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[COLOR="Blue"]I checked the meter by shorting the leads and it jumped around a bit but didn't really settle on a reading.[/COLOR]
Sounds like you may have a problem with your meter.
Try replacing it's battery.
Also try cleaning your meter leads. A light rub with fine sandpaper or emery cloth should do the trick.
I do not know of any way to adjust the door.
I would check the strike and the latch itself.
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Denman,
It's me again....hate to keep bugging you on this, but I got everything back together and ran the dishwasher. On the normal setting, it went to the seven flashes again. I ran it on the pots and pans setting and it ran, what seemed to be forever, for a whole cycle. My wife was slightly mistaken on what she indicated to me. The dishwasher was not hot (from the drying cycle), but was warm, probably from the hot water temperature. Would this suggest the element?...Rick
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Don't worry about bugging me.
I would lean more towards the control board.
You could open up the door panel and check from P6 to White/Violet to see if the heater and hi-limit are OK.
Then check P6 to White/Black with the switch on the door latch closed.
If all OK I would replace the board. |
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Denman,
I got frustrated, as usual, the went and bought an element, thermostat and thermistor...hooked 'em up and ran the dishwasher on normal, and thought I was home free...got 22 mins. into the the cycle and it went back to the 7 blinks...did this twice just to observe how many times the wash portion ran (3) before it went to blinking. the dishwasher drained by pump before it shut down. I then opened the console assy and checked the wires (p6 to WV and P6 to BK/W and closed the switch) and got no resistance reading. Not sure if I was doing it corrrectly, but I put one probe into the back of the connector with the white/red wire and put the other probe on the switch leg with the WV wire attached (switch open) then check the switch leg with the BK/W wire attached and the switch closed. Meter didn't read anything. I did check the meter before I started....Should have followed your directions though, I might have saved a little money!! With those results, do you believe the control board is shot or is there something I'm missing (other than a brain!)??....Rick
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dammit. I screwed up the below.
"Then check P6 to White/Black with the switch on the door latch closed."
It should be P6 to White/Blue.
Sounds like you may have a bad wire since you have already replaced the parts.
Disconnect P6 from the board and check it from the front side of the plug to White/Violet, sometimes you cannot get a good connection by pushing it in the back side of the plug. If still open (no resistance) you will have to check back through this circuit so leave the one meter lead attached to P6.
P6 to both sides of the thermostat should be 0 ohms.
P6 to one side of the heater should be 0 ohms. The other side of the heater should be around 20 ohms.
P6 to the W-V side of the door switch should be about 20 ohms.
P6 to the W/BL side of the switch with the switch closed should be 20 ohms.
[COLOR="Blue"]With those results, do you believe the control board is shot[/COLOR]
I cannot say if the above circuit check out then I would say yes but you have to check out that the heater circuit is OK before concluding it is the board.
[COLOR="Blue"]I'm missing (other than a brain!)??[/COLOR]
Me too!!!
W/BL is white/blue not white/black.
I have only been messing with electrical for over 40 years and still cannot read a color code.
I must have had my head up my you know what. |
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Denman,
I think you were right the first time....one switch has a white and violet on one side and white wire on the other. The other switch has a tan on one side and a black and white wire on the other side. (The only "BL" I saw was on the french side for "Blanc")
Nevertheless, I unplugged the connection with the white/red wire and checked the switches again with no reading. To check to the thermostat and element I'm going to have to disconnect everything and pull the dishwasher again. Might not be able to get to that until the weekend....Rick
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Denman:
Just wanted to get back to you and thank you for all of your help....however, I threw in the towel and got a new dishwasher....I was getting too frustrated with all of the dis-connecting and re-connecting and my knees were smokin'!!!
I really appreciate you taking the time to walk me through the trouble shooting and although I "gave up", I learned quite a bit in the process....Again...Thanks...Rick
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You are welcome
[COLOR="Blue"]although I "gave up"[/COLOR]
I would not consider it giving up, sometimes it is just not worth the hassle and time and it is better to move on with a new unit.
The last appliance I ditched was my washing machine. It just was not worth it to tear the old beast apart. |
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