Save the GE dishwasher
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OOOH! I'll bet that's an SD203 like mine! This one has a two-level wash system, but a potentially troublesome Plastisol tub.
It's a BOL GE with no Power Shower, no rinse dispenser and was down-rated for redistributing soil on dishes. We had one in a vacation home in the Sixties, and although I'm nostalgic for this model I couldn't tell you how good or bad it was because, as usual, Mom hand washed every knife and fork before it even saw that two-level wash system. Pretty speckled blue tub, though and I loved the fact that the plastic silverware basket was the same as the one in our pull out only it was white. The lower rack held a lot of dishes especially if one was willing to dovetail them, but the redesigned upper rack was lame and cheaply fabricated compared to the masterpieces GE had designed and produced years earlier. No auxiliary cup racks either. For the life of me, I can't remember whether it was noisy or not. Our neighbors at the time had a KitchenAid portable top loader; that was the first KitchenAid appliance I ever saw.
Too bad about the soil redeposition.
GE's certainly had the power to remove the soil, back then. I guess they just couldn't dispose of it. Had they not yet introduced the "soft food waste disposer" at this time? Or was the soil recirculated as there were not enough water changes.
GE's certainly had the power to remove the soil, back then. I guess they just couldn't dispose of it. Had they not yet introduced the "soft food waste disposer" at this time? Or was the soil recirculated as there were not enough water changes.
GEs FIRST WASH ARM DISHWASHERS
Had a somewhat anemic pump and water distribution system, yes they did move a good volume of water but the wash arms were not well designed and it just didn't reach the corners of the upper rack very well so it ended up splashing food particles there and leaving them there. I would put them in about the same category as D & M and Waste KIng DWs for water distribution. However the D & M machines with the Roto-Rack eliminated most of this problem of redeposited food soil.
These early GEs did have at least 6 water changes and did have a soft food disposall system but with no filter and the above mentioned water distribution they just were never top performers. Great dishwashers at this time were KA, WP, and the first Westinghouse wash arm machines.
Had a somewhat anemic pump and water distribution system, yes they did move a good volume of water but the wash arms were not well designed and it just didn't reach the corners of the upper rack very well so it ended up splashing food particles there and leaving them there. I would put them in about the same category as D & M and Waste KIng DWs for water distribution. However the D & M machines with the Roto-Rack eliminated most of this problem of redeposited food soil.
These early GEs did have at least 6 water changes and did have a soft food disposall system but with no filter and the above mentioned water distribution they just were never top performers. Great dishwashers at this time were KA, WP, and the first Westinghouse wash arm machines.
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Very Nice
Some day the stars will line up and I will get a pink interior top load Mobile Maid .
Some day the stars will line up and I will get a pink interior top load Mobile Maid .
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our GE history...
...was a roll out from 1961 the bow-tie, another 1965 model in white,( when we moved to Bethesda) a 1966 model in coppertone, ( my Dads apartment in Gaithersburg) another 66 in avacado ( my mom's next apartment )and an undersink version in coppertone at my Dads townhouse- ( this one was the worst when it came to noise level, & it threw the silverware basket around...) the final one was just like the picture here, in sunshine yellow-1962 maybe? that one , like most of the other ones in that development, had trouble draining completly, I think John Combo52 explained that to me, but I forgot-I will always remember turning the dial to watch the Det cup pop open, & slowly close itself- more fun was to see just how fast I could make that happen! LOL I never saw another brand unless I was at W & L - G E's were everywhere!
...was a roll out from 1961 the bow-tie, another 1965 model in white,( when we moved to Bethesda) a 1966 model in coppertone, ( my Dads apartment in Gaithersburg) another 66 in avacado ( my mom's next apartment )and an undersink version in coppertone at my Dads townhouse- ( this one was the worst when it came to noise level, & it threw the silverware basket around...) the final one was just like the picture here, in sunshine yellow-1962 maybe? that one , like most of the other ones in that development, had trouble draining completly, I think John Combo52 explained that to me, but I forgot-I will always remember turning the dial to watch the Det cup pop open, & slowly close itself- more fun was to see just how fast I could make that happen! LOL I never saw another brand unless I was at W & L - G E's were everywhere!
Does anyone know?
Did the wash-arm models with the Power Shower do a better job?
Did the wash-arm models with the Power Shower do a better job?
The main difference I have noticed with the PowerShower vs. the two-level wash is that the Power Shower models help to keep food residue, that occasionally accumulates, off of the bottom of stemware as well as glasses and cups with concave bottoms. When this infrequently occurs, it is usually because the top rack is a little crowded.
Other than this, I have noticed no difference. In a couple of GE's that I have had,I unhooked the Power Shower and blocked the exit port on the pump. This increases the flow (and force) of the water to the lower wash arm and Power Tower to a slight degree for a little added "scrubability."
Other than this, I have noticed no difference. In a couple of GE's that I have had,I unhooked the Power Shower and blocked the exit port on the pump. This increases the flow (and force) of the water to the lower wash arm and Power Tower to a slight degree for a little added "scrubability."
