Questions about an 18 inch wide dishwasher.

[ilovewindex]

someone requested a caloric!

 

[ilovewindex]

18" Current Models:
Edgestar, SPT, Frigidaire, Kenmore/Kenmore Elite, GE, Danby, Bosch, Miele, Haier, SMEG, Summit, Avanti, Midea and Whirlpool

outside the Bosch and Miele, they ALL LOOK very similar...

http://www.searsoutlet.com/d/product_details.jsp?pid=88066&mode=seeAll&sid=IDx20110411x000008

 

[rpms]

I got the dishwasher to the trailer on the front seat of the car. No big deal fitting it in.
I got a cord and plug put on it. I tested it for leaks and it is bone dry.
A friend of mine was over and wanted to see how things were going. We got the generator hooked up on the deck and plugged in the dishwasher. It works and lights up.
I am having a small problem with it. All it wants to do is drain. It has quite a force to it too.
It is probably my fault because we were not allowing it enough time to advance.
I poured a bucket of water in till the float came up. As soon as i advanced the cycle and shut the door the dishwasher spit it right out. I am assuming it pumps out before starting a cycle?
Will the dishwasher suck in water with the copper pipe attached? The pipe was long enough to go down into a large pail of water.
I noticed a connection hole beside the drain hose. Could you attach a hose to the tap?
Should I just turn it on, let it pump and wait for a bit to let the timer advance if it was filling then add water?
I getting mocked quite badly in a gay campground for having a dishwasher in a trailer. I thought they would be all so understanding and envious?
C.L.R did an amazing job removing the rust.
I need help to shut those Queens up with the red,scaly hands.

 

[mattl]

Sounds like things are coming together on the project.  But the machine will not pump water in, that is based on line pressure.  All DWs simply have a valve that opens and closes, the house/system pressure causes it to flow into the machine, just as opening a faucet does with a sink.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

In a gay campground WITH a  dishwasher ?  It sounds like heaven.  Those queens are just jealous.  Imagine that.

 

The hose needs to be up at least 24" off the ground, or the water will siphon out, at least on the older models.  Typically the motor spins one way for wash, then reverses to drain.  If you advance the dial too fast, the motor doesn't have time enough to stop and will continue spinning in the same direction.  

 

The first 18 inchers came out around 1978.  That's the first time Sears shows them in the catalog.

 

A friend's mother bought this model in coffee color and it had gold racks and door seal.  

 

Would like to see a picture of yours cleaned up.   Oh, and some pics of the park, and the queens that are harassing you.   lol.

 

[brucelucenta]

I remember that sears had these and the ones with two spray arms worked pretty well.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

First EIGHTEEN-INCHERS, 1978??!! Thought earlier...

Still can't remember the make of this narrow dishwasher & still the 1st of its kind I remember seeing, and in the 1973 to 1978, that my friend lived in my old neighborhood and I'd been going to his house regularly & seeing the same appliance set-up (and making quite a lot of dramatic changes, from the time he & his family moved out & another friend of mine moved in, then left, and another family or two had taken over (with the kitchen remodeled waaaayyyy above & beyond typical Kenosha Street in Oak Park, just to it one having burned down & be built-again) but I'm betting Caloric or at least a Roper like the Hi-Lo double-oven gas stove...

 

 

-- Dave

 

[launderess]

I am assuming it pumps out before starting a cycle?

Cannot recall exactly all but am sure the dw purges before all cycles.

Still have the original papers (owner's manual, parts list, Energy Star sticker, etc...) from Sears that came with my (now gone) machine so could look the information.

Yeah, am sort of a pack rat; anyone want to make something of it?

*LOL*

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

Yes, the one in the picture had two cute wash arms, just like the mid line 24 inchers.  So the bottom rack was full.  

 

I still remember loading my friends dw.  They had hard water which is never good for a dishwasher.  It got scaled quickly.  It was a portable and the hoses came out the back, not the top.  And they could easily get pinched because there was less space to move compared to the 24" models.  It also had little balancing feet that slid out the front about 10", on either side, when you opened the door.  I remember that because one of them would get stuck OUT, and you'd have to tap it and it would spring back in.  The rubber seal in the quick connect, with all the gunk from the hard water, quickly became worn and it would leak profusely.  They quickly gave up on using the dw (they weren't lucky with appliances). 

 

I picked up a mid 80s model, also from the curb, back in the mid 90s.  It was a built-in and it worked fine.  I still don't know why they got rid of it.  It had hard water scale as well.  It had the black background and chrome metal ends on the control panel.

 

[cuffs054]

When the "family" at my camp ground mocked my dish washer, I installed an ice maker! Now whose G & T's are the coldest and in the cleanest glass!

 

[cuffs054]

Something I never understood about push button, mechanical timer units. If you latch the door and turn to PP the units will start regardless of which cycle button is pushed. What do the buttons actually modify, beside hot wash, cool dry?

 

[vacerator]

Oh, as for camping,

one couple in Fenville Mi. at Camp-It has Tiffany lamps and chandeliers in their fifth wheel, as well as a washer and dryer.
Landscaping, rose bushes, and a pond.

 

[launderess]

IIRC on my Kenmore if you pushed "Normal Wash" but turned the dial to "Pots and Pans" or "Heavy Soil" nothing would happen. Ditto if you did things in reverse.

Thus am thinking the buttons deactivated portions of the timer, or in the case of drying and water heating activating the coil at bottom of tank.

 

[cuffs054]

Launderss, I would have expected the same. But both the GE nautilus (what a huge POS) and the 40yr old kenmore in the mini manse just go ahead and start.

 

[rpms]

I love the comment about getting an ice maker. A GE Americana in harvest gold would be nice. Very George and Weezy Jefferson.
Launderess,would it be possible for you to scan or email me the instructions? I know my Viking/G.E built in used different amounts of water for the washes and rinses.
I would also love to see the instructions on how to load the bottom rack especially with pots and pans.
I am going to the trailer this weekend and hope to run a load in the dishwasher.
Turns out there are three more people in the park that have dishwashers in their trailers. I must get chatting with them and see how they are connected.

 

[delaneymeegan]

PICTURES .... please.

 

This time one of you putting that bloody hand in the dw and it coming relatively clean.  ..... amongst other things.

 

If this is a nudist gay campground, we need pics of that, too.