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Posted by DerbyDad03 on April 14, 2008, 1:30 pm
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> > > > > OK, so I had a handyman at my place the other day to install my ne=
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> > > > > kitchen faucet, among other things.
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> > > > > Works =A0great, looks great (aside from the fact that now my sink =
looks
> > > > > like crap next to the shiny new faucet). I went out, my husband
> > > > > decided to start the dishwasher.
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> > > > > I came home maybe 15 minutes after he started it, and it sounded f=
unny
> > > > > to me. I opened it, and there was no water in it. I've tried a few=
> > > > > times since then, and the darned thing won't fill.
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> > > > > I suspect that it ran a bit with the water shutoff under the sink =
in
> > > > > the closed position. But if it's open now, it should work right?
> > > > > Unless a) running it while water was shut off did something terrib=
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> > > > > to the dishwasher we just bought in January, or b) running it whil=
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> > > > > water was shut off caused an airlock of some kind in the line whic=
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> > > > > simply needs to be cleared.
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> > > > > Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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> > > > > Thanks,
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> > > > > KD
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> > > > Obviously if everything was working fine previously then the handyma=
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> > > > caused this malfunction and should be called back to diagnose the
> > > > problem. =A0Check this site: =A0http://www.appliance411.com/parts/pa=
rtslists.shtml
> > > > ....and see if there is a reset button on your unit. =A0If anything
> > > > running it without water may have triggered the valve to shut off.
> > > > Fill the washer with water by hand and set it to the drain cycle and=
> > > > see if the water gets pumped out. =A0Without the make and model it's=
> > > > very hard to diagnose it here.- Hide quoted text -
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> > > I did try unplugging the unit to see if that would help, and I am
> > > going to call back handyman guy to fix it if I can't get it going. The=
> > > machine still does make noise when turned on, so that would suggest
> > > that the fuse is not blown, n'est pas? I have an older fuse box with
> > > plug fuses.
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> > > It wasn't immediately apparent to me which setting was OFF for the
> > > water (yes, insert *duh* here). So I tried running it both ways,
> > > neither will fill it.
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> > > Meanwhile, I'll give putting water into it manually a go, see if that
> > > will help. The dishwasher is a Whirlpool, model GU2300XTSQ.
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> > > Good to know that it's unlikely WE did anything to kill it by simply
> > > running it. Hopefully it's not a serious problem! Thanks for the
> > > suggestions.
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> > > KD- Hide quoted text -
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> > re: It wasn't immediately apparent to me which setting was OFF for the
> > water
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> > Unless you have something out of the ordinary, figuring out Off vs On
> > for your shutoffs should be fairly simple:
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> > If you have a straight flat handle, then:
> > If it is in-line with (parallel to) the pipe the water would be On.
> > If it is at a right angle (perpendicular) to the pipe the water would
> > be Off.
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> > If you have a round or oval handle that turns in a circle, the
> > standard rule of righty-tighty, lefty-loosey applies. Turned fully to
> > the right, while facing the handle is Off, turned fully to the left is
> > On.
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> > One note: You should never turn that type of valve to the fully on,
> > hard up against the stop position. Turn it fully on and then back it
> > off about an eighth of a turn. You want a little room to move the
> > valve in case it gets frozen from non-use. If it gets frozen in the
> > fully-on position, you might not be able to turn the water off in an
> > emergency situation. With a little wiggle room in both directions,
> > you're more likely to be able to free it up.- Hide quoted text -
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> Thanks for the info. After trying it both ways yesterday, I crawled in
> a little closer with my flashlight and saw on the flat handle that
> there were arrows for OPEN and CLOSE. So it is indeed in the OPEN
> position, parallell to the pipe. Good to know not to turn it fully on
> though.
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> Anyhow, still no water in it. Will see what handyman guy tells me.
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> KD- Hide quoted text -
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You missed my point! The type that you do not turn fully are the round
or oval handle types. The ball-valves with the straight handles do not
have this problem and can be set fully in-line with the pipe.
BTW...check the valve for your main - if it is not a ball valve, you
might want to see if it is fully on and if so, back it off just in
case. You *really* want that valve to work in an emergency just in
case you can't get some other valve in the house turned off.
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