Philips Whirlpool ADP 136/7 – won’t heat or drain

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    br1anstorm
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    I have just installed in our current house the dishwasher which we had in our previous house. It’s an old-ish machine, but scarcely used, and has been stored for the past few years in our garage. The model is Philips Whirlpool ADP 136/7 serial no 9250103217.

    All seemed good. Water inlet (it’s cold-fill) and drain outflow clear, electricity supply fine, some juggling to get it into position under the worktop. But when I turned on the power supply (and as I recall had not switched the machine on as it was empty), I’m pretty sure I heard a “pop” from the machine itself, and a very slight electrical-burning smell.

    I checked the fused spur,and the fuse in the plug. Both still OK.

    So I set the machine to run – empty – on the short ‘prewash’ cycle, and switched on. It ran OK, seemed to pump water in OK, and clicked through what was about a 10-15 min cycle. Some water drained out part-way through the cycle. But when the program ended, there was still about 3″-4″ of water in the bottom of the machine – and it was cold (I am not certain that the prewash heats the water anyway…).

    My suspicion is that the ‘pop’ I think I heard earlier might have been the drain-pump and/or the heating circuit, going bang. Are either of these protected by a fuse inside the machine? Or is it now a matter of checking and replacing either or both of these components (if they are still available)?

    I have repaired washing machines and tumble driers but have never tackled a dishwasher. Any advice on fault-diagnosis and on exactly what to check and replace would be welcome.

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    br1anstorm
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    Re: Philips Whirlpool ADP 136/7 – won’t heat or drain

    An update…. Some forum members have obviously read my post, but no replies yet. In fact my query looks like it was a false alarm.

    In trying out the machine on pre-wash, I may have somehow clicked-through the programme and either interrupted or confused the sequence of filling and emptying.

    Having siphoned out the water left inside, I have since run a normal wash cycle with some dishes….. and, hooray, the machine works fine. So whatever I thought I heard earlier, it clearly wasn’t the pump or heater circuit going ‘pop’.

    So – fingers crossed that this now almost-vintage machine will continue to operate normally.

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