Scan-travaganza Weekend Begins With Waste King

[rp2813]

Doug, that panel is the fill inlet.

The machine has no forced air. It's the same "humidity free" drying system as illustrated above. You'll also notice in the attached photo from the project that my machine has a heat exchanger on the coil. I believe the exchanger is found on the later models that have the steam cycles. See next post for cycle options.

 

[rp2813]

Here's a shot of the cycle options on later WK/Thermador models like my THD 3600.

 

[appnut]

there ever were Waste King portable dishwashers.

Lawrence, I just remembered someone posted on Ebay (or could have contacted Robert directly) of a WK portable, avocado, that was either in New York or California about 3 or so years ago.

 

[retropia]

That's interesting about the heat exchanger. It sounds like Thermador/Waste King was advanced for its time. I like a dishwasher that dries well.

And thanks, Greg, for the informative scans!

 

[mickeyd]

LOVE the hoola skirt on the portable to stop the nasty splas

Every fill-n- drain quick connect should have one, but no one else does. How unique.

Must have came out the same year as the hoola hoop. How fun to be wearing one and hoola-ing during the drain.

 

[combo52]

WASTE KING & THERAMDOR DISHWASHERS

The drying must not have been all that great especially when no heat dry was selected. In the end WK-TD did add fan forced drying the 1988 machine I recycled a few months ago had a blower. My 1987 WP DW dries almost every thing when left overnight with the door closed with no rinse aid and always on the no heat dry setting. I have never liked using rinse-aid in my dishwashers because you end up ingesting the stuff. The bottle of rinse-aid says not to swallow keep out of reach of children, also its an unnecessary expense and just adds to the waste stream with out making your dishes any cleaner.

 

[rp2813]

I think the drying action is influenced some by how packed the dishwasher is. The more hot dishes in there, the better the drying. As stated above, I've had drying results without forced air on my Thermador that have far exceeded the expectations I had formed after years of wiping off cup bottoms with every previous machine I've ever owned or used.