Advice on replacing a Hotpoint DWM55 Heating Element

[grahamjs]

Hi,

The heating element of my Hotpoint DWM55 dishwasher has just gone. I’m about to order a new element from the shop. Before embarking on replacing it I was hoping somebody out there could offer some advice / tips that could ease the job.

I’ve not had the dishwasher apart yet so haven’t even looked at the job at hand yet.

Many Thanks, Graham

[helo_75]

well, you could have put this in the dishwasher section?

tip machine on its head, 4 screws hold bottom panel on, 2 clips holding heater in place

you will need to buy two new jubilee clips

how do you know its the heater if you dont have a clue where it is?

plug out of course

good luck

[iadom]

Re: Advice on replacing a Hotpoint DWM55 Heating Element

Moved. 😉

Here is another example of throwing parts at a machine without bothering to check them in the first place.

how to waste money

The PCB is just as likely to fail as the element on Indesit dishwashers.

Jim.

[grahamjs]

Re: Advice on replacing a Hotpoint DWM55 Heating Element

Thanks helo_75, that’s what I was looking for.

“How do you know it’s the heater if you don’t have a clue where it is?”
The error lights (Fast/40 and Delicate/50) start to flash a few minutes into a cycle. This happens every time since something blew the MCB for the downstairs sockets and tripped the RCD earlier today. I figured the error lights and the MCB going out the way it did made the heater likely culprit.

Granted I’ve not taken it out and verified, but I’m short of time for the next few days and wanted to get this sorted so yes I am taking a risk and if it’s not the heater I’m GBP 40 down for rushing.

iadom mentioned the PCB. Any view on how this would typically fail?

Thanks.

[helo_75]

the heater will cause it to fail if it has gone faulty

very fickle electronics, be careful of how you look at it , if it doesnt like the way you look, itll fail, theyre that unreliable

cant you use a meter, itll take you less than 10 ,minutes to check it for continuity, although if its blown a fuse, theres a good chance its faulty

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