Last night my wife had the dish washer all loaded up and ready to go and
it would not work. I had a look at it, but I have to admit that I don't
really know how to run it because I never use it, but I gave it a try.
There were blue lights and dashes on the panel, but nothing we did
changed that. If in doubt, RTFM, so we did that. It suggested cutting
the power for 15 seconds, which was easy enough to do because it is a
portable. That didn't work. Online troubleshooting videos suggested
removing the front panel and checking the lock switch.

If that was the problem I would have to order parts. At that point I
figured it was time to call a pro. Being Sunday night, there was no
point in calling our go to repair man... and hope that he can make a
house call. So...... I left it until the morning.


In the morning I had other things to do and it was not until about 11 am
that I remembered the dishwasher problem. Instead of calling the
repairman I thought I would give it another try. I moved it over to the
sink, hooked up the hose, plugged it in and the lights came on. I got
some adult help to program it and started her up and away she went. She
went through her whole program flawlessly.

It may or may not screw up again, but I figure I just saved myself at
least $100 by doing nothing.