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My dishwashers not working

Hi. when i put it on for a cycle it continues to run, i have to turn it off myself, the water never gets hot and some water remains at the bottom of the machine Sounds like the same problem I'm trying to solve (on a Whirlpool Gold/Model GU1500) from 2003... It's taking about 2-3 hours to wash!! If the light indicators mean anything I think that it's stalling (foreveerrr) in the "sensing" and "water heating" parts of the cycle. So I'm guessing maybe the heating element(s) aren't working... I'm really hoping to figure it out myself, since we just had to pay a repair man to (not) figure out what was wrong with our Whirlpool refrigerator :-)

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YOUR GUESS IS TO THE POINT.ALSO YOUR THERMOSTAT CAN ALSO CAUSE THE ELEMENT NOT TO HEAT UP IF THOSE ARE FINE AND THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL BREAK.THERE IS A 35% CHANCE THAT ITS YOUR TIMER OR P.C.B.AS FOR YOU NOT HAVING LUCK WITH THE LAST REPAIR MAN YOU CALLED OUT I SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTACT WHIRLPOOL THEM SELF AND ASK THEM FOR A TECHNICIAN TO ASSIST YOU.WHEN IT COMES TO WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES PLEASE BE CAREFUL AS NOT ALL REPAIR MEN ARE TRAINED TO REPAIR THEM THE APPLIANCE CAN BE A PAIN IN THE BUT IF NOT TRAINED TO REPAIR IT.

GOOD LUCK.

MOHAMED

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To avoid the wait, increase the incoming water temperature before turning on the dishwasher. Do that by running the kitchen sink faucet until the water runs hot. Or increase the temperature of the hot water to the entire house at the hot water heater.

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