The ice making situation with the Fagor is pretty much a joke. It comes with an ice tray which can best be described as Baby's First Ice Tray. The tray does fit safely across any of the 3 drawers and there is a storage compartment for the tiny cubes. I tried to find a picture but was unsuccessful. If you go to the AJ Madison site, look up the Fagor, go to the owner's manual, on page 12 you will see a very crude drawing of the ice tray. I believe the tray produces 12 tiny cubes. I'm not a big ice user, so that didn't impact my decision. I have kept the tray in a cupboard and have used it maybe twice. When I've had lots of people over ("lots" being relative in my small condo!) I buy bagged ice and use ice buckets. Seeing your interest in wine, did you know the Fagor does comes with a wine rack inside? I don't drink wine, so I ditched that and use the top shelf set at the higest level as my beverage center. Perfect for holding cans of soda, beer, and the 10 oz water bottles I purchase. I have stashed a bottle of wine there when needed as well. I like the GE DW. It cleans my dishes which is all I ask. It holds a lot. Compared to the antique I had which sounded like a Mack truck was revving its engine in my old kitchen, the GE is quiet. Not whisper quiet like the bigger, better, more expensive DWs, but it does not inhibit in person conversation and when I'm talking on the phone while it is in use, no one has said, "Is that your dishwasher running in the background?" The cycle is long (maybe 1.75 hours?), but I think that is the nature of an 18" DW. I may be wrong on that score. Hope this helps. Joyce

Most compressors, when they state horsepower of the electric motor, are very optimistic. The 6HP stated may be an instantaneous peak HP. The running HP may be a lot less. 6 HP translates roughly into 4500W, which at 240V, would draw 18.75 A. If this was a peak HP motor, then a 15 or 20A cc't might do it. Check the motor rating on the compressor for current draw and size your cc't accordingly.

You might be surprised. My local hardware store carries a lot of breakers for old panels. Have you tried contacting Cutler Hammer Customer Service directly for info? They now are under the Eaton brand. Here is a link that might be useful: Cutler Hammer / Eaton

The public library has NEC's around here. I've got some older versions of the handbook (essentially the code with some extra description and annotations) I can probably part with. I've switched to using the online NECPLUS a while back because I can get multiple versions of the code conveniently without lugging around the big code books (the two states I'm working in are NOT on the same version of the code (and I've been studying the 2011 one in advance of that being adopted). I believe there's a separate nfpa site that gives you and older version of the code (better than nothing) with a really ugly interface to read it (different than the much nicer necplus pay service).