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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on April 14, 2008, 4:59 pm
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>>>>>>>OK, so I had a handyman at my place the other day to install my new
>>>>>>>kitchen faucet, among other things.
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>>>>>>>Works great, 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 funny
>>>>>>>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 terrible
>>>>>>>to the dishwasher we just bought in January, or b) running it while
>>>>>>>water was shut off caused an airlock of some kind in the line which
>>>>>>>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 handyman
>>>>>>caused this malfunction and should be called back to diagnose the
>>>>>>problem. Check this site:
http://www.appliance411.com/parts/partslists.shtml
>>>>>>....and see if there is a reset button on your unit. If 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. Without 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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>>>>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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>>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.
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>>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.- Hide quoted text
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> Oh, sorry, didn't read that right.
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> Handyman guy was just here, took a quick look and has deemed it
> coincidental that the dishwasher failed at the same time of the faucet
> replacement. I'm not sure what to think of that, seems VERY
> coincidental Anyhow, the dishwasher is still under warranty and I have
> fortunately found the receipt. Whirlpool technician is coming on
> Thursday.
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> KD
Let us know what the tech finds. My curious mind wants to know.
Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
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