THE END OF WHIRLPOOLS POWER CLEAN DISHWASHERS

[combo52]

WP has just stopped making the 1/3 HP motor dishwashers I believe these to be the best performing DWs built today. IF you want a DW that still cleans where you don't have rinse your dishes with a cycle time of aprox 45minutes. grab one fast. You can find them @ lowes under mod DU943 or other places under DU930 there is also a MT model MDB4929AWS called JET-CLEAN witch does not have the indoor silverware and still has the tower in the middle of the lower rack. There is also a model avabible under the KENMORE brand. THese DWs are only arouse 300 hundred dollars I recently found them @ Lowes for 198.00 after thanks giving.These are use-sally available in WH BLACK BISCH and SS.

 

[appnut]

A silent moment for mourning!!! Something else wonderful has been put to death!!! John, we've been expecting this for about 2 years.

 

[pulsator]

....... SON OF A B*TCH!!! SOOOOO not fair!

 

[chromecap]

These pc machines have been on the market awhile now. Parts should be available for awhile i would think. I wish i was in a better position to stock up on parts. The portables that are left ; do these machines still use that system?

 

[mark_wpduet]

I would buy one.............but I have no place to keep a spare dishwasher lying around...........I really have no problems with the one I have now quite honestly......I pack it with dirty dishes, never rinse and everything comes out clean with cascade complete and normal cycle with high temp......It's a tall tub du1055xtp model about 5 yrs old.

 

[appnut]

I have similar results to Mark. Mine's a Kenmore Elite. I use the same detergent. I use the smart wash cycle and it decides what to do based upon soil level senses. I have oatmeal bowls which sit for a week or more, as well as peanut butter coated knives, and all come out very clean. Got mine May, 2007.

 

[peteski50]

Whirlpool!

This is terrible but I'm not surprised. I did think and I read somewhere the ones they have been making in the past 3 years have excess cycle times of 2 hours anyway. With all these government regulations our appliances have been ruined.
Peter

 

[mark_wpduet]

In excess of 2 hours....??? Really? I timed mine and on normal/high temp it's about 70 minutes without dry cycle (I don't use that)

 

[peteski50]

Whirlpool!

Mark how old is your Whirlpool? Maybe its before they switched them!
Peter

 

[mark_wpduet]

It was installed April of 05...so almost 5 years

 

[peteski50]

Whirlpool!

Yes that was the end of the ones that completed in a normal amount of time. The newer ones after that ran much longer. For example on the normal wash it did a wash, purge, rinse.
If you want a more normal wash you need to select heavy wash. I am attaching a sears model manual which will indicate the times.

http://c.sears.com/assets/own/686425e.pdf

Peter

 

[appnut]

Mark is right on the money with that 70 minutes. Mine runs about that , maybe 80 at times, when I don't use heated dry, but that is extremely rare when I don't use heated drty. Peter, it's a Tall Tub. When the Tall Tubs came out, that's how they all worked. GEEZ

 

[peteski50]

Whirlpool!

Bob the instruction book I posted is not a tall tub.

 

[appnut]

Peter, I apologize. Didn't realize it. That's the last of the Kenmore (PC) UltraWashes.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Very dumb question

Since my rinse aid dispenser isn't working; if I buy those jet dry rinse aid baskets that hang on the rack, are those any good? I've always wondered if they worked well or not...Would it affect washing performance since I'm sure rinse aid would also get into the wash since it's always exposed to the wash/and rinse water?

 

[appnut]

Not a dumb question. I'd be more concerned about how long each basket would last. But, if you're ok with how the drying performance is, I wouldn't worry about them.

 

[combo52]

WP POWER CLEAN DISHWASHERS

The normal cycle is aprox 45 minutes we sold over 200 of these last year alone. The tall tubs will get dishes clean I have many customers and friends who are very happy with them. WPs tall tub with the disposer is still one of the best tall tub machines.That said there is not nearly the water force used if dishes are tightly stacked and touching slightly food particles may romaine on dishes. The disposer system will not handle nearly the amount of solid food we do service calls every week to scoop out hand fulls of food glop that are completely blocking the pump inlet. Some thing I have never had to do with the power clean machines.The durably of the main pump seal and motor are also very poor in the TT machines we change many ever week avarage life seems to be 6or7 years but many fail in the first year or so. They are a pain to change do to the limited access and a 250.00 job.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

John,

I am seriously considering buying a Power Clean machine (have wanted one for a while now) to replace my 2003 GE Profile Tall Tub which I basically only tolerate.

Do you have much experience with the GEs? Mine is a PDW7800. It replaced a Potscrubber 1200 (what a lame trade-off that was!) and though the DU930 and DU945 don't offer the quietness level and some features of the GE, I would MUCH rather have the WP machine.

Your thoughts?

Gordon

 

[aldspinboy]

First thanks Jhon for posting.
Gordon when i got my portable dishwasher seven years ago i was at a crossroads as well.
It was between the G.E. or whirlpool i went with the Whirlpool because of the full basket at the bottom no tower.
G.E. is a little more quite but the whirlpool is not bad at all i have had success with this machine for a good while and it cleans very, very well.
So it is disappointing i would buy another one in a heart beat.
So i will pay homage to the machine that we all love so well.
Here are some pics.
I was in New jersey at a appliance store when i saw the first Power clean wash system in 96 or 97 i knew it was different when the large mesh filter system was abandon, and saw this new mesh filter system under the spryarm and the slats where the water is recirculated.