I disassembled the water control valves under my Kitchen Aid dishwasher, model KDI-58, and forgot to take pictures of one of the wiring connections. Now I've re-assembled everything OK, except for the two connectors to the one valve I don't have a picture of BEFORE disassembly. I have attached a picture of one of the 2 possible options, which if I were a betting man, is the one I THINK is correct. I just need help from the community out there to confirm or correct my guess. Is my picture correct? Or should the pink wire and the piggy-backed white/yellow set be swapped around? Thanks.
Post# 485317 , Reply# 1   12/30/2010 at 19:05 (4,837 days old) by stevet(West Melbourne, FL)  
You can route the pink under the whites but don't connect the pink to the whites!
The drain valve pictured there is the place where many of the neutrals make a common connection as evidenced by the multiple connectors on one side of the valve. The pink is the "hot" side of the valve and has power to it when the timer calls for the valve to open and drain the dishwasher.
It does not matter which terminals the pink and the whites go to as long as you don't connect them together. That would short out the machine and probably burn out the timer terminals as well.
The other valve in the machine is the water fill valve and should be a single coil setup so it would have one or possibly more white wires on one side of the coil and a blue or black wire on the other side of the coil. Again, the fill valves were used to connect multiple neutrals together in one common connection point. Very common and typical Hobart wiring design.
Hope this helps
Post# 485410 , Reply# 2   12/31/2010 at 01:33 (4,836 days old) by snocap1 ()  
Thanks, stevet. Your explanation of the wire purposes is very helpful. AND your explanation of the valve uses allows me to better diagnose the original bigger problem which was that the water inlet from the faucet failed to shut off, causing my dishwasher to overflow and flood my kitchen and cause a major leak-thru into my basement. Does this sound consistent with problems with the fill valve or the drain valve, or something else?
It definitely sounds like the fill valve has failed. The diapraghm inside the valve may have ruptured or worn out. Also, if your water is very hard, the seat of the valve could have some lime deposits which are preventing the diapraghm from seating completely too. Easiest fix is to replace the valve and be done with it.
If you really feel ambitious, you can disassemble it and check to see what the story is and then reassemble it and test it. But personally,I would not trust the valve anymore unless youa re always there when the machine is running!