 9th, Matt has been patiently storing this machine until I was able to make the trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The other machines that I brought back was: a Frigidaire 1-18 Model WCD3T (S/N: 41ED 0476) from April 1974; another unspecified 1-18 that is destined to become the drive mechanism for an oscillating internal drum sander that my brother intends to make for his woodworking business.
What a difference a day makes. I spent all day Saturday October 24 cleaning up this GE Dishwasher.
Yesterday, Sunday, I replaced the 15 amp Buss Fuse which now restores full power to the machine. I also replaced a small spring on the mechanism that pulls a cable to pop the lid open at the end of the cycle. Then last night, I ran a dry test, and the machine runs successfully, including the lid popping open correctly at the end of the wash/rinse cycle. The mechanics of the drying cycle are not working properly so I’ll need to study that to determine the problem.
I’ll be running a “wet” test later this week to evaluate the machine for water leaks.
What follows are a series of photo groupings showing the “before” condition Saturday morning, and the “after” condition at about 11pm Saturday night. There was lots of residue down the exterior sides of the machine cabinet, and some resultant rust from the moisture. There was lots of dirt, grease scum, scale deposits, etc. on the inside of the tub, along with rust in the bottom of the tub around the drain. Most of this cleaned up with lots of scrubbing using Barkeepers Friend.
Mike
Photos: 1 of 8, “Before cleaning” as is condition.
Many thanks to Matt (everythingold)! A week ago on Sunday October 18th, accompanied by a former work colleague, I drove from Peoria to Grand Rapids to pick up the 1950 GE Stand Alone Dishwasher, Model BE100A16. This machine was first brought to our attention by Matt on July 1st in Thread Number: 23114 “1950 (?) GE top loading impeller dishwasher”.
The serial number is 5020 7068. Now I believe that I have discovered the decoding method for these particular GE serial numbers: the ‘50’ is the year produced, and corresponds with two other year dates stenciled on the frame and tub. Now for the speculative part until I learn otherwise – the ‘20’ indicates the 20th week in the year, implying the week of May 15-19, 1950. The month, May, also corresponds to the “5 50” date stenciled on the tub. ‘7068’ would likely be a sequence number, although is it possible to imagine that GE was making this many of these machines?
At first, it appeared that Paul (turquoisedude) would be adding this machine to his collection, but within a few days passed the option to buy over to me. So since July 9th, Matt has been patiently storing this machine until I was able to make the trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The other machines that I brought back was: a Frigidaire 1-18 Model WCD3T (S/N: 41ED 0476) from April 1974; another unspecified 1-18 that is destined to become the drive mechanism for an oscillating internal drum sander that my brother intends to make for his woodworking business.
What a difference a day makes. I spent all day Saturday October 24 cleaning up this GE Dishwasher.
Yesterday, Sunday, I replaced the 15 amp Buss Fuse which now restores full power to the machine. I also replaced a small spring on the mechanism that pulls a cable to pop the lid open at the end of the cycle. Then last night, I ran a dry test, and the machine runs successfully, including the lid popping open correctly at the end of the wash/rinse cycle. The mechanics of the drying cycle are not working properly so I’ll need to study that to determine the problem.
I’ll be running a “wet” test later this week to evaluate the machine for water leaks.
What follows are a series of photo groupings showing the “before” condition Saturday morning, and the “after” condition at about 11pm Saturday night. There was lots of residue down the exterior sides of the machine cabinet, and some resultant rust from the moisture. There was lots of dirt, grease scum, scale deposits, etc. on the inside of the tub, along with rust in the bottom of the tub around the drain. Most of this cleaned up with lots of scrubbing using Barkeepers Friend.
Mike
Photos: 1 of 8, “Before cleaning” as is condition.
