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I’m hoping this will be the final post about the dishwasher as this morningI spoke to a knowledgeable friend who asked if the D/W had finished on its final cycle when it blew the house main CB to which I replied, “in fact only minutes from finishing”.
He then asked if there was water still in the machine to which I replied that there was which was why I was wondering if the pump had failed. He commented that if all the water was not dispelled from the machine before the final drying part of the cycle that could have caused the problem .Yesterday I had used a small pump to pump out about 4.5 litres of water from the interior of the machine and then had removed the plastic filter baskets.
Having cleaned out the filters yesterday ( with quite a few brussel sprout leaves in the small white basket filter ) and also poked around in the exit hole beneath that, I was reasonably happy the system was clear.On his suggestion , I ran an empty cycle through this morning and the whole thing worked just fine .
As we rarely use the machine I’ll close this down other than to thank the two chaps who replied to my cry for advice. Much appreciated , Cheers !!!
Further to my last , here are a couple of pictures, one of the element and its a double element and I even managed to find the instruction booklet for it …..but unfortunately no help in sorting my problem. I cannot see how that element can be removed ? Presumably from the outside of the case maybe ? Which then means the whole unit has to be removed form its location under the work top ? Also there is still an inch or so of water in the bottom of the unit which I hadn’t initially noticed , presumably because its cycle was interrupted in the final stage. No pictures, they seem to be too big…..but the element is certainly a double length of metal and where it goes through the “floor/base” of the washer it looks to be held in place by a rivet , or more likely a stud with a nut on the outer side.
Its an APL 8224 by the way.Thanks Dave, will go and check it out now…..agree its not the best piccy, but I get the gist just fine. Many thanks. If you hear the whole of Cornwall has had a massive power cut , you’ll know who to blame. :-))))
Thanks Dave, great advice but where would I start to look for the heater terminals….or is that just the element in the bottom of the unit ? Sorry to sound so thick but whilst I have sorted problems on my electric cooker and Dyson hoover in the past, this is my first issue with a dish washer. Cheers, Frank.
