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  1. Appliances
    Good evening, I have a GSD2100V70WW GE dishwasher, it fills with water and drains but the sprayer arm barely pushes any water out. I cleaned out the bottom screen and sprayer arms, as well as made sure there was nothing in the pump mechanism to the best of my ability. Any advice would be...
  2. Electrical
    Hi folks --- I'm looking to service my dishwasher so I need to turn the breaker off, but the dishwasher breaker has a metal shell around it with a small screw from the bottom and I can't turn it off...can anyone tell me what I should do and why the circuit is setup like this? Also the breaker...
  3. Appliances
    The short. Replaced the heating coil and the thermostat that is firmly pressed to the bottom of the tub. It doesn’t deflect at all. It’s a whirlpool gold. But still doesn’t heat like it used to. Yes it’s fed with hot water. The old coil still had conductivity. Anyone know the likely hood of...
  4. Plumbing
    I have a problem of water backing up into my dishwasher from the kitchen drain, which happens sporadically. This time it was about 2 or 3 months since the last incident. The sink has a tailpiece with a branch that connects to the dishwasher drain hose. The drain hose is looped up high to the...
  5. Appliances
    I've got a countertop dishwasher. It's an RCA, but it's made in the same place as all the other brands, including Magic Chef, Danby, etc., that have the first generation style design for countertop dishwashers. (the different brands put their own name on these particular identical Chinese...
  6. Plumbing
    Greetings from QC, Canada! o/ I'm in need of a bit of plumbing wisdom. I'm currently setting up the dishwasher in my new home. All that is left to do is to connect the drain hose, however the wye knockout plug won't come off. The dishwasher instruction manual says to remove it with a hammer and...
  7. Appliances
    Photo for reference: Video for reference: (leak starts at about 1:02): IMG_8328 My Whirlpool dishwasher leaks about one minute into the cycle for about 10 seconds then stops. The leak appears to be coming from the front of the machine, as you can see in the photo. It's not a ton of water, but...
  8. Plumbing
    Hello, I have a new Midea Dishwasher. I bought a kit with the new dishwasher that comes with a steel braided line and some various fittings. The brass L shaped fitting screws into my Dishwasher perfectly. The problem comes with the PEX water supply hose. This white tubing is labeled as...
  9. Appliances
    I'm torn as to what this could be. Pump? Bearing? Video with sound, You can hear it stop and start again. Dishwasher Sound
  10. Appliances
    Hi Everyone, I have a relatively new (Maybe 4 or 5 few years old) Kitchen Aid Dishwasher Model KDFE104DSS5. This evening I noticed water on the kitchen floor near the dishwasher and after removing the bottom access panel, I observed water dripping from what I believe is the Float Switch...
  11. Appliances
    The installation instructions clearly say to align the front face of the door with the adjacent cabinet door faces--for aesthetic reasons, of course. But the installer installed the DW so that its front face extends about 1.5" beyond the faces of the adjacent cabinets. It looked bad, so I told...
  12. Appliances
    Got a new Bosch dishwasher. old one was hardwired, so no outlet available to plug the new one in. Got the Bosch junction box to wire it up. Question is about best way to run the wires. Bosch recommends not running the wiring behind the dishwasher, and instead having the wiring and the...
  13. Appliances
    Not sure what could be causing this but the dishwasher is leaving residue on the dishes. I also noticed about an inch of water in the filter well. Any ideas what could be the issue? It is a GE, model number GDT580SSF7SS An inch of water in the filter well after a cycle:
  14. Appliances
    Hi All. Have a 2017 KitchenAid Dishwasher (KDFE204ESS3) that is not working properly. The tub is filling and subsequently draining, but nothing in between. For example, I put it into "Rinse Only" mode to test, it fills as expected, float works and stops fill valve as expected, and then it just...
  15. Appliances
    I have a new Frigidaire dishwasher model FGID2476SF7A that I'm soon to install. I see I can get a dishwasher pan for potential leaks. But this model looks like is has a bottom pan of some sort and may not sit on an installed pan. Any comments, suggestions appreciated. TIA
  16. Appliances
    I had an old Maytag dishwasher and we had our power go out for almost 5 days. We had a terrible storm with lightning strikes reported everywhere. I heard something in the basement went downstairs and saw a small flood in my basement underneath where the dishwasher was. Water was not entering my...
  17. Appliances
    It turns out I have extended warranty on this so someone is coming Tuesday. but before I realized that, I was trying to troubleshoot and didn’t get far. care to take a shot at this and I’ll let you know who got it right! 4 1/2 year kitchenaid dishwasher is the subject. Cost about $900...
  18. Appliances
    Im not sure if this is the proper forum to ask. Recently moved into a home and bought a bosch dishwasher as the one that came with the house was broken. I noticed no matter which setting i used, the dishes come out a little sticky. I use jet dry rinse aid and finish powerball tablets. I also...
  19. Appliances
    About at our wit's end on this one... As the subject says, periodically, our dishes come out of the dishwasher smelling horrible. Bit like a wet dog. What's odd is sometimes it works fine, other times they come out fine, but after putting them away and waiting a day or two, they start to smell...
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