[jyl]

Well, I have to fix my dishwasher. It won’t drain, and because of that gradually gets overfilled and leaks onto the floor. It sits in a steel drain pan fortunately.

It is a commercial Hobart LX30H. The repair info about these machines is not easily available to civilians, but the parts are pretty available. So I will have to figure out what the problem is.

I guess has to be
- hose from tub to drain pump blocked
- drain pump not working
- drain hose from pump blocked

Sigh, not what I want to spend my time doing. Unfortunately I haven’t found a commercial appliance service place that is interested in looking at it.

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Ah I think I know what is happening. My machine is older, with no separate drain pump and no hose from tub to drain pump. I was going nuts looking for that stuff. Instead, the big-ass wash pump pumps water from the tub to either the wash arms or the drain hose, which is controlled by a solenoid valve. The valve must not be operating, which is why the motor/pump are operating but instead of draining, water is spraying from the wash arms back into the tub. So this weekend I need to figure out if the solenoid is not getting signal, is not working, or the valve is not operating. Of course everything is packed tightly in there and getting a tool on fasteners will be a pain. Hopefully the problem is not with the circuit board! The solenoid is almost $400, that’d be bad enough.