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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 01:14 am

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Hi,

My dishwasher is not working any more. The start/reset light will blink (no other led's illuminated) for a over a minute and then reverts to normal. You can choose your cycle and options, but when you push start, nothing happens. About a week ago, I cleaned all 3 sprayer arms and the filter since it wasn't cleaning very well. Everything worked like new after the cleaning for 3 days. Here is what I have tried to far:

1) Turned off power for an hour, no change

2) Got into the diagnostics mode (Thank You Samurai) and tried to turn on each component individually. Nothing will turn on, no water, no pumps, no heater.

3) Setup the F1 test and after turning it back on, nothing happened.

It's like it's not communicating right, is it the control board?

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 01:15 pm

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mikecimi wrote:
2) Got into the diagnostics mode (Thank You Samurai) and tried to turn on each component individually. Nothing will turn on, no water, no pumps, no heater.

Do you have the service manual or tech sheet for this dishwasher? More importantly, do you have the wiring diagram or schematic? We'll need that to test for voltage output from the control board while in diagnostics mode, turning on individual component. No voltage output == bad control board (or relay on the board).

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 05:41 pm

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I tested the main and aux pumps along with the water valve and all 3 have 125V coming out of the circuit board. I have uploaded the wiring diagram, hopefully that helps.

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 06:17 pm

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mikecimi wrote: I tested the main and aux pumps along with the water valve and all 3 have 125V coming out of the circuit board. I have uploaded the wiring diagram, hopefully that helps.

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Ahh, so the board is doing it's thang but the other stuff ain't doing their thangs. Sounds like a problem in the wiring harness. May have broken wires at the harness where it bends under the door. Could check continuity of the wires from the board to the respective components.

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 06:55 pm

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All wires passed a visual inspection, no bare wire, fraying, pinching. I was able to test voltage at the ends of the main pump and water valve and they both read 125V. I can't reach the other pump very easily, but since these other 2 checked out fine I'm guessing it will check out as well. I also checked the resistance on the main pump and water valve. The main pump should be 10 ohms and I read 12.8, but I have a cheap tester so maybe that is causing the variance? The water valve read 1018 which is between the acceptable range of 725-1200.

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 07:39 pm

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Wait a minute... you're getting good voltage to the valve and motor but they ain't valvin' and motorin'? Sumpin ain't raht! Either you misread the meter or the neutral is dropping out. Ohm out that neutral wire all the way back to the power junction box behind the kickplate.

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 08:20 pm

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I think you have found the problem. I started testing the neutral from the the control board and the first stop is the door latch. There are 2 of these devices in the latch

http://www.toneluck.com/pdf/MQS-216.pdf

One for the hot and one for the neutral. You can't see it in the link, but there is a little button that gets pressed on each of these switches when the door is closed. The one for the hot, clicks and has continuity and the one for the neutral doesn't click and has no continuity.

Now I just need to find that part, any suggesstions?

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 08:26 pm

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Found the part, I'll post back if it doesn't work. Thank You

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Posted: Tue Jun 2nd, 2009 08:36 pm

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This Door Interlock Switch as shown in the Parts list at ReapirClinic ?

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Posted: Wed Jun 3rd, 2009 04:06 pm

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The part just got here and everything works great, Thanks for the help.

Now for the icemaker

But that's another thread

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