Kenwood Kdw60x16 not filling

[Neil Stead]

Hi,

I have a Kenwood KDW60X16 dishwasher, about 5 years old, that has suddenly stopped working.
Display buttons all work, and when I start a cycle, I can hear the pump draining for a minute or so, but after that, silence. It doesn’t fill with water, but it otherwise starts to go through the cycle – even getting warm inside – but no washing action, and no error code (I haven’t let it run a full cycle, since I’m worried that if it’s heating with no water in it, it could damage it – but I have left it for over 30 minutes, until the second light on the progress bar comes on.

I’ve checked that the inlet tap and hose are fine – water *is* getting to the machine, but not *into* the machine.

Any idea what the problem could be?

TIA

[electrofix]

first thing to check is the inlet valve

dont think the heater can come on unless there is water in the machine and the pump is running

Dave

[andyjawa]

Sounds like a classic pressure switch electrical fault to me. If the p/swt is faulty such as contacts are seized in the ” i have just filled up with water mode ” the wash motor comes on instead of filling first to trigger the p/swt and THEN the motor should come on.
Why don`t you google Partmaster and follow the links to your model listed as there is a 38 page technical repair booklet ( service manual ) on line. Your machine should be Chinese in which case as with most other chinese appliance manufacturers freely publish their technical booklets. That brick red pressure switch is fairly well known to give up the ghost.

[andyjawa]

Add. The pressure switch is an old school type ( that is because although it might have failed the Chinese have at least some good sense ) so you can blow into it and it should click once if it doesn`t if you hit with the back of a screwdriver they sometimes will then click to prove a point! If do not trust it again but buy a new p/swt if that is the case.

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