Just SWMBO and me at home so we rinse dishes before putting in dishwasher and only run the dishwasher 1-2 times a week. With no stuck-on food we use the quick wash cycle which ai WAY faster than normal wash.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 2:05 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Samsung refrigerators I think all dishwashers these days take that long or longer due to conservation etc. We had a fairly recent Maytag that we bought 5 years ago they took 3-4 hours on the heavy duty cycle. The Bosch we have now takes a little under 3 hours on heavy duty. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On the subject of dishwashers, our beloved 2006 KithcenAid is acting > like it will give up the ghost any day soon. Makes an embarrassingly > loud noise during its cycle, although the dishes still emerge sparklingly > clean. > > Price on a comparable replacement KitchenAid has risen to $850 and up, > so I have been looking at Bosch, Samsung, GE and Whirlpool models with > a third rack that are in my price range. > > Had a Bosch dw in the old house and it was very quiet but the cycle > took 2+ hours which is way too long. Don't know if they have solved > that problem by now. Samsung has the best features but I have heard some bad > things. > > > > >> On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 1:33 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I've never had great luck with ice makers. Mostly they clog up and >> stop working. The ice maker in my GE started leaking, ruined the >> floor and stained the ceiling below before I noticed it. That was >> about a year after the in-door water dispenser quit. Design flaw, >> they routed the water line too close to the interior and it is prone to >> freezing up. >> >> Allan >> >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >> >>> I have one like that too. Bottom ice maker quit working, called >>> repair (I bought extended warranty from Lowes), guy came and changed >>> the filler tube, which froze and burst. some cheap plastic bit. >>> Bottom ice maker works when it wants to, has been working OK for the >>> last few months but doesn't put out like it should. I have to >>> occasionally reset it when it quits cycling. So far temps have been >>> OK. Repair guy told me that most new fridges are PsOS due to energy >>> savings issues, the motors run full out when they run, and they >>> cycle more often, which burns them out more frequently than the old >>> ones that were big and just ran. >>> >>> --FT >>> >>> On 7/12/20 11:08 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>> Avoid Samsung refrigerators. They are piles of crap. We bought a >>>> new expensive french door model back in around 2017. The reason we >>>> went with this model was because it had an ice maker in the door >>>> and one in the bottom freezer. At first everything was fine but >>>> within a short time the top ice maker turned into a pile of junk. >>>> It constantly freezes up with big chunks of ice and gets jammed. >>>> 90% of the time it does not work unless you thaw it out then it >>>> will work for a day or 2 maybe. Bottom ice maker has always worked fine. >>>> >>>> I am sitting here in my chair in the living room which is just >>>> right behind the refrigerator on the other side of the wall (open >>>> floor plan), heard some sort of different noise coming from the >>>> kitchen. I did not think much about it. Just a few minutes ago I >>>> got into the refrigerator and when you open the doors the temp of >>>> the freezer and refrigerator display on the control panel. Freezer >>>> was a 36 and refrigerator was at 58. Was fine when I went to bed last >>>> night. >>>> Compressor does not appear to be running. That strange noise I >>>> heard earlier now that I think about it was probably the compressor >>>> trying to run, or running but dying. Lucky I did just sign up for >>>> that home service contract which I already have an appointment >>>> Tuesday for the Bosch Dishwasher issue (drain pump). Guess I will >>>> put in a service request for this too. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
