Would BOB approve?!?!?!?

[re563]

OK, what you are all about to see is some what disturbing and you should probably take some sort of setitive or have a cocktail before you view. I had an appointment at 5:30pm this evening and thus left the house at 5:10Pm. There were a few dishes setting in the sink--figuring I would take care of them when I got back. HOWEVER........... my darling Partner decided he would do it himself and soooooooooo............
(you all have been warned)

Bottom rack first

 

[re563]

and now for the top rack. PLEASE!!!-- Take notice to the coffee mug and glass on it's side

 

[gadgetgary]

Thanks for all the pics and posting...but...

Please divulge your name and model dishwasher.........

So we can put the 'name' to the 'face'....

Thank you in advance....

 

[gadgetgary]

Sorry boys, its not in tight!

Kelly,

Do you need to be taken out back for lessons?????LOL

 

[frigilux]

RE563--- Scandalous, simply scandalous! If that dishwasher were a child we'd have called Social Services by now, LOL! Thanks for posting the pics---but hey, he didn't do too bady, really. Compared to how my ex used to load the dishwasher, your guy did very, very well!

 

[johnb300m]

Danby Load

Here's a non-typical load in my Danby machine. It's just a bunch of leftover plastic stuff, and a few dishes from lunch. I'll take another one at another time, so you can see what a usual everyday load looks like.

 

[johnb300m]

oops

so apparently i don't know crap about posting pics in here.

try this:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y259/johnb300m/Misc/Danby/HPIM3719.jpg

 

[gadgetgary]

Here's a non-typical load in my Danby machine

Please tell us about your Danby...likes, dislikes.....
Does it actually dry or do you have to 'air dry'?

Those small countertop units always intrigued me.

 

[johnb300m]

all about the danby

a while back when i purchased it i posted a threat about it. here you go:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/ARCHIVE/MODERN/2006/4921x32.htm

 

[veg-o-matic]

This is probably as close as I'll ever get

I don't normally cram it this full..

 

[veg-o-matic]

Top rack.

Does this qualify as a BobLoad®?

veg

 

[appnut]

Dang Bob, it do!!

 

[gadgetgary]

Veg,

I am impressed with your Big Bob Load~!

What model DW?

 

[variflexpghpa]

Kitchen Aid Dish Drawer

I saw in this thread a loaded KA dishdrawer, and since I have had success bringing mine back from dead ( the dishdrawer I found at Lowes), I thought I show some pictures of whats going on under the loaded rack. This is a shot of the front of the dishwasher. When you buy it, you also have to purchase front panels seperately for it. Nice additional insult from KA I think

 

[variflexpghpa]

Here is a shot of the empty drawer

 

[variflexpghpa]

Wash Arm

The rack removed and a close up of the wash arm and filtering screen

 

[variflexpghpa]

Pump Impeller

An interesting design of the dishwasher is that the wash arm is used as the actual pump chamber. When you remove the wash arm you expose the impeller

 

[variflexpghpa]

Washer Arm Underside

Heres the underside view of the washarm

 

[variflexpghpa]

Wash Tub

This is what the tub looks like with the impeller assembly and filtering screen removed.

 

[DADoES]

variflexpghpa, that's not a KA drawer, it's a Fisher & Paykel. KA drawers are rebadged F&Ps.

If you haven't yet done so, take off your wash arm, remove the filter screen, then take out the pump rotor. You may be amazed at how simple is the mechanism.

 

[variflexpghpa]

Pump Assembly

It is also interesting that tub is totally one piece and the rotor assembly is totally isolated from the actual motor windings outside. There is no seal to fail
You can see the filter assembly with the pump attached to it
The grey impeller is the drain pump

 

[variflexpghpa]

Drain Impeller

Here is a better view of the drain impeller

 

[DADoES]

Aha! There you go.

By the way, I meant that the picture of the loaded drawer is an F&P. Yours is a KA.

 

[variflexpghpa]

Lid Assembly

You may wonder how the drawer is sealed so that washing can occur and not flood. Here is a view of the tub lid. It is attached to the Y shaped yokes both sides and is raised and lowered with worm screws driven by twin motors. The motors are slightly below the drawer rails

 

[variflexpghpa]

Kitchenpakel

Hi
Yes I know its rebaged, but the KA website does tell you that
however they make it clear that the KA drawer has had some changes made to it to meet KA high specifications. For what thats worth........

 

[variflexpghpa]

tub lid shot

you can see the sealing gasket

 

[variflexpghpa]

Rebadged.....

Meant REBADGED, not REBAGED. however REBAGED may apply

 

[variflexpghpa]

Under the front cover

Heres whats hiding under the front access panel, which is covered when you buy the additional cost actual panels

On the left is the detergent/rinse aid dispenser and the black fan is actually the fan for the forced air drying

 

[variflexpghpa]

Drawer Position Sensor

The sensor that determines the whether the drawer is open or closed uses an infrared transmitter and receiver, and is tranmitted thru the plastic light guides mounted on the draw.
On the frame is a prism which reflects the signal from the transmitter down and back to the receiver. So when the drawer is closed the circuit is complete so to speak and the drawer will run

 

[variflexpghpa]

end view

here are the light guides as viewed from the end