Thread Number: 80446
/ Tag: Vintage Dishwashers
Hobart KitchenAid KDP-20 Stuck in Drain Mode |
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Post# 1044058 , Reply# 1   9/7/2019 at 03:32 (1,690 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 1044503 , Reply# 2   9/11/2019 at 06:31 (1,686 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi carl, The drain pump and the main motor are the same thing on your DW, then there is a drain valve that opens while the main motor is running which allows the water to drain when called for by the timer.
I am wondering if just the main motor is staying on and or is the drain valve also staying on as well ? [ When it is stuck in the cycle open the door and poor a gallon of water in the DW and see if it drains when you start the DW again right away ]. Also if you think the drain valve is staying on ? or it might have something stuck in the valve that is holding the valve open causing the DW to appear to be getting stuck in the drain mode [ very likely ]
Do some more checking out and let us know what you find.
John L |
Post# 1045555 , Reply# 3   9/21/2019 at 14:25 (1,675 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1109744 , Reply# 5   2/27/2021 at 18:38 (1,150 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Yay Glad You got it working great news.
These Solenoids are intermittent duty coils, if they are energized more than a few minutes they melt and fail,
They can also just short and fail on their own as well, The failure was not caused by a voltage drop and the only way a timer can cause a failure is if it keeps the coil energized too long, so if the timer caused it the new part would have failed by now.
John L. |