PAV5157AWW

[norgechef]

And the noise level you mention...

Doesn't seem normal. Mine is whisper quiet most of the time, i mean sure you can hear it running but its not loud and doesn't have a squeaking brake by any means. The pump out rate is very fast though, even though mine has the newer redesigned pump version with the strange shape. Mine also does at least 1 spray rinse at the first of the drain-spin on every cycle unless its on permanent press, then it does 2 spray rinses..one for each spin cycle.

 

[DADoES]

 
Small load rinsing.

 

[DADoES]

 
Vicious braking.

 

[Ultramatic]

<span style="font-size: medium;">Great pictures DADoES!</span>

 

[thefixer]

""5 Speed Combinations" touted on the console is a mistake, unless I'm not understanding something. There are four settings on the control."

Amazing what a little marketing can do. They probably count that extra rinse cycle as another speed combination. My GE claims 8 speed combinations. It has a 2-speed motor just like yours. Anything they can do to make it sound like it's more than it really is.

 

[logixx]

The agitation-less Soak might be the fifth speed... ;-)

 

[spookiness]

I miss mine

I have to admit, I had an earlier PAV but with a similar feature set.

Miss the true "speed" combinations. You can get a slow agitation and slow spin, slow/fast, fast/fast, or whatever. And the extra rinse button was very handy. Nice wide big basket.

True it only lasted 10 years, but it had a great set of features, and I have a soft spot in my heart for it because it was my first major appliance purchase as a then new homeowner.

 

[tomturbomatic]

5th speed

I agree with logixx, no action is a speed like to not decide is to decide.