plug stuck

[Sureitsoff?]

just pulled the dishwasher out to prepare for a kitchen rejig and found that the plug was stuck to the sound deadening panel on the back(I am going to have to be super accurate in my positioning of the new socket to get it to line up with the pins of the plug..................)

 

[donrkebab]

No just plug it in, assuming enough depth, which you will have to check

 

[JohnD]

ha ha

prise the plug off the sticky material (you may need a blunt knife of scraper)

and put something on the back of the appliance to stop it happening again. I taped on a sheet of Baking Parchment, which has a non-stick surface, when the same thing happened to me, because it was handy.

If you could be bothered, you can put a couple of battens on the wall to hold the appliance off by 25mm or so, then it would push back straight.

 

[AndyPRK]

lol

pins are nice and shiny

 

[chivers67]

Is this a surface mounted box? If so you could replace it with a flush box too.

 

[Sureitsoff?]

I know I can prise it off the back of the dishwasher and it was into a flush mounted socket. I think when it gets moved the new socket will be inside the adjacent cabinet

 

[Sureitsoff?]

lol

pins are nice and shiny

I thought that and considering the dishwasher has been in place for at least ten years the socket contacts must have been nice and tight (mind you it did have a dishwasher constantly pressing it into place!!)