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Old 02-15-2009, 06:29 PM   #1
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Default Dishwasher electrical help!
Wow, a chance to electrocute Oerdin and/or blow up his house...
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Old 02-15-2009, 07:28 PM   #2
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Figured out the electrical but the ****ing copper water line is ****ing pissing me off. I can't seem to get the threads to match up.
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Old 02-15-2009, 07:44 PM   #3
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Here's the good news. I finally get the copper line seated and turn the water on to test it for leaks. No leaks. I then push the dishwasher back in and doing this put stress on the other end of the thin copper line casing a leak to start spraying water every where under the sink.

Reseating that end of the copper line and putting fresh teflon tape on it does not solve the leak problem. It looks like I'm going to have to buy a tool to cut off a quarter inch from that flex line crap and buy a second tool to make a new seat.
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Old 02-15-2009, 08:55 PM   #4
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Old 02-15-2009, 08:58 PM   #5
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Duct tape.
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Old 02-16-2009, 03:40 AM   #6
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Sure as **** it is leaking.

I went into the kitchen to make dinner (tonight's lovely meal is hamburger helper) and there was a huge puddle in the kitchen. I've turned the water off to the dishwasher and am not dealing with it tonight. I really wanted this bastard to work too since my old one (which came with the house when I bought five years ago) looks to be a cheap one from the mid 80's while the one my dad gave me is a top of the line Maytag from around ten years ago (his girlfriend wanted a new refrigerator so they got a dishwasher to match the stainless steel finish on the frig). My old dishwasher only had spinning jets on the bottom but this one has spinning jets on the top and the bottom with oscolating jets on both sides so it should do a better job. My old dishwasher required me to rise and pre-wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher which was annoying but this one supposedly does a much better job so you just have to rinse the dishes off and then put them in.

Tomorrow after work I'm going to the home depot and checking out one of those flexible water lines because this copper line sucks ass.
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Old 02-16-2009, 05:31 AM   #7
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I'd help, as I know all this crap, but I'm druink and disowned this work to do something I enjoy doing . plubming sucks- even if it payes more than my current job. alot mroe. sigh.
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Old 02-16-2009, 08:38 PM   #8
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That costs money while this one was free.
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Old 02-17-2009, 04:43 PM   #9
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Is your time worth nothing? Why do people **** around with self-home improvement when their old stuff worked just fine? What a colossal waste of time.
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Old 02-17-2009, 06:51 PM   #10
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Is your time worth nothing? Why do people **** around with self-home improvement when their old stuff worked just fine? What a colossal waste of time.
Why do people play newer video games when the older ones worked just fine?
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Old 02-17-2009, 06:54 PM   #11
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because it was an improvement. A machine that probably cleans better due to increased location and quantity of nozzles. Also newer machines will generally be more efficient in terms of electrical use. Besides, i like replacing my kichen applicances prior to their failing, so I can look for sales and timing of the installation.
The benefits do not outweigh the effort or end result here...
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Old 06-15-2011, 03:53 PM   #12
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So the moral of the story is that you wasted a lot of time dicking around with an old dishwasher when you could have just cut to the chase and bought a new one, like we said all along.
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Old 06-15-2011, 04:01 PM   #13
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Yeah, this one's a zombie/necro dishwasher thread...
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Old 06-15-2011, 04:58 PM   #14
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So the moral of the story is that you wasted a lot of time dicking around with an old dishwasher when you could have just cut to the chase and bought a new one, like we said all along.
I still would have bought the plastic flexible house and I learned about electrical wiring so it wasn't a complete waste of time but... Yeah... Mostly.
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