Hello everybody. I have a Whirlpool Gold dishwasher at my dad's house. When it washes/rinses, it sounds like a GE potscrubber due to the main wash pump motor fan. My main post is about the thermal hold times on normal/high-temp wash. On mine, the main wash is at 63 minutes. The final rinse is at 44 minutes. These are the thermal hold times on the normal/high-temp wash cycle. What about your dishwasher? What are the thermal hold times on yours when set to normal/high-temp wash? I'd like to know. Thank you.
normal/high-temp wash thermal hold times
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arbilab
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On clockwork (not digital) Potscrubbers, the delay is how long it takes to raise water to 140F. Which is longer if it starts out colder and infinite if the heater or thermostat is broken.
But they're juzbout all digital now, and a Potscrubber is not a Whirlpool Gold.
Or is it?
But they're juzbout all digital now, and a Potscrubber is not a Whirlpool Gold.
Or is it?
<span style="font-family: times new roman,times;">The main wash varies on our Kenmore <span style="font-size: 13pt;">665.1389 from 45 to over 55 minutes with a 145 degree F wash temperature. I always use the high-temp option with detergent in the main wash cup only without purging the hot water line since there's no detergent in the pre-wash. If I need to hand-wash something in the sink, I wait until the dishwasher has filled so the water will be hot at the faucet (California drought, you know). This is the best balance between conserving water and getting the dishes clean.
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Whirlpool Gold dishwashers.
My Whirlpool Gold dishwasher is not a potscrubber dishwasher. However, If you listen closely, the main wash motor does sound like a GE potscrubber on steroids. That's because my main wash motor in my dishwasher has a fan to coll the pump down. Mine has a dual pump system and hard food disposer.
My Whirlpool Gold dishwasher is not a potscrubber dishwasher. However, If you listen closely, the main wash motor does sound like a GE potscrubber on steroids. That's because my main wash motor in my dishwasher has a fan to coll the pump down. Mine has a dual pump system and hard food disposer.
jerrod6
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It is hard to tell with my dishwasher because it includes the time to heat the water when it displays the estimated time for the cycle. It keeps the average time for each cycle you use and that is based on the last several times you have used that cycle, so when you select a cycle it will give you the estimated time which includes the time to heat the water. During the cycle the time will count down. Right after it releases the detergent into the wash I have seen the time increase which I think means the water is colder than it needs so it adds time to the cycle at that point but there is no hold. I have also seen it reduce the time at that point too. I have only seen it do a timer hold twice since I have had it, and that was in the last rinse. It held the last minute of the last rinse for about for about 3 or 4 minutes then ended the rinse. The next time I used that cycle minutes were added to the estimated cycle time. So I think if it needs to do holds it occurs in the last rinse and not in the wash. It will also reduce time in the last rinse so I guess it decided it was done. I have seen the time reduce by as much as 5 minutes.
jerrod6
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Forgot the Times
For the Pots and Pans cycle(170F wash) the wash time seems to be 1 hour 12 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes.
For Cheese cycle(170F wash) which is heavier than Pots and Pans because it has a 20 minute heated prewash, the man wash seems to be 1 hour 20 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes.
For other cycles using 150F wash the main wash is about 50 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes, so perhaps part of the difference is the time needed to heat the water to 170F.
For the sensor wash the wash time ranges between 19 minutes and 1 hour 12 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes. I can't be sure of the water temp because it varies between 104F and 150F and is set by the DW based on the amount of soil.
For the Pots and Pans cycle(170F wash) the wash time seems to be 1 hour 12 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes.
For Cheese cycle(170F wash) which is heavier than Pots and Pans because it has a 20 minute heated prewash, the man wash seems to be 1 hour 20 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes.
For other cycles using 150F wash the main wash is about 50 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes, so perhaps part of the difference is the time needed to heat the water to 170F.
For the sensor wash the wash time ranges between 19 minutes and 1 hour 12 minutes, Final rinse is 23 minutes. I can't be sure of the water temp because it varies between 104F and 150F and is set by the DW based on the amount of soil.
One of the problems with plumbing in Florida, and maybe other places where houses are built on slabs, is that the water pipes run, uninsulated, through the slab so as soon as the hot water stops flowing, it really starts cooling which means that even if you run the water to clear the line of cold water, the next fill is not going to be hot or, in some cases, not even warm.
