Re: Dishwasher Fault

["Tim Fletcher Dot Com" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nigel,

OK, I am a bit of an ignoramus when it comes to all things electrical.

My main board is like this http://www.memonline.com/mem2.html#1

And the thing that tripped was the small red breaker left of centre. It
left us with no power to sockets, but lights were OK and it was repeatable
- With the dishwasher left "as was" it would trip the breaker as
soon as the isolator was switched.

Yesterday (more in hope than expectation) I removed the offending washer
and took it outside where I removed all the bits I could test and tested
them to the best of my (limited) ability - they all checked out OK - I
didn't test the thermistor because I read a web guide on how to do it and
didn't have the requisite 'O' levels to be sure I was doing it right.

Anyway following reassembly it ran through a couple of times OK, so I
reinstalled it and it seems OK - That would lead me to think that the wires
might be starting to go - I'll see how it goes and report back.

Thanks,

Tim.




----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Fletcher Dot Com
To: ukha_D@Yahoogroups. Com
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:27 AM
Subject: Dishwasher Fault


Well, it does automate the washing up!

Mine tripped the breaker - element appears to be OK (resistance, earth
leakage etc.) but breaker trips. I'm probably out of my depth with this,
but we don't have any appliance repair guys locally (Daventry) so I'd
appreciate any ideas you may have!  Also replacement might be difficult due
to the way it is built in.

TIA,

Tim.

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