Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I loved my Miele dishwasher; dependably clean dishes, load after load, washed in virtual silence. And then it went belly-up the day before Christmas after only eight years. It seems the main board is shot. The main board costs $550 to replace, plus installation - I don't do dishwashers. Granted, a new one now costs $1300 to $1800. But at 8 years I'm at the point where it's not unrealistic to expect other multi-buck parts will start to fail. If I was going to stay in my house for another 8-10 years it would be worth investing in a new one; but I'm not. So it isn't. Whirlpool/Kitchen Aid, here I come. On 1/14/07 3:11 PM, "Rick Dykstra" <rdandcb@home.netspeed.com.au> wrote: > As much as I dread that word 'bypass' - recipe for disaster - I'm > considering doing it in fixing my dishwasher. Google tells me the > proper solenoid will be $350 kangabucks. Say $300 hollywoodbucks. eek! > > Rick. > > On 15/01/2007, at 1:43 AM, Rob McClure wrote: > >> I dunno. I love well-engineered things as much as most (BMW, >> Omega, Mont Blanc, etc.), but sometimes items can be over- >> engineered. As an example, our home came with a Clare Megasave >> furnace. This is a Canadian unit, quite unique to my Ohio location >> (the nearest dealer is 80 miles away). Initially I had trouble >> with it failing to start and my neighbor, a retired Westinghouse >> electrical engineer and mechanical genius, came over to help. The >> electronic controls were unbelievably complex with all kinds of >> redundancy built in to meet the high standards dictated by Canada, >> where severe winters can cause a catastrophe in the case of furnace >> failure. Unfortunately one of the backup features was conflicting >> the circuit and keeping the furnace from consistently starting. He >> bypassed the backups and it has worked perfectly these past 15 years. >> >> Rob McClure >> >> >> On Jan 14, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Rick Dykstra wrote: >> >>> I spent today slowly pulling our Miele dishwasher apart, to figure >>> out why its not filling fully. I think it's the solenoid. Not >>> just any solenoid, but part of a failsafe twin solenoid leak-proof >>> disaster safe design. And having seen the insides of this thing >>> now, by golly what a beautifully designed well made, repairable >>> bit of gear. An absolute contrast to the Australian made Vulcan >>> gas heater I pulled apart last winter (worn out fan). And the >>> Miele vacuum cleaner I pulled apart last year was also great to >>> work on (worn out carbon brushes). >>> >>> So why is it that Germans are such good industrial designers? >>> It's as if they know their work will be appreciated when customers >>> finally need to fix the thing. :-) >>> >>> Impressed I am. >>> >>> Rick. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information