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Re: Zanussi DCS14W Leaking..Constantly Trying To Drain

Hi,

I’ve owned a few of these desktop dishwashers and presently own a DCS14W and have been where you are now.

Do you live in a hard water area? ❓

The DCS14W has an emergency drain that is kicked in by the polystyrene float to the bottom rear near to tray train access. When the float is pushed up by enough water the machine defaults to drain only mode. Nothings else will work and if you switch it off from the front panel on/off it will still drain. Even when it has expelled all the water from within the pump will continue, making that whirring sound. The only thing that will stop it is to unplug from wall.

Assuming you have no others internal leaks, the most likely cause is the fill level chamber. It is a U-shape design bottom-side left of machine. It is designed to allow the machine to fill and switch off when enough water is in the machine. The problem with it’s design is it has an open breather hole at it’s top, to level out fill for sensor. If you live in a hard water area or allow a build up of sludge the chamber becomes blocked between sensor and breather hole. The sensor cannot switch off water because of the lime scale/sludge and water starts to run through top breather hole. It starts as a slow drip and it left becomes a river.

Zanussi must of known of this has they have channelled the bottom to take water from here to float cut-off at rear.

I’ve found using Finish Dishwasher cleaner £3 aprox every month cleans the limescale and cures this design fault. 😀

Cheers
Steve

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