KDI-Dishwasher no power

[jodinemp]

I have a KDI-18 dishwasher. I replaced the shaft seal and drain valve a couple of years ago. I just replaced the fill/inlet valve a week or so ago and it was working great. I left the lower access panel off for the last week on purpose to make sure there were no leaks. I replaced it tonight and the dishwasher stopped in the middle of the pre-wash cycles and now it will not turn on. It has no power. I've checked the circuit breaker and it isn't that.

The new fill valve is a slightly different fit and the pipe had to be redone. It was solid copper before and now it is a braided flex pipe (still metal). Is there something, like the overflow valve, that if it was pressed on by the new pipe once the cover was on that would cause the machine to lose power?

I have a service manual and I can't find any evidence this model has an internal fuse? Is that the case? What can I check to see what is going on?

Thanks!

 

[combo52]

Completely dead KDI 18 dishwasher

You just have to start at the beginning make sure you've got 120 V in the junction box under the machine from there the door switch at the top right of the door. Make sure the little pin is pushing into the hole on the door and that you hear the switch click.

There is no fuse as such that could've gone out in the dishwasher. You could have a bad timer selector switch door switch, broken wire where the wires go through the hinge area of the door. You just have to check it out to eliminate the fault.

John L

 

[jodinemp]

Completely dead KDI 18 dishwasher

Thanks! I followed the power in as you suggested.

Something was up with the control switch. Power was going in, but nothing was coming out. No idea exactly what was going on but after fussing around with the connections it started to work again. Fingers crossed it continues!

At least now I have some snazzy new tools to measure voltage and the like.