On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 5:22:38 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> 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.
>
Hopefully, it was just a fluke and you'll have no more problems. But at least
you got that load of dishes done.