JohnnyRumBoy
Premium Member
- Model Number
- PDT720SSH7SS
- Brand
- GE
- Age
- 6-10 years
Over the past 6 weeks, a local service tech has been servicing this 6 year old dishwasher as it was failing to fill with water at the beginning of a wash cycle. After changing the pump, a defective main control board and the flood switch (in that order) it finally seemed to be working. Thank goodness.
Well, for the next few days I have noticed that pots and bowls turned upside down on the lower rack do not come out clean, although dishes and utensils seem to clean just nicely. Everything on the top rack cleans perfectly.
After obtaining a service manual for the dishwasher and doing a lot of reading, I am now suspecting the problem to be with the active diverter. But before I spend another $150 Cdn on a replacement part (I'm already $650 into this repair) is there anything else I should be looking at?
One question that does come to mind is about the main control board... I remember when he replaced the board he had to call someone because the board didn't have some jumpers he was expecting to see. After reading the service manual, I realize now that these must have been the personality jumpers he was referring to. So my question is, how do you set the personality on such a board with no jumpers? I saw him do something with the buttons on top of the door, but not sure what. If the personality is not set correctly, could this impact the operation of the diverter? I understand there are two possible types of diverters in GE dishwashers... so if the board is wrong one (even slightly) or if the personality is set wrong, could this be the root cause of this new problem? I did not have this poor washability problem before he started swapping parts.
Thanks, in advance for any feedback.
Well, for the next few days I have noticed that pots and bowls turned upside down on the lower rack do not come out clean, although dishes and utensils seem to clean just nicely. Everything on the top rack cleans perfectly.
After obtaining a service manual for the dishwasher and doing a lot of reading, I am now suspecting the problem to be with the active diverter. But before I spend another $150 Cdn on a replacement part (I'm already $650 into this repair) is there anything else I should be looking at?
One question that does come to mind is about the main control board... I remember when he replaced the board he had to call someone because the board didn't have some jumpers he was expecting to see. After reading the service manual, I realize now that these must have been the personality jumpers he was referring to. So my question is, how do you set the personality on such a board with no jumpers? I saw him do something with the buttons on top of the door, but not sure what. If the personality is not set correctly, could this impact the operation of the diverter? I understand there are two possible types of diverters in GE dishwashers... so if the board is wrong one (even slightly) or if the personality is set wrong, could this be the root cause of this new problem? I did not have this poor washability problem before he started swapping parts.
Thanks, in advance for any feedback.