dishwasher

dishwasher quit working on the pots and pan setting. took it apart and found a control board. did some
research learned this is a control board problem, need to replace it. more research and learned new control
board is around $200. I will be installing a new dishwasher tomorrow with my hand tools! this is a ridiculous
price for this board, but I have run into this in the past. had to have a new fan control board for a furnace
about 2 years ago. it was $75. guy told me it was so expensive due to a relay and ic on board. board only had
one integrated circuit on it. found the relay online for about $5 and the ic for less than $2. looking at the
board those two parts would fix probably 80% of the problems with that board. btw, I have worked on
electronics all my life until I retired in march. rant over!

I have had good results with appliancezone.com. They have parts for almost everything..

I use the low end Frigidaire washer. Last one I bought was $99. This one was $199 at lowes. Can't remember how long the first one lasted but considering the price doubling, it's been awhile.....just wore out the trays, rollers and holders and all that. Still washed great. Great simple machine, real quiet. Lowes.

DON"T get a GE dishwasher!

If you plan on using it for another 25 years get a Bosch.

MY kitchen aid is 20 years old and a good one. Definitely don't get a GE.

However one could say all the advice you are getting here is worth what you are paying for it.

Reason I say that: I have a 40 year old whirlpool washer in basement. So a few years ago I purchased a new whirlpool for new laundry upstairs. Got an extended warranty for the first time in my life. Glad I did. The new whirlpool didn't last 2 year. 3 service calls later washer was two expensive to repair. I got a full refund. Then come to find out Maytag and whirlpool are the same company. Both junk.

So relying on what was good 40 years ago means nothing. Relying on old brand names is worthless unless you research the company, see how many times they have been bought out, moved out of country, owned my the Chinese. After I bought the junk whirlpool I googles my problem and found others with the same issue.

Good luck. My advice, buy an extended warranty. My second new washer after a year had to call for service, $95 for service call plus parts. New extended warranty $99 for 5 years paid for itself on the first service call.

I started out with the GE rollaround and later, in another house/time, got a builtin. I converted to the Frigidaire because I wasn't happy with the GE. Haven't regretted my decision to switch.

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If you plan on using it for another 25 years get a Bosch.

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Mine is 21 years old and still pumping; the germans have a reputation for building some real unreliable crap in the last 20 years, but Bosch dishwashers escaped that trend. Rare to see a Bosch owner bad mouth the dishwashers....

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(quoted from post at 12:44:55 07/19/16)
If you plan on using it for another 25 years get a Bosch.

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Mine is 21 years old and still pumping; the germans have a reputation for building some real unreliable crap in the last 20 years, but Bosch dishwashers escaped that trend. Rare to see a Bosch owner bad mouth the dishwashers....

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The big difference is the design. Almost all domestic dishwashers have vertical shafts and the seal is the first thing to give out followed quickly by the motor. Almost all commercial machines, which I worked on for forty years, have horizontal shafts.

Sometimes you can score a good board on ebay. Wife accidentally put 110 volts on the HDMI input of a Samsung TV. I got the number off the board with the carbon tracks on it and found that Samsung wanted more for the board than the TV cost.

I put the number that was stamped on the part into ebay and got a tested used board for $32 with free shipping. TV works like a champ now. Your mileage may vary.

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(quoted from post at 09:19:46 07/19/16)

(quoted from post at 12:44:55 07/19/16)
If you plan on using it for another 25 years get a Bosch.

Click to expand...

Mine is 21 years old and still pumping; the germans have a reputation for building some real unreliable crap in the last 20 years, but Bosch dishwashers escaped that trend. Rare to see a Bosch owner bad mouth the dishwashers....

Click to expand...

The big difference is the design. Almost all domestic dishwashers have vertical shafts and the seal is the first thing to give out followed quickly by the motor. Almost all commercial machines, which I worked on for forty years, have horizontal shafts.

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Looked at the Bosch, it's a vertical. They must use a lot better shaft seal than most. I can see why they use a horizontal, not sitting in a pool of dirty water every cycle.

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(quoted from post at 20:20:32 07/19/16)

(quoted from post at 09:19:46 07/19/16)

(quoted from post at 12:44:55 07/19/16)
If you plan on using it for another 25 years get a Bosch.

Click to expand...

Mine is 21 years old and still pumping; the germans have a reputation for building some real unreliable crap in the last 20 years, but Bosch dishwashers escaped that trend. Rare to see a Bosch owner bad mouth the dishwashers....

Click to expand...

The big difference is the design. Almost all domestic dishwashers have vertical shafts and the seal is the first thing to give out followed quickly by the motor. Almost all commercial machines, which I worked on for forty years, have horizontal shafts.

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Looked at the Bosch, it's a vertical. They must use a lot better shaft seal than most. I can see why they use a horizontal, not sitting in a pool of dirty water every cycle.

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Must be a different model. I can tell the difference between horizontal and vertical.