Is this a GE? I'm assuming from the location of the dial. But the aqua is great...
Rare GE Dishwasher?
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Yes, it's a GE
It's an SD-302
It's from 1962, it's also GE's first FL dishwasher of the 1960's. I believe CU liked this one and top rated it's big brother.
It's from 1962, it's also GE's first FL dishwasher of the 1960's. I believe CU liked this one and top rated it's big brother.
Nice dishwasher!
Dang, I wish it were closer... Love that sink, too!!
Dang, I wish it were closer... Love that sink, too!!
GEs FIRST WASH ARM MACHINES
GE only made this wash arm and pump motor design machine four a little over four years. It was a miscible performer leaving little bits of food everywhere its probably responsible for millions of people thinking the only way to use a dishwasher is to pre-rinse everything. But to GEs credit they sold millions of these to builders, and as they usually didn't last much more than ten years before they developed major rust problems. So millions of consumers went on to buy new KAs WPs MTs HPs and WKs any thing that didn't have a plastic coated steel tub that may rust out again. GE helped make the built in DW almost universal in American kitchens today by pushing builders to put these in there new homes and apartments. GE went on to make some pretty good performing DWs, the 1967 and on machines cleaned much better but still had major rust problems. But by the early 1980s when the all plastic tanks came into use and they added the multi-orbit wash arm and a food filter they finely had a top rated machine that had a fairly long potential life. The old GE for sale is a cool piece of history just the same, however to still be around its owner didn't get into using dishwashers.
GE only made this wash arm and pump motor design machine four a little over four years. It was a miscible performer leaving little bits of food everywhere its probably responsible for millions of people thinking the only way to use a dishwasher is to pre-rinse everything. But to GEs credit they sold millions of these to builders, and as they usually didn't last much more than ten years before they developed major rust problems. So millions of consumers went on to buy new KAs WPs MTs HPs and WKs any thing that didn't have a plastic coated steel tub that may rust out again. GE helped make the built in DW almost universal in American kitchens today by pushing builders to put these in there new homes and apartments. GE went on to make some pretty good performing DWs, the 1967 and on machines cleaned much better but still had major rust problems. But by the early 1980s when the all plastic tanks came into use and they added the multi-orbit wash arm and a food filter they finely had a top rated machine that had a fairly long potential life. The old GE for sale is a cool piece of history just the same, however to still be around its owner didn't get into using dishwashers.
Sorry, but CU slammed the first GE front loaders most remarkably for a piece of plastic trim across the front of the top rack on the TOL model that trapped debris between the trim piece and the inner door. CU reported it to GE and relayed the response to readers that the piece of trim had been eliminated. At least we learned from that episode that GE did not test their dishwashers with dirty dishes.
The neat color is just the sun playing with GE turquoise, an all-too-common effect in many eBay photos. From the spelling and terminology, you know that the seller is not the person who specified the pieces for the kitchen. I wonder where the oven is.
The neat color is just the sun playing with GE turquoise, an all-too-common effect in many eBay photos. From the spelling and terminology, you know that the seller is not the person who specified the pieces for the kitchen. I wonder where the oven is.
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My family had friends in Long Island that had a machine like this one. Couldn't judge cleaning performance because she practically washed everything before loading. We also had cousions in Silverspring MD and in the early 60's we went to visit and they had a GE rollout with a pink tub. I think it was the one with the boe tie wash arm but not sure. I wish they still made full size roll outs today.
Peter
My family had friends in Long Island that had a machine like this one. Couldn't judge cleaning performance because she practically washed everything before loading. We also had cousions in Silverspring MD and in the early 60's we went to visit and they had a GE rollout with a pink tub. I think it was the one with the boe tie wash arm but not sure. I wish they still made full size roll outs today.
Peter
Last night on the Simpsons, Marge invited Ned Flanders and his sons to dinner. Ned said that they were the best dishwashing team around. One washed, one dried then he gave everything the squeak test before loading it into the dishwasher; a little OCD humor.
The bow tie impeller rollout certainly disposed of soild food better than the wash arm GEs because it drained pretty completely then had that brief flush at the end of the drain period. Every Thursday night our neighbor made smashed potatoes in her 2.5 quart MirroMatic. In warm weather, you could hear that regulator rattling and hissing like something possessed in the adjoining yards. She did not even bother to scrape out what was left inside before loading it into the GE rollout and everything came clean.
The bow tie impeller rollout certainly disposed of soild food better than the wash arm GEs because it drained pretty completely then had that brief flush at the end of the drain period. Every Thursday night our neighbor made smashed potatoes in her 2.5 quart MirroMatic. In warm weather, you could hear that regulator rattling and hissing like something possessed in the adjoining yards. She did not even bother to scrape out what was left inside before loading it into the GE rollout and everything came clean.
Sorry, but CU slammed the first GE front loaders most remark
Au contraire, mon frere!
Au contraire, mon frere!
Ah, for the old days when CR
was easy to read, and told you important things!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
was easy to read, and told you important things!
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Mea culpa
Sorry, it was the SD-400A, as noted on pages 530 and 533 of the November, 1965 issue of Consumer Reports, that had the trim piece on the front of the upper rack that was the dirt catcher. The modified model without the trim piece was SD-400B. Both the GE SD-400A and the SD-200A came in dead last in this report. CU stated that removing the trim piece might help with the redisposition of dirt on the inner door, but it would not improve the washing performance of these machines. How low the once mighty have fallen.
In this report, the Check-Rated machines were the Westinghouse SUF-4A, the KitchenAid KDS 15 and KDC 15, the Whirlpool SLU90-4 and the 70-3.
Sorry, it was the SD-400A, as noted on pages 530 and 533 of the November, 1965 issue of Consumer Reports, that had the trim piece on the front of the upper rack that was the dirt catcher. The modified model without the trim piece was SD-400B. Both the GE SD-400A and the SD-200A came in dead last in this report. CU stated that removing the trim piece might help with the redisposition of dirt on the inner door, but it would not improve the washing performance of these machines. How low the once mighty have fallen.
In this report, the Check-Rated machines were the Westinghouse SUF-4A, the KitchenAid KDS 15 and KDC 15, the Whirlpool SLU90-4 and the 70-3.
One more thing...
...CU kept mentioning about the GE dishwashers was that the top rack was not removable. This could be a problem at Passover for many who wanted to completely separate the kitchen utensils and equipment that touched chometz or leavened things from everything that was kosher for Passover. They would go to the expense of buying separate dishwasher racks for their GEs. Then they would start to unscrew the first of the bolts that held the top rack support. The nut holding the bolt would drop off the outside of the tank leaving a hole that could not now be filled and you had just ruined the dishwasher and Passover was coming quickly because you did not take the dishwasher out of service way ahead of time! It was high panic time, believe you me. I am sure that whoever was removing that rack got that cold all over feeling along with the funny feeling in the pit of the gut and the urgent, almost uncontrollable need to pee when that nut fell off the outside of the tank. OY ZESSER GOTTENU! The only way to fix it was to pull the dw out which meant dealing with plumbing and electrical connections which meant hysterical calls for help. I don't remember if John and Jeff used to glue the nuts for those bolts to the outside of the tank to prevent that from happening again or what when they went on those emergency service calls. Many of us have felt this feeling when something goes badly wrong big time during a rebuild or restoration and we do not want to feel it again.
...CU kept mentioning about the GE dishwashers was that the top rack was not removable. This could be a problem at Passover for many who wanted to completely separate the kitchen utensils and equipment that touched chometz or leavened things from everything that was kosher for Passover. They would go to the expense of buying separate dishwasher racks for their GEs. Then they would start to unscrew the first of the bolts that held the top rack support. The nut holding the bolt would drop off the outside of the tank leaving a hole that could not now be filled and you had just ruined the dishwasher and Passover was coming quickly because you did not take the dishwasher out of service way ahead of time! It was high panic time, believe you me. I am sure that whoever was removing that rack got that cold all over feeling along with the funny feeling in the pit of the gut and the urgent, almost uncontrollable need to pee when that nut fell off the outside of the tank. OY ZESSER GOTTENU! The only way to fix it was to pull the dw out which meant dealing with plumbing and electrical connections which meant hysterical calls for help. I don't remember if John and Jeff used to glue the nuts for those bolts to the outside of the tank to prevent that from happening again or what when they went on those emergency service calls. Many of us have felt this feeling when something goes badly wrong big time during a rebuild or restoration and we do not want to feel it again.
Of course there is no mention that these builder's-grade GE's sounded like a circular saw in the kitchen. Hopefully the family room was on the other side of the house.
Florida's mid/late 60's building boom saw thousands of these BOL GE's installed. I think ALL apartments had them.
Florida's mid/late 60's building boom saw thousands of these BOL GE's installed. I think ALL apartments had them.
Which G.E. was this brochure about? It sure did spit out a TON of water right up there with the Kitchenaid..
Here the specs
Let my people Pre- Rinse.
Somehow I don't think either Moses or G-d was thinking about automatic dishwasher racks when they brought the Hebrews out of Egypt. Oy, you Yids get even more mischuggenah when Passover comes around (I'm using my Krusty the Clown voice here). But I sure do love your Coca-Cola mit dein gelb cap.
Somehow I don't think either Moses or G-d was thinking about automatic dishwasher racks when they brought the Hebrews out of Egypt. Oy, you Yids get even more mischuggenah when Passover comes around (I'm using my Krusty the Clown voice here). But I sure do love your Coca-Cola mit dein gelb cap.
washmeup
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Wow
This has brought back memories! My grandparents had this same dishwasher at their ranch and it just died only a year ago. We also had this dishwasher at the house I grew up in as a small child and my parents built the house in 1962. It was very loud is what I remember and when we moved in 1973 my parents bought a Kitchen Aid because my mother always thought the GE did not get the dishes clean enough!
This has brought back memories! My grandparents had this same dishwasher at their ranch and it just died only a year ago. We also had this dishwasher at the house I grew up in as a small child and my parents built the house in 1962. It was very loud is what I remember and when we moved in 1973 my parents bought a Kitchen Aid because my mother always thought the GE did not get the dishes clean enough!
