damaged harness

[fasetester]

hi guys went to repair a creda intergrated dishwasher blue flash then went dead. the guy had removed the door and got a electrical shock. when i got their made sure the power was turned off. checked the

harness 3 wires burnted throught. and the rest of the harness the insulation was bare would you guys have repaired the harness. you would have thought the fuse should have blowen. can you get wiring harness for dishwashers

i have repaired the wiring harness before but their was only one damaged wire. i would like to here your thoughts before i left i removed the fuse. thanks fasetester.

[PGS]

Re: damaged harness

The major manufacturers repair them with heat shrink, so i dont see why not. I wouldnt solder them or you will probably be back to it when they snap again, just twist wires together or crimp like they do on aircraft and heat it up with lighter .

[timdowning]

Re: damaged harness

just twist wires together like they do on aircraft and heat it up with lighter .

I wouldn’t just twist the wires together.

On aircraft they inline crimp/splice the wires together then apply heatshrink. (Using a heat gun).

[maltheviking]

Re: damaged harness

Splice a new piece of cable into the loom with butt connectors and make the joints six inches either side of where it was broken. 😉 Soldering is OK, again away from where it broke but remember you cannot use insulation tape alone to insulate, (electrical regs) 🙂

[eastlmark]

Re: damaged harness

If its more than maybe 1 or 2 wires I always go for a new loom, if available. Even better a repair kit like Whirlpool used to do, if available. Twisting the wires together? no way, I like to sleep at nights. Also always check for leaking rinse aid dispensers, once some of that stuff gets on the wires forget it, new loom or BER.

[fasetester]

Re: damaged harness

thanks guys the dishwasher is about nine year old the one with the dark brown front would the wiring harness be pricy.

[iadom]

Re: damaged harness

Would need correct model number to be sure, lots of them have brown fronts, 😉 if it is the small one then it is very unlikely that a loom would be available.

Jim.

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