Kenwood kdw243a dishwasher tripped the electrics, smelt like a firework and has the cold water symbol lit. What does this mean and how do I fix it?

SOURCE: SHOWING E3 ON DISHWASHER

Had the same problem (apart from the code) and the answer is to stop putting plastic in the machine ! It seems the dishwashers need the heat radiated from the Ceramic plates, stell knives etc to help dry. The plastic simply absorbs some water and then your dishwahser spends most of its drying time trying to get that water out again. Also Plastic doesn't radiate any heat to help. As soon as we stopped putting plastic plates and tupperware containers in, hey presto the dishes are drying again

SOURCE: My Kenwood KDW243A built in dishwasher is

E3 means the base is full of water. A quick fix is to tilt the machine back for 10 mins or so but you need to find the cause of the leak and repair it

SOURCE: Hi I have a Kenwood dishwasher model KDW243A it

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