Any dishwasher gurus in?

Right, just had an investigation session (kitchen floor is properly cold!) - opening and closing the door makes no odds whatsoever; timer wouldn't reset for love nor money, nor would it let me select a new program - normal behaviour is for the timer and program selection reset whenever the door is opened.

I've checked the door latch - works fine, and the child lock also works as it should.

I then switched off at the mains, and back on again - timer and program selection reset and ready to use. Power button still inoperative though.

So, I either have a duff power switch, a broken wiring loom, or a puffed control panel. Screwdrivers out tomorrow methinks.

 

Tools out today, and a diagnosis has been completed -

In engineering terms, its donald-ducked, cream-crackered, kaput.

I thought I had struck gold when I got into the control panel and found that the door latch seemed to be all gummed up, and there was some sort of sensor on the side of it (presumably either an RF or magnetic sensor) - anyway, I spent ages getting it out, cleaned up and refitted and then got the power switch out and cleaned around the plastic button face whilst the switch itself was out; reassembled, and checked all wiring down the inside of the door for damage or signs of breaks - all clear.

Fully reassembled, we went for the power-on, and with the new positive feeling power switch and latch that seemed to be catching better, I was optimistic. I put it on a pre-rinse cycle to test and watched it count down the 15-mins, with my optimism ebbing away as I could hear no water. It got to 1 minute remaining, and stuck there. I opened the door, and the inside was bone dry, all buttons on the front panel completely inoperative once more.

Cycle the mains on and off, and put it onto its normal cycle, and whacked a load into it in the hope that it would work and we could get away with resetting it at the mains for a wee while longer - - as soon as I pressed start, the timer went to 1 minute remaining, and there was that unmistakeable whiff like fireworks..........

Needless to say is is now disconnected from the mains as I can't trust it as far as I could throw it, and we have just ordered a new one from ao.com (who beat everyone on price by a substantial margin), and the free delivery is set for Saturday; they are even taking the old one away for me.

 

New one delivered just before 9am; well impressed by the service from AO - - text message last night telling me the delivery driver's name and giving me a four hour time slot for the delivery, followed up by a phone call from the delivery driver himself at about twenty past eight this morning to say he'd be with me within the hour. He actually arrived 20 mins later, was very careful unloading the new one from his lorry (didn't haul it about as you often see with delivery drivers), took the old one away and even offered to take the packaging for the new one with him. Very nice manner about him too.

New one was plumbed in within ten mins, and has already done a quick wash to clean a shelf load of glasses that got soaked with drain water when I took the old one out yesterday. So far, so good - quick, quiet, and everything came out dry. Much more flexibility available for loading too