Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]my fisher and paykel dishdrawer beats all. slick as all getout, two drawers loading from the top, you can have dirty dishes in one and clean in the other and double-buffer your dishes. the bad news: a nearly $2,000 pricetag, leaky from day one, majorly broke down at least once a year, and in less than 5 years a completely rusted-out hulk that was declared absolutely unrepairable. supposedly the new ones are much more reliable, but i ended up replacing it with a plain-jane front-loading machine. -rei On Jan14 18:04, B. D. Colen wrote: > I loved my Miele dishwasher; dependably clean dishes, load after load, > washed in virtual silence. And then it went belly-up the day before > Christmas after only eight years. It seems the main board is shot. The main > board costs $550 to replace, plus installation - I don't do dishwashers. > Granted, a new one now costs $1300 to $1800. But at 8 years I'm at the > point > where it's not unrealistic to expect other multi-buck parts will start to > fail. If I was going to stay in my house for another 8-10 years it would be > worth investing in a new one; but I'm not. So it isn't. Whirlpool/Kitchen > Aid, here I come. > > > On 1/14/07 3:11 PM, "Rick Dykstra" <rdandcb@home.netspeed.com.au> wrote: > > > As much as I dread that word 'bypass' - recipe for disaster - I'm > > considering doing it in fixing my dishwasher. Google tells me the > > proper solenoid will be $350 kangabucks. Say $300 hollywoodbucks. eek! > > > > Rick. > > > > On 15/01/2007, at 1:43 AM, Rob McClure wrote: > > > >> I dunno. I love well-engineered things as much as most (BMW, > >> Omega, Mont Blanc, etc.), but sometimes items can be over- > >> engineered. As an example, our home came with a Clare Megasave > >> furnace. This is a Canadian unit, quite unique to my Ohio location > >> (the nearest dealer is 80 miles away). Initially I had trouble > >> with it failing to start and my neighbor, a retired Westinghouse > >> electrical engineer and mechanical genius, came over to help. The > >> electronic controls were unbelievably complex with all kinds of > >> redundancy built in to meet the high standards dictated by Canada, > >> where severe winters can cause a catastrophe in the case of furnace > >> failure. Unfortunately one of the backup features was conflicting > >> the circuit and keeping the furnace from consistently starting. He > >> bypassed the backups and it has worked perfectly these past 15 years. > >> > >> Rob McClure > >> > >> > >> On Jan 14, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Rick Dykstra wrote: > >> > >>> I spent today slowly pulling our Miele dishwasher apart, to figure > >>> out why its not filling fully. I think it's the solenoid. Not > >>> just any solenoid, but part of a failsafe twin solenoid leak-proof > >>> disaster safe design. And having seen the insides of this thing > >>> now, by golly what a beautifully designed well made, repairable > >>> bit of gear. An absolute contrast to the Australian made Vulcan > >>> gas heater I pulled apart last winter (worn out fan). And the > >>> Miele vacuum cleaner I pulled apart last year was also great to > >>> work on (worn out carbon brushes). > >>> > >>> So why is it that Germans are such good industrial designers? > >>> It's as if they know their work will be appreciated when customers > >>> finally need to fix the thing. :-) > >>> > >>> Impressed I am. > >>> > >>> Rick. > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey