Hobart KitchenAid KD-18 SERIES Service Manual page 4

GENERAL INFORMATION
MODEL EXPLANATION
This service manual provides service information
for the KD-18 series dishwashers. This includes the
basic KD-18 dishwasher, designed to be "Built-in";
for which panels (with various finishes) and kits
may be ordered and added to suit various instal-
lations (Fig. I). Installation instructions are pro-
vided with each of these options.
Fig. 1
In addition, there is a KD-38 model (Fig. 2), which
is the same KD-18 dishwasher installed in a
cabinet-sink combination.
Fig. 2
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There are also KD-58 models (Fig. 3), which are
"convertible-portable" dishwashers. These may be
built-in at a later date, using KD-18 conversion
instructions.
All KD-18 series dishwashers have automatic de-
tergent dispensers, pump-out drain systems and
"Sanitized Flo-Thru Drying" systems (Fig. 4 ). A
separate fan and heating element outside the wash
chamber circulate heated air during the "Dry"
phase of each cycle..
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Fig. 3
The KDS "Superba" model has a sixteen position
upper rack , with "stay-put" fl ex-a-divid ers and
both a rinse agent dispenser a nd a Soak'n Scrub
Cycle as standard equipment.
A rinse agent dispenser may be added to both the
KDI "Imperial" and KDC "Custom" models, as an
optional feature. Th e KDI "Imperial" models a re
also equipped with a Soak'n Wash Cycle and have
a one position upper rack with "stay-put" fl ex-a-
divid ers. The KDC "Custom" has a one position
upper rack with fixed dividers.