Whirlpool ADP744

No posts for months and now two in a week! This time it is my dishwasher, something fell down during a wash cycle and prevented the arm from rotating and filling the machine with water, when I opened the door the element was glowing bright red! I let it cool down, tried to run it, but it tripped the fuses. What is the most likely item to need replacing, the element? or is there a thermal cutout of some sort? Thanks johno

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johno
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On 26 Mar 2007 03:26:02 -0700, "johno" mused:

I think you'll find whether the arm spins or not, everything insode the machine gets wet.

At what point in the cycle was this? Ours glows bright red at the end of the cycle as it is on the drying stage.

Something's broke then.

You can't trip a fuse either, you can blow a fuse, or trip an RCD\MCB. What actually trips\blows?

If it was a thermal cutout it just wouldn't get hot, it wouldn't make things go bang.

Before replacing things you need to test and find out what the problem is. It could be anything, the red element could be a red herring.

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Lurch

Hi Stuart, Thanks for the reply, since that posting I have interrogated her indoors more thoroughly and have managed to prise more information out of her, it had played up previously, unbeknown to me. It appears that the machine went through its cycle, BUT did not actually wet anything, the powder was still in the (open) dispenser. There was some water in the bottom of the machine and she heard water going in and gurgling out. I have checked the filter at the bottom of the beast and it is clean and clear. Any suggestions? As to the tripping, blowing, fuse, etc thing, yes I know the difference, it is just habit to say fuses even though we actually have RCD/MCB fitted, old habits die hard. The end result was the same ......no power!!! Thanks again, appreciate the response John

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johno

On 2 Apr 2007 07:49:04 -0700, "johno" mused:

If nothing inside is getting wet then you need to checdk the inlet hose for kinks and blockages, both inside and outside the machine, and also the solenoid on the inlet valve. Basically follow the water from the outlet tap, through the hose etc... and see where it gets to. You'll need to run the machine with the cover off to check for power at the solenoid valve so excercise caution as everythign will most probably be neutral switched with permanent lives on each component.

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Lurch

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