mrcleanjeans
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Aladude, your Thermador just needs fixing obviously. Besides the wash arm, perhaps the fill valve screen is clogged.
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What an excellent job done!.....love the stainless look panels....that's a MAN's machine....there ought to be thunder and lightening everytime you say the name!...THERMADOR!!!
Great Job Guys!!!
Great Job Guys!!!
martin, a Big AMEN to each and every word you just stated!!!
also Bob, why isn't there something like a MAN's wsher and Dryer?.....Like from Craftsman from Sears, sold in the hardware dept with tools......you go to Sears and what can you find LADY Kenmore...
after all....Frigidaire was built by General Motors....Kelvinator was made by American Motors...(My Dad used to work for them)....I like to see a Heavy Duty Mans machine to handle serious work clothes and dungarees.....what a construction worker, blue collar, mechanic would wear, and a machine to handle it with ease....
just me ranting.....
after all....Frigidaire was built by General Motors....Kelvinator was made by American Motors...(My Dad used to work for them)....I like to see a Heavy Duty Mans machine to handle serious work clothes and dungarees.....what a construction worker, blue collar, mechanic would wear, and a machine to handle it with ease....
just me ranting.....
Oh yeah, the Thundering Thermador is a man's machine for sure. No nonsense.
I'm well aware that the build quality isn't entirely on par with a KA of the same vintage, but I intend to enjoy this machine and maintain it as well as I can to extend its life expectancy. I think I got a good one.
I'm well aware that the build quality isn't entirely on par with a KA of the same vintage, but I intend to enjoy this machine and maintain it as well as I can to extend its life expectancy. I think I got a good one.
Martin, your ranting is getting me all hot 'n' bothers and in a lather!. A cold plunge for a cool-down cycle ain't gonna do a thing for me!!
Sorry Bob.....but when you have 2 blue collar guys in work boots on their knees....hot, hot, hot after a hard days work....nothing more manly than that!...GROWL!
BARK at them...it's good for their self esteem...lol!!!
forget the "cool down" rinse...I'm thinking about the "HOT TUB" in that dishwasher getting all steamed up!
BARK at them...it's good for their self esteem...lol!!!
forget the "cool down" rinse...I'm thinking about the "HOT TUB" in that dishwasher getting all steamed up!
Reading Material
For those who are interested, I've scanned a couple of pages out of the owner's manual. I get a kick out of the "lower energy requirement" notation on the manual's cover.
For those who are interested, I've scanned a couple of pages out of the owner's manual. I get a kick out of the "lower energy requirement" notation on the manual's cover.
Loading Tips
You can actually cram in quite a bit in spite of the accommodation for the wash arm tower. What these shots don't capture is the additional double-decking option on the sides of the top rack for more cups. The adjustable dividers are laid almost horizontally to provide the second level on each side of the top rack. Good for cups and small bowls only. Mugs would be too tall. See next post in this series.
You can actually cram in quite a bit in spite of the accommodation for the wash arm tower. What these shots don't capture is the additional double-decking option on the sides of the top rack for more cups. The adjustable dividers are laid almost horizontally to provide the second level on each side of the top rack. Good for cups and small bowls only. Mugs would be too tall. See next post in this series.
Here's the top rack. Photo "A" shows one divider being used as an additional rack. Photos "E" and "F" show loading using divider as rack.
Lastly, here is the chart detailing cycle action, length, and amount of water used. As you can see, the rinse-only cycle doesn't begin until the timer advances through the pre-wash and rinse cycles, and uses the main wash cycle. This is why I advance the timer dial manually to the main wash when I am using it for rinse/hold, otherwise incoming water wouldn't be very hot. I think it's interesting that only the "Heavy" and "Sani-" steam cycles provide a rinse between pre-wash and main wash. I don't know what the logic was behind bypassing that rinse for "Full" steam and "Regular Wash" cycles. Surprisingly, this machine doesn't use all that much more water than the Motley Maytag it replaced.
I'm hoping to post a decent shot of the BobLoad I processed recently, but may need to tweak it a bit since it was taken by phone.
I'm hoping to post a decent shot of the BobLoad I processed recently, but may need to tweak it a bit since it was taken by phone.
Hmm, I'm a little miffed. I nevfer got any royalties for any of my dishwasher load photos being used in their manuals. But I sure did well didn't I!! (Except for the "shelf", those photos look like so many typical loads when we had ours). Although mine could get quite more crammed with certain stuff. Plus, get rid of that flatware basket on the right side (since that side didn't hold as many plates as the left side.) That allowed for so much other stuff. I'll have to get my mom's old 10" Cornflower skillet out of the cabinet and show it that pic A to see if it still remembers so many times being placed in that exact same spot. It's ironic, every time I use any of that corning ware, I think of our Waste King. Ralph, I'll have to email you about cycle questions.
Cycle Questions
Hey Bob, just fire when ready and I'll refer to the manual to answer any questions you have.
I prefer the pix of the lower rack too. They did a good job of filling up every last inch of space. I've removed one of the flatware baskets in order to accommodate a large item in the past. I find that I rarely need to use both baskets anyway, and save the one that's a further reach for larger utensils, so often I find myself running loads where that basket has nothing in it.
Hey Bob, just fire when ready and I'll refer to the manual to answer any questions you have.
I prefer the pix of the lower rack too. They did a good job of filling up every last inch of space. I've removed one of the flatware baskets in order to accommodate a large item in the past. I find that I rarely need to use both baskets anyway, and save the one that's a further reach for larger utensils, so often I find myself running loads where that basket has nothing in it.
