[fido]

Our Beko dishwasher has stopped working. It gets to the point of
draining the water, which it does ok, but the pump doesn't stop
working. Is there some sort of sensor which determines whether there
is still water in the sump? Or would the pump have a sensor? Looking
at spare parts web sites there is nothing about any sensors.

[Ian Jackson[_2_]]

In message
,
fido writes
Our Beko dishwasher has stopped working. It gets to the point of
draining the water, which it does ok, but the pump doesn't stop
working. Is there some sort of sensor which determines whether there
is still water in the sump? Or would the pump have a sensor? Looking
at spare parts web sites there is nothing about any sensors.

There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.

In my case, I've twice had problems simply because the hole through the
spigot had become gunged-up with grot (a particular problem in hard
water areas, if you don't have a water softener). As a result, the water
could not get into the bottom end of the plastic tube, so there was no
change of air pressure in the pipe. A five-minute poke-out fixed it.
--
Ian

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:45:34 +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:

In message
,
fido writes
Our Beko dishwasher has stopped working. It gets to the point of
draining the water, which it does ok, but the pump doesn't stop working.
Is there some sort of sensor which determines whether there is still
water in the sump? Or would the pump have a sensor? Looking at spare
parts web sites there is nothing about any sensors.

There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.

Not come across a dishwasher with a drum! I'm imagining all the crockery
being whizzed round and round...
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[Skipweasel[_2_]]

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says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.


It's a DISHWASHER!

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

[Ian Jackson[_2_]]

In message , Skipweasel
writes
In article ,
says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.


It's a DISHWASHER!

Arrrrrrrrrrgh!
Sorrrrrrry.
And I haven't even had a drink yet!
--
Ian

[geoff]

In message , Skipweasel
writes
In article ,
says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.


It's a DISHWASHER!


If it's the Wadsworth rellies household, that's prolly where the drum
kit ended up

--
geoff

[SS[_2_]]

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Skipweasel
writes
In article ,
says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.


It's a DISHWASHER!


If it's the Wadsworth rellies household, that's prolly where the drum kit
ended up

--
geoff

Could it be a problem on the setting dial, sticking at a certain point?
Try turning it a tad and see what happens.

[Tabby]

On Dec 28, 6:23*pm, fido wrote:
Our Beko dishwasher has stopped working. It gets to the point of
draining the water, which it does ok, but the pump doesn't stop
working. Is there some sort of sensor which determines whether there
is still water in the sump? Or would the pump have a sensor? Looking
at spare parts web sites there is nothing about any sensors.

Someone needs a circuit diagram and multimeter

[fido]

On Dec 28, 9:54*pm, "SS" wrote:
"geoff" wrote in message

...



In message , Skipweasel
writes
In article ,
says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the drum.
This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near the top of
the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch. The diaphragm is
deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia).
The pipe connects the sensor to the drum, via a 'spigot' at the bottom
of the drum.

It's a DISHWASHER!

If it's the Wadsworth rellies household, that's prolly where the drum kit
ended up

--
geoff

Could it be a problem on the setting dial, sticking at a certain point?
Try turning it a tad and see what happens.

It's electronic, no dials or knobs to turn! Pressing any buttons just
resets the machine at the beginning of the cycle!
But the info about something being gunged up could be useful. (and yes
it's a dishwasher)

[Skipweasel[_2_]]

In article a2a33d88-2393-4923-8cec-28238f321f37
@z9g2000yqz.googlegroups.com, says...
It's electronic, no dials or knobs to turn! Pressing any buttons just
resets the machine at the beginning of the cycle!
But the info about something being gunged up could be useful. (and yes
it's a dishwasher)

On our Bosch there's a float in a translucent plastic bucket at the side
which operates a microswitch. There's also a float in the tub under the
gubbins which is a final shut-off in event of a leak - operates the same
switch.

--
Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.

[ARWadsworth]

geoff wrote:
In message ,
Skipweasel writes
In article ,
says...
There should be a sensor which senses the level of water in the
drum. This is usually a round housing (about 3" dia) mounted near
the top of the machine. It contains a diaphragm and a microswitch.
The diaphragm is deflected by the pressure of air trapped in a
plastic tube (~ 3/8"dia). The pipe connects the sensor to the drum,
via a 'spigot' at the bottom of the drum.


It's a DISHWASHER!


If it's the Wadsworth rellies household, that's prolly where the drum
kit ended up

When I lived with my parents where do you think that I used to wash my cars
wheel trims? Whilst they were out of course.
--
Adam