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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty
inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... |
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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
I have been a KitchenAid owner for 36
years. I have replaced many over the years. The newer ones definitely have a much shorter life. I have babied several units by fixing them myself to extend their life. The last one only lasted about 5 or 6 years. The replacement parts would have cost about 1/2 of the street price of a new one. Plus KA offered me a $100 "coupon" if I stayed with KA. So we again went with KA. We are planning on building a new home and will definitely NOT consider KA for the dishwasher. Now, off my soapbox: Mine did the same thing about a month ago. But it did it only once. The panel indicated that it was "heating water" however, it got cool. You sound like a good DIYer so, did you check for power on the element while it was washing and washing? You can then trace back from there. Do you have a schematic? BTW, I think $1000 is way too high for any dishwasher .... unless it included installation, of course. I just googled KA dishwashers and found, on a very quick look, prices from $600 to $1200, ouch! I don't know what made one unit over $1K and others so much cheaper, but, I don't think anything is worth that much unless it comes with a maid to load and unload the unit! Red Green wrote: I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... |
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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
Art Todesco wrote in
. net: I have been a KitchenAid owner for 36 years. I have replaced many over the years. The newer ones definitely have a much shorter life. I have babied several units by fixing them myself to extend their life. The last one only lasted about 5 or 6 years. The replacement parts would have cost about 1/2 of the street price of a new one. Plus KA offered me a $100 "coupon" if I stayed with KA. So we again went with KA. We are planning on building a new home and will definitely NOT consider KA for the dishwasher. Now, off my soapbox: Mine did the same thing about a month ago. But it did it only once. During my repair research I was told if the cycle is interupted that a long cycle time can result afterwards. A couple of uninterupted cycles should reset it. The panel indicated that it was "heating water" however, it got cool. You sound like a good DIYer so, did you check for power on the element while it was washing and washing? You can then trace back from there. Do you have a schematic? No. Full detailed exploded parts diagrams on RepairClinic.com are the extent of documents. It doesn't appear to be running a long wash, rinse, etc. It's more too many cycles of wash and/or rinse. BTW, I think $1000 is way too high for any dishwasher .... Way too high? I'd call it insane. It was inherited with the house. unless it included installation, of course. I just googled KA dishwashers and found, on a very quick look, prices from $600 to $1200, ouch! My thought were more mutha f*. I don't know what made one unit over $1K and others so much cheaper, but, I don't think anything is worth that much unless it comes with a maid to load and unload the unit! All stainless tub has to be a big contributor. Didn't say justified reason. Red Green wrote: I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... |
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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
"Red Green" wrote in message ... I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... Is the water going in hot? It should be hooked up to the hot supply pipe. If you haven't already, try running the hot water at the associated sink until it is full temp, then start the dishwasher. Does that make a difference? Bob |
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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
Bob F wrote:
"Red Green" wrote in message ... I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... Is the water going in hot? It should be hooked up to the hot supply pipe. If you haven't already, try running the hot water at the associated sink until it is full temp, then start the dishwasher. Does that make a difference? Bob Good point. The old KA units used to purge at the beginning of the cycle .... I think it was for something like 1 minute .... and then the drain would close and the tub would fill. But now, they just depend on pumping in extra amps to heat the cooler water .... pretty stupid. Another reason I don't like KA any more. Must be a Whirlpool thing. |
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KitchenAid Dishwasher Runs Too Long
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: "Red Green" wrote in message ... I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... Is the water going in hot? It should be hooked up to the hot supply pipe. If you haven't already, try running the hot water at the associated sink until it is full temp, then start the dishwasher. Does that make a difference? Bob Yea, tried that too. Thanks, really. Sometimes the obvious isn't so obvious. |
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: Art Todesco wrote in . net: I have been a KitchenAid owner for 36 years. I have replaced many over the years. The newer ones definitely have a much shorter life. I have babied several units by fixing them myself to extend their life. The last one only lasted about 5 or 6 years. The replacement parts would have cost about 1/2 of the street price of a new one. Plus KA offered me a $100 "coupon" if I stayed with KA. So we again went with KA. We are planning on building a new home and will definitely NOT consider KA for the dishwasher. Now, off my soapbox: Mine did the same thing about a month ago. But it did it only once. The panel indicated that it was "heating water" however, it got cool. You sound like a good DIYer so, did you check for power on the element while it was washing and washing? You can then trace back from there. Do you have a schematic? Did a lot more research and found the tech sheet for it and an full exploded parts diagram. Parts diagram shows you can't get at the heating element without taking out the DW. No room under kickplate and it's way in back behind motors/pumps. And to boot the water supply is soft copper vs a hose. A very short piece of soft copper that you can't pull it out without disconnecting. It does show the thermostat right up front behind the kickplate. Tech sheet: http://hostfile.org/8533399p2.pdf I don't have much experience reading these but ancient electronic skills. I highlighted the thermostat and heater. If I read this right the orange wire on one side of the thermostat goes right to the heater, The other side of the heater is tied to the 120 AC line white common. The sheet also said the heater element should be 10-35 ohms. After killing the power, I pulled the orange wire off the thermostat and put an ohm meter from it to the white side of where the line is connected into the DW. Got 200k-300k ohms. To me this says the element or a connection to it is bad. If anyone a little more experienced want's to give me some warm fuzzys on this please do. Like I said. Virtually no experience reading those diagrams. BTW, I think $1000 is way too high for any dishwasher .... unless it included installation, of course. I just googled KA dishwashers and found, on a very quick look, prices from $600 to $1200, ouch! I don't know what made one unit over $1K and others so much cheaper, but, I don't think anything is worth that much unless it comes with a maid to load and unload the unit! Red Green wrote: I looked for an appliance repair NG. The only one I found is pretty inactive. We have a Kitchen Aid KUDS01FL SS0 dishwasher. About 6 yrs old with original cost of 1k-1200. It had two problems and now has one. Wasn't cleaning. Took apart and found the chopper assembly committed suicide. Replace that and it cleans OK. Second issue is it runs too long. Book says 96 min on normal. It runs 2.5-3hrs. Have done research and dialog with RepairClinic.com. They say possibilities a Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) High-limit tub thermostat $13.25 Thermistor $47.20 The board I can't really test. The heating element is getting hot but not sure if enough. Thermostat & thermistor I don't know if I can test. I can get the whole wad delivered for $130 but does anyone have any pointers on testing? Thanks, Red... OK, this one is put to bed I believe. Basically posting this for anyone doing future reference. Ordered the parts above from RepairClinic.com. Got here in two days since I specified 2 day FedEx. Pulled DW out and measured heating element right at the connections. Same 200k-300k measurements as from orange wire at thermostat mentioned previously. Guess I can read those diagrams to some extent. New element right in spec at 10-30 ohms. Replaced heater element. Heating element kit with electronic control" $59.75. (goofy-if you get just the control board it's $85! Go figure) Figured this one out. I got the $60 one. It's a paired item and a Whirlpool authorized heater service kit. Specifically said you MUST install that control board when you install this heater. Some timings change and board accomodates new heater wattage. Came with a new tech sheet as well. The p/n on the new Whirlpool board number is different than the original Whirlpool number. I suspect if you want only the board at $85 and not change the element (???), you get the original board p/n as when new. That is what matches the original heater. Premium for being stupid or having a DW cemented in place I guess. Checked old thermister at room temp since ambient resistance was shown on the original tech sheet. It was out of spec by about 15-20%. Checked new thermistor at the same time and it was well in spec. Expensive little part @ $47 but while the thing was all apart and I had the new part in hand it would be foolish not to change it. Not as stupid as I am cheap I guess. High limit thermostat: I think all this does is kill something if the tub gets way too hot. Metal thermostat cap is just pressed up on the bottom of the metal tub from underneath. Old one seemed fine. Obviously since DW runs and it showed nearly 0 ohms at room temp. In hand, $14, changed it. Got a good intro education on dishwashers with this. Also came across a place where I can get most full tech sheets like: http://hostfile.org/TechSheet8533399.pdf with just a model number. If anyone needs one just post a holler. I'd post the source URL but am concerned it would propagate over the internet and eventually they'll lock it out with too many server hits suddenly starting. Red... |
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