Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Dishwasher follow-up

13 February 2016

Re: [DIY] Dishwasher follow-up

I can't imagine *anything* short of a bag of ice sitting at the bottom of the dish washer that would drop the water temp over 20 degrees in a matter of *inches*.

I assume (and forgive me if this was already confirmed), that you (or the plumbers) took the hose off the back of the dishwasher and let the hot water run

into a bucket and then measured the water temp in the bucket correct? Only reason I ask is that it's *possible" that you're getting cold water mixed in somewhere *before* it actually reaches the dishwasher.

The heating element only either helps maintain the incoming water temp or increase it. If it's not working the hot water would just *gradually* drop in temperature.

-aki

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Bob Davis bob@wrobertdavis.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I'll take the bet that its not the element.

Bob

On Feb 12, 2016, at 11:02 AM, nadj_a_nator@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I'll bet a cold beverage on the element not working.

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On Feb 12, 2016, at 10:55 AM, 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com' oakridgefarm@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes, everyone including the plumber, says the same thing, impossible, they checked the main line - they disconnected the hose - ran it out. Got water flowing at 116+, turned it off and re-connected the line and started the DW — water in the tub almost cold. Both plumbers kept saying the same. It's impossible. The head plumber finally said it might be a bad element but still if the water in the connecting line is 116+ degrees, in the few seconds it takes to turn the water off, screw the hose in and turn the water back on — it couldn't cool down that fast - did double check we had hot water not just at the sink but in the line coming into the kitchen. It takes 219 minutes to run a small load of dishes and get the water hot enough to clean them - almost 4 hours to do a load of dishes. What still frustrates me is it worked perfectly the first three times I used it. Was the next week I noticed the detergent wasn't dissolving and started checking, that's when I found the water in the tub was just at 80 degrees. At the time we had had a problem with the hot water recirculator so I thought it was a plumbing problem.

If GE comes out and finds it is a problem with the plumbing, I have to pay a $75 service call, plus extra because we live half hour from town. The plumbers were here yesterday putting a new drain in the laundry room so I wanted to give them one more chance because if GE finds a plumbing problem, I'll be sending the bill to the plumber. If GE finds the DW itself is bad we'll probably all feel better, LOL.