Ohio KitchenAid

[akronman]

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Hey QSD-dan, thanks for the link, Goop should arrive in a few days..

 

This machine does seem to have a single rinse only, but it is preceeded by a "Purge" and clear glasses come out spotless, I guess they knew what they were doing. I was thoroughly used to my old Hotpoint and knew exactly where everything fit in the racks, even griddle and grill parts from my Chambers. This new machine will take some practice, but looks to be well worth it.

 

Yes, the draining is not so silent but overall the machine is a quiet one.

 

I almost never use those bottled rinse aids. With only one rinse here, would this be a wise machine to use that stuff? I don't have "Fine Crystal" at all, more like coffee mugs and mis-matched dinner plates, lol.

 

[rp2813]

Water at our place is fairly hard.  I use liquid rinse aid.

 

I was concerned about the single rinse but I regularly conduct a simple test for rinse aid residue:  I remove the glass coffee carafe from the dishwasher and fill it at the refrigerator's water dispenser.  If no bubbles accumulate on the water surface, that's a good enough indicator for me that there's no measurable residue, and the water goes into the coffee maker's reservoir.  After two years of using my ISE Classic Supreme, test results have been consistently negative for any residue.

 

I was inspired to run such a test at our previous house where we installed a KDI-21 when we remodeled our kitchen in 1990.  Just before we moved from there, I started to notice a significant amount of bubbles forming when I'd fill the carafe, and it became a constant issue.  I'd have to rinse out the carafe by hand before filling it with water to brew coffee.

 

[akronman]

old thread re-energized

This 23 series Kitchen-Aid has been washing wonderfully for 4 months, but a few questions:

I boughtRinse-Jet or whatever when I first installed this, I have no idea how to tell when that thing is empty. Glasses always come out clean. I never used it in my old Hotpoint. Do folks just ignore the Rinse-aid. I have clear, clean, spotless tumblers, no real china or crystal( much more a coffee mug guy here.)

 

Also, though I don't pay much attention because the machine just runs wonderfully, I have noticed at least twice, during the first wash, it shuts down for additional water heating. Is this typical, and just because all that hot water gets cooled on a ton of room-temp dishes and drops enough in temp to kick the heater back on? It only happens on the first wash, regardless of whether I hit the button for Pots, Normal, or China (3,2,1 washes)

 

Other than that, this DW kicks ass against my old Hotpoint. I wish I had kitchen space for more, I'd love a top-load portable like my Grandma's Mobile Maid from 62, but my kitchen doesn't allow all the excess like my basement does.

 

 

[electronicontrl]

Congrats on this dishwasher. It's a gem.

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