KD wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:30 pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Apr 14, 1:19 pm, KD wrote:






On Apr 14, 2:03 pm, DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Apr 14, 10:32 am, KD wrote:

On Apr 14, 11:21 am, gigster wrote:

On Apr 14, 6:42 am, KD wrote:

OK, so I had a handyman at my place the other day to install my new
kitchen faucet, among other things.

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.

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.

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.

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

KD

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
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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.

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.

Meanwhile, I'll give putting water into it manually a go, see if that
will help. The dishwasher is a Whirlpool, model GU2300XTSQ.

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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It wasn't immediately apparent to me which setting was OFF for the
water

Unless you have something out of the ordinary, figuring out Off vs On
for your shutoffs should be fairly simple:

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.

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.

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,
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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.

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.

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
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Oh, sorry, didn't read that right.

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.

KD

Let us know what the tech finds. My curious mind wants to know.

Jeff

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