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Post# 1096389   11/8/2020 at 12:13 (1,257 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))        

Quick backstory.

My boyfriend's parents are on a budget due to one of them suddenly being unabled to work, but they desperately needed a new kitchen.
The old one was pushing 30 years and 5 kids growing up without a single appliance replacement.

So they bought a cheap used kitchen and had their son who is carpenter by trade fit it to the room.



It came with the original set of Bosch appliances that all date to 2002.

We replaced the oven door hinges and the dishwasher filter.




The dishwasher ran fine for a month, then the dreaded fill issues started.

I checked the water level assembly and water pocket and they were dirty beyond fixable.

But I was abled to pick up cheap replacements from eBay locally and after putting them in they ran fine.

For 30€ that would have been a great fix.





So 2 weeks ago I walk in and hear the DW drain continuously.

So after a couple of minutes it I stopped it to check.

No lights on the controls, detergent released but not flushed away, pumping with the door open.




So I thought I missed a hose clamp or some connection and the water protection system activated.





Sadly that was not the case.

At least not only.

There was water in the bottom of the machine, but manually pushing down the float still yielded continuous draining, however the fill valves opened - even with the door open.

So not good.




I was back that weekend and did some obduction.

I knew it was unfixable - or at least beyond reasonably so.



I found the heater relay had a burn spot on it.
The heater appeared to measure open circuit from the top - so either overheated and blew the 1 time fuse or is open circuit or I just measured bad.


The relay on it own is a cheap part, but usually if it was just the heater it would have just kept washing for ever.




One thing I noticed after the water path repair was that the water diverter was running continuously with no pauses.

Thought not much of it, machine cleaned well and that shouldn't have been much.


But I guess the heater was making problems, arced and shot the main IC to haven, making it energize everything continuously.



Kinda annoying, but I guess 18 years going towards 19 isn't to bad.





They have a cheap Beko freestanding that they have been using until they got their new kitchen, but that is in the hallway with washer and dryer next door.

Works surprisingly good, but kinda noisy, verry inefficient (especially since it runs at least once a day on the intensive cycle) and just kinda annoying to have to walk the additional meters every time you're loading or unloading something.

That'll do until it fails, then the one in the kitchen will be replaced.

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Post# 1096717 , Reply# 1   11/11/2020 at 09:59 (1,254 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)        

Could they not just pull the old Bosch machine out, and swap the Beko into its position?

Post# 1096718 , Reply# 2   11/11/2020 at 10:08 (1,254 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))        

The Bosch is a fully integrated machine, the Bosch is free standing.

Due to the kitchen being fit in and the floor being kinda weired there, the Bosch already barely fits there.
The height there is literally 81,5cm where you have to push it through.

Basicly the litchen sits right on the cement and the tiles go to the verry front of the spot.

So from where the tiles are to the work top is just enough to squeeze it through.



Not for the Beko though.

Post# 1096719 , Reply# 3   11/11/2020 at 10:08 (1,254 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)        

I wonder if you could get the Bosch fixed under the dishwasher safety recall?

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Post# 1096721 , Reply# 4   11/11/2020 at 10:22 (1,254 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))        

Pretty certain I checked that when they got the kitchen, but I'll check again when I'm back there.


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