Hi there,

Our 6 year old Siemens integrated dishwasher broke down and today it
got repaired, I came home from school and I found out that he replaced
the "pressure chamber", the old one was on the worktop.

I am interested to find out what that part actually does, so could
anyone explain please?

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

Hi there,

Our 6 year old Siemens integrated dishwasher broke down and today it
got repaired, I came home from school and I found out that he replaced
the "pressure chamber", the old one was on the worktop.

I am interested to find out what that part actually does, so could
anyone explain please?

A piccy might help.

Without one my guess is it's the device that checks if the water has
reached the correct fill level.

On 3 June, 23:04, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

Hi there,

Our 6 year old Siemens integrated dishwasher broke down and today it
got repaired, I came home from school and I found out that he replaced
the "pressure chamber", the old one was on the worktop.

I am interested to find out what that part actually does, so could
anyone explain please?

A piccy might help.

Without one my guess is it's the device that checks if the water has
reached the correct fill level.

Thanks, it is exactly like this one: http://www.homespare.com/Pictures/thumb/50141.jpg

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:19:12 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

On 3 June, 23:04, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

Hi there,

Our 6 year old Siemens integrated dishwasher broke down and today it
got repaired, I came home from school and I found out that he replaced
the "pressure chamber", the old one was on the worktop.

I am interested to find out what that part actually does, so could
anyone explain please?

A piccy might help.

Without one my guess is it's the device that checks if the water has
reached the correct fill level.

Thanks, it is exactly like this one: http://www.homespare.com/Pictures/thumb/50141.jpg

I guessed right!
Looks very similar to one in my Neff dishwasher.
The red part is actually a float.
When the machine fills with water the float rises and activates a
microswitch to turn the water off.

My Neff stopped washing properly and I fixed it by giving that part a
good clean. It had been covered in grease and muck which caused it
activate the trigger when there was too little water, which in turn
lead to a very weak spray.

I'd tried dishwasher cleaner but it never touched this area of the
machine.

Can't recall what the yellow bit does.

writes:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:19:12 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

On 3 June, 23:04, wrote:
A piccy might help.

Without one my guess is it's the device that checks if the water has
reached the correct fill level.

Thanks, it is exactly like this one: http://www.homespare.com/Pictures/thumb/50141.jpg

The red part is actually a float.
When the machine fills with water the float rises and activates a
microswitch to turn the water off.

Can't recall what the yellow bit does.

It operates the other microswitch: dishwashers need to sense
both "enough water to wash" and "drained properly".

--
Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2009-01-31)

On 5 June, 09:53, wrote:
On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:19:12 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:



On 3 June, 23:04, wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:21:15 -0700 (PDT), David
wrote:

Hi there,

Our 6 year old Siemens integrated dishwasher broke down and today it
got repaired, I came home from school and I found out that he replaced
the "pressure chamber", the old one was on the worktop.

I am interested to find out what that part actually does, so could
anyone explain please?

A piccy might help.

Without one my guess is it's the device that checks if the water has
reached the correct fill level.

Thanks, it is exactly like this one:http://www.homespare.com/Pictures/thumb/50141.jpg

I guessed right!
Looks very similar to one in my Neff dishwasher.
The red part is actually a float.
When the machine fills with water the float rises and activates a
microswitch to turn the water off.

My Neff stopped washing properly and I fixed it by giving that part a
good clean. It had been covered in grease and muck which caused it
activate the trigger when there was too little water, which in turn
lead to a very weak spray.

I'd tried dishwasher cleaner but it never touched this area of the
machine.

Can't recall what the yellow bit does.

Thanks, it was filled with grease but the guy who repaired it (from
Siemens I believe) just replaced it instead of cleaning it.

On the packet was written: Original pressure chamber, suitable for
Neff, Bosch and Siemens.