Kevin,
Yeah. It was the one in Studio City. and the seller was an interesting person.
I'm still holding out for an SU-70 and, of course, The Empress, but I'm happy to have what was basically the first dishwasher we ever owned. The plastisol on the interior is so new that it gives off a smell like new Silly Putty. And when I examined the racks and the silverware basket I could find no gouges or scratches that would indicate that anyone ever loaded anything in them. It's unbelievably light and quiet. I think I'm going to use it as a second daily driver, but I'll have to make some space for it.
These dishwashers must have made many housewives in the early Sixties very happy. I've known many kitchens that would have accommodated a nice portable like this one.
For the first time I got to see the impeller spin in the empty tub. Very fast! These machines are basically big ol' blenders that don't destroy a tub full of dishes simply by limiting the amount of water that hits that blade! Those GE engineers figured out how to exploit fluid dynamics in a very effective way. In some ways the Power Shower is the more sophisticated mechanism in this unit.
John, thanks for the encouragement about the hoses. They seem actually to work, but all that brown rubber is flaking off of the netting around the inner tubes as we speak. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can detach them from the chrome unicouple and just screw on new ones. The only age this unit shows is on the exterior, probably from being left outside for years. The chrome is very scratched and pitted, which is a shame but only cosmetic. I love the GE textolite top with its many snowflake/sparkle motifs; I wish I could buy enough to cover my kitchen counters with it.
Yeah. It was the one in Studio City. and the seller was an interesting person.
These dishwashers must have made many housewives in the early Sixties very happy. I've known many kitchens that would have accommodated a nice portable like this one.
For the first time I got to see the impeller spin in the empty tub. Very fast! These machines are basically big ol' blenders that don't destroy a tub full of dishes simply by limiting the amount of water that hits that blade! Those GE engineers figured out how to exploit fluid dynamics in a very effective way. In some ways the Power Shower is the more sophisticated mechanism in this unit.
John, thanks for the encouragement about the hoses. They seem actually to work, but all that brown rubber is flaking off of the netting around the inner tubes as we speak. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can detach them from the chrome unicouple and just screw on new ones. The only age this unit shows is on the exterior, probably from being left outside for years. The chrome is very scratched and pitted, which is a shame but only cosmetic. I love the GE textolite top with its many snowflake/sparkle motifs; I wish I could buy enough to cover my kitchen counters with it.
