I have a Whirlpool ADP 8900 which is around 4 - 5 year old. A few days ago it stopped mid-cycle with a burning smell in the kitchen. It blew the 13A fuse in the plug of the dishwasher and also the 30A fuse in my consumer unit (although strangely not the 13A fuse in the spur it's fed from on the kitchen wall).
Anyway, I've removed the base plate and eyeballed things - no obvious signs of damage. I removed the front door facia to check the switches etc but again nothing obvious. I also opened the white plastic circuit board container and inspected the board - again no signs of burned pcb / components.
The unit powers on OK but displays a fault code "Fd". I've no idea what that is.
So my question is - what is the most likely culprit here? I was guessing the heater but I'm no expert. Is there a way to test the heater for continuity etc? Am I on the wrong track altogether? I don't really want to put it through another cycle in case it blows the fuses again.
I'll try to attach some pictures here to explain what I'm looking at.
Anyway, I've removed the base plate and eyeballed things - no obvious signs of damage. I removed the front door facia to check the switches etc but again nothing obvious. I also opened the white plastic circuit board container and inspected the board - again no signs of burned pcb / components.
The unit powers on OK but displays a fault code "Fd". I've no idea what that is.
So my question is - what is the most likely culprit here? I was guessing the heater but I'm no expert. Is there a way to test the heater for continuity etc? Am I on the wrong track altogether? I don't really want to put it through another cycle in case it blows the fuses again.
I'll try to attach some pictures here to explain what I'm looking at.