I solved a problem with my Baumatic dishwasher BDW15. The machine made a zoom-ing sound a couple of minutes after startup and stopped. Its drainage pump was working, but the washing pump/motor was stuck. I removed the lower washing arm. And got the pump running by sticking a long thin metal stick into mounting structure of the lower arm. After that ran the machine for once without the lower arm to get some flow through the motor.
Now it runs perfect with the lower arm installed again.
Marc Persoon
March 2011
The temperature sensor on a BDW 15 is in the middle underside held up against the stainless base by a very weak plastic bracket and has thermal transfer paste on it.
There is only this sensor, there is no overtemp cut out either manual reset or auto reset.
I've just made up an addtional support to hold mine agaist the base as it was only making part contact.
E.3 seems to have disappeared now.
There is a pressure switch near the heater element wired in circuit so that no pump pressure = no heater on.
Notts Guy
February 2011
I have noted on all this fix it sites that no one ever answers the simple question -"where is the temp sensor on a BDW15" I am begining to think no one knows!!
TS33
January 2011
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