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Dishwasher filling prob/heating element bust

  • 28-03-2010 9:30pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    I was doing a bit of work in my sisters kitchen and moved her dishwasher (Zanussi) out of position temporarily - leaving it connected to services. It worked fine for the few days is was pulled out.

    When I moved it back and ran a programme, I noticed smoke eminating from behind the kitchen units - smoke with the kind of smell you get when you turn on an empty kettle..

    Opening the door of the dishwasher, I saw;

    a) that the heating element had buckled up where the plastic (now melted) top of a flask happened to be lying on it. The buckle looked like a hump-backed bridge in the middle of an otherwise flat road of element.

    b) the water level was very low - the element was nearly completely exposed.

    c) the element was still hot - sizzling water I splashed up onto it.


    The dishwasher doesn't fill water past a very low level - it's nowhere near covering the element - and it doesn't heat up anymore. The bio50 light flashes rapidly part way through the cycle. I suspect the problem is sourced in the unit not filling properly, causing the element to overheat - the plastic lid/buckling being incidental to the cause of the problem. Perhaps I dislodged something when I moved it back into the kitchen unit?

    Assuming water level is the problem;

    - how do dishwashers determine water level?

    - where would I source a heating element.

    Thanks..


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 186 ✭✭G.MAN


    what is the brand and model? water level is determined by a side chamber and pressure chamber/switch depending on model


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    G.MAN wrote: »
    what is the brand and model? water level is determined by a side chamber and pressure chamber/switch depending on model

    It's a Zanussi ZT695. Cheers..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    *bump*

    I've just had the postman deliver a new element. Can anyone tell me how to go about checking the water level issue for this model?

    Thanks..


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