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- From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: DISHWASHER recommendations?
- Message-ID: <lttnw!a.greg@netcom.com>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 16:43:43 GMT
- References: <KOSOWSKY.92Sep9104732@zener.harvard.edu> <btsnxmp.strnlght@netcom.com> <1992Sep9.174418.6419@cs.sfu.ca>
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- In article <1992Sep9.174418.6419@cs.sfu.ca> shell@cs.sfu.ca (Barry Shell) writes:
- >
- >After finding the best price on sale at a local department store,
- >I stumbled on a store here called Coast Wholesale, who was selling
- >the same model for almost $100 less. I bought it. I would just
- >suggest that you look for the simplest machine that has a reasonable
- >rating (we chose GE) at the lowest price you can find.
-
- One thing I noticed while pondering the decision of whether to fix my
- dishwasher by replacing the motor/pump unit or to replace it with a
- quieter model was this:
-
- The difference between one of the base-models and the same model, billed
- as "whisper quiet" was very simple. The "whisper quiet" model came with
- some insulation that looked like something cadged from a water-heater
- blanket, which you were to wrap around the top and sides before installing.
- Apparently a good deal of the noise is from the water hitting the walls of
- the machine.
-
- That was it. No other difference. For this, you payed about $80.00 more.
-
- Oh, yes: since my racks and interior were in fine shape, and I just had a
- howling pump bearing, I replaced the whole pump unit in 30 minutes for
- about $80.00. Didn't bother to try wrapping the insulation around it,
- but I probably should have, just to prove a point.
-
- Greg
-