What's This Then?

[launderess]

KA "Prestige" W&D set.

Who knew?

https://hibid.com/lot/226625161/kitchenaid-prestige-washer-27--x-25-5-d-x-41-5-h?ref=lot-list

https://hibid.com/lot/226625162/kitchenaid-prestige-dryer-29--x-25-5-d-x-42-h?ref=lot-list

 

[DADoES]

 
Prestige is, of course, a marketing label.  Those are upper/middle-of-the-line models.  Serials indicate 1997, one week apart (washer 36, dryer 37).

 

[DADoES]

 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Prestige must be used along with a seemingly high-end mark like Imperial, Super, Deluxe, Custom, and Supreme...

 

Why are there hand-written labels over those knobs?

And shouldn't one temperature that's a redundant Warm/Cold be a Hot/Warm or Warm/Warm?

 

The rest of the temperature combinations are correct being Hot/Cold, Warm/Cold and Cold/Cold...

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[launderess]

"Why are there hand-written labels over those knobs?&#34

Maybe because something isn't working properly with "Selecta" buttons on control panel. This or current/previous owner needed reminding what was what.

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?54664

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266548044919

Owners manual: https://www.kitchenaid.com/content/dam/global/documents/200204/owners-manual-3950448-RevA.pdf

 

[DADoES]

 
Clean Touch / Easy Clean Selectra buttons are low-travel mechanical, not electronic/membrane-touch.  It's not unusual that the flexible overlay cracks after years of use.  The full remainder of it removed in this case.  Reference the dryer photo, the selection labels are on the overlay and thus the handwritten adhesive strip was added as a reference.

The choices left-right are Hot/Cold, Warm/Cold, Cold/Cold, Warm/Warm.

 

[Chetlaham]

Considering that the user wrote warm/cold over what was a warm/warm button is it possible this washer does a cold rinse followed by a warm spray rinse? My Estate from the early/mid 2000s did this.

 

 

My personal preference is knobs over membrane anything for this reason. Over time the wear down or fail in some way.

 

 

Great set, thank you for posting these!

 

[qsd-dan]

"My personal preference is knobs over membrane anything for this reason. Over time the wear down or fail in some way."

Agreed, mechanical knobs or buttons only.

 

[maytag85]

Despite the “flexibility” of electronic controls, can’t manipulate or adjust the controls to one’s liking.