The repair guy (Nash) just left. Super nice and we might even be playing on the same team.
He got on the phone with Miele tech support and went through a lot of diagnostics, pushing various buttons, watching for display info and checking functions. He's fairly certain it's the pressure switch, but he's ordering another heater relay just in case the one I got from eBay is faulty. There's a chance it could be the inlet valve, but enough water is entering the machine and the heater is definitely working because after a few minutes of making it run, steam escaped when he opened the door to check water temperature.
I don't know when he'll be back, but he's competent, he's interested in understanding machines and getting to the bottom of things, he likes to talk appliances, and likes what he does. He even checked the OTR GE microwave and replaced a bad fuse -- in exchange for some huge fresh picked lemons my neighbor dropped off while he was here.
I'll return with a full report after his next visit.
P.S.
The Miele tech was on speaker and said the correct way to work on these dishwashers is to turn them on their left side (when facing the front of the machine). Nash said he puts them upside down. If you put them on their right side, there's a chance for any remaining water to get into some electrical components. Luckily for me, I made sure all water was out of the machine and stuffed towels into the sump just in case, because the video I watched for replacing the relay showed the guy laying it on its right side.
He got on the phone with Miele tech support and went through a lot of diagnostics, pushing various buttons, watching for display info and checking functions. He's fairly certain it's the pressure switch, but he's ordering another heater relay just in case the one I got from eBay is faulty. There's a chance it could be the inlet valve, but enough water is entering the machine and the heater is definitely working because after a few minutes of making it run, steam escaped when he opened the door to check water temperature.
I don't know when he'll be back, but he's competent, he's interested in understanding machines and getting to the bottom of things, he likes to talk appliances, and likes what he does. He even checked the OTR GE microwave and replaced a bad fuse -- in exchange for some huge fresh picked lemons my neighbor dropped off while he was here.
I'll return with a full report after his next visit.
P.S.
The Miele tech was on speaker and said the correct way to work on these dishwashers is to turn them on their left side (when facing the front of the machine). Nash said he puts them upside down. If you put them on their right side, there's a chance for any remaining water to get into some electrical components. Luckily for me, I made sure all water was out of the machine and stuffed towels into the sump just in case, because the video I watched for replacing the relay showed the guy laying it on its right side.
