On Mar 29, 6:52 pm, Daniel Prince wrote:
I think that asurgesuppressor works by absorbing the
energy of asurgeor spike and converting it into heat. If asurge
suppressor absorbs some energy then there would be less energy
available to damage the electronics.

bud is paid to promote those myths. That myth provides his
income. He will post nasty because he is paid to lie, disparage,
and promote scams. He posts nothing helpful to your problem. He will
only post mockery and insult - to protect sales of his scam products.
It is his job.

A destructive surge is typically hundreds of thousands of joules. A
near zero 900 joules protector means a $4 power strip with ten cent
protector parts can sell for $40 or $150. Even the cigarette industry
would covet those profit margins. bud will not discuss your damage.
His knowledge of electricity is minimal at best. He cannot post
anything relevant. He is only a sales promoter.

Destructive surges are typically once every seven year. Much less
frequent in your venue. Therefore surges obviously do not explain
your failures. But manufacturing defects - the most common reasons
for appliance failure - are explained by a company that must pay for
so many mergers and acquisitions. Typical of any company that
replaced product people with finance people - such as Maytag.
Multiple dishwasher failures strongly suggest manufacturing defect. A
most important point in that previous post was not in your summary.

Your symptoms are classic of manufacturing defects. Nobody can say
more without details. What specific part was damaged? Most failed
parts have no visual indication. Most appliance repairmen would not
even know how identify a failed part. Your best answer can only
speculate based upon what has changed in Maytag and what typically
causes repeat failures. A google search suggested same.
Manufacturing defects traceable either to a production or a design
problem. Nothing on its power cord (especially not near zero 900
joules) will avert or can eliminate those failures.

Appreciate that events started in the 1990s (in Amana, Maytag &
Whirlpool) explains why you and others are suffering so many
manufacturing defects. Failures that did not exist back when product
people were doing the designing.