Everyone knows that a circuit breaker is one of many lines of defense for your home. If an appliance is using too much electricity and there is a risk of damage to the appliance or the home, the circuit breaker will trip and shut off the power. So if the dishwasher keeps tripping the circuit breaker, you are right to … Read More

Dish racks are a curious thing, they will always come out, but they won’t necessarily be rolling out. The dish racks inside your dishwasher are meant to move on small plastic wheels placed in a track. The wheels roll along the track so the rack rolls out smoothly. The wheels will then hit the stop to prevent the rack from … Read More

The sprayer arms in your dishwasher are how it works its magic. Without the sprayer arms, jetting water wouldn’t hit your dishes and they would not effectively be cleaned. So if you’re noticing that your dishes have stopped coming out clean, a good place to start looking is the sprayer arms. You may determine that one or both are no … Read More

By design, a dishwasher is meant to fill with water, run its wash cycle, and then drain away all remaining water. While your dishes may come out moist if you don’t use a heated dry cycle, there should be no water left in your dishwasher. However, if you come back well after a cycle has finished and you find water … Read More

When installed correctly, a dishwasher shouldn’t move at all. If it is freestanding, you should be able to move it to a new location, but when you move it, it should only move horizontally. Built-in dishwashers, however, will move no direction. Yet, if you have found that your dishwasher tilts forward, it needs to be addressed. Contrary to popular belief, … Read More

Air gaps are a relic and not one likely to make it to the future. However, if you have an older home and the same dishwasher it came with, yours may still be using an air gap system to drain. This means that when your dishwasher isn’t draining, an air gap is just one more potential cause to check. If … Read More

Do your buttons on your dishwasher stick when you press them? Do functions not work if you press the buttons? Do you need to use significant force to get a button to work? If you answered yes to any of those questions, it might be time to replace your dishwasher control panel. Unlike other parts, the control panel can wear … Read More

When no matter what you try, your dishwasher simply won’t start at all, you may think you have a major repair on your hands. While there are some cases in which more crucial parts may fail and prevent the dishwasher from starting, typically you would notice symptoms before it breaks down completely. Instead, the cause of your dishwasher not starting … Read More