Dishwasher problem

In message , fido writes

There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum. This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia). The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom of the drum.

In my case, I've twice had problems simply because the hole through the spigot had become gunged-up with grot (a particular problem in hard water areas, if you don't have a water softener). As a result, the water could not get into the bottom end of the plastic tube, so there was no change of air pressure in the pipe. A five-minute poke-out fixed it.

Not come across a dishwasher with a drum! I'm imagining all the crockery being whizzed round and round...

It's a DISHWASHER!

In message , Skipweasel writes

Arrrrrrrrrrgh! Sorrrrrrry. And I haven't even had a drink yet!

In message , Skipweasel writes

If it's the Wadsworth rellies household, that's prolly where the drum kit ended up

Could it be a problem on the setting dial, sticking at a certain point? Try turning it a tad and see what happens.

Someone needs a circuit diagram and multimeter

It's electronic, no dials or knobs to turn! Pressing any buttons just resets the machine at the beginning of the cycle! But the info about something being gunged up could be useful. (and yes it's a dishwasher)

On our Bosch there's a float in a translucent plastic bucket at the side which operates a microswitch. There's also a float in the tub under the gubbins which is a final shut-off in event of a leak - operates the same switch.

When I lived with my parents where do you think that I used to wash my cars wheel trims? Whilst they were out of course.