The first thing we noticed was that we put a load in the dishwasher and four hours later it was still on the same portion of the clean cycle... stuck forever..... endlessly rinsing....which wasn't really a problem because all we had to do was come in and click it over after about 15 minutes and it carried on....However......
Then we noticed that the element blew quite silently and it no longer heated the water.... so we gracefully retired it, the cost of parts exceeded what it was worth...... sadly.
We then proceeded to wash manually in the sink again.... we soon lost interest
I had a look at the timer unit in a last ditch attempt to bring it back to life.... but it is a completely sealed unit, in that I'd have to destroy the case to get into it, because of the pop rivets holding it together .....I did the usual drenched it in circuit cleaner but I think it's work was done and having washed dishes since 1988 until 2012 which is 24 years ..... it had shuffled off to the retro dishwasher showroom of the sky when it was shiny and new and full of promise.......24 years really isn't bad going for a dish washer......
So we've splashed out on a new one, well new ish.... I refuse to pay for brand new, it simply isn't worth it.... So we have Ebay'ed a rather nice Indesit model which is only a year or two old and looks to be in extremely good nick......and a bargain for £40 !!! we will run that one into the ground....Although I doubt it will last 24 years.... they don't make them like that any more I'm afraid......
either way a result !!!
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