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Hotpoint Aquarius FDW20 Dishwasher Wash & Dry Lights Flash?

Our machine was part way through a cycle when it tripped the ELCB for the house & all power went. Now the machine starts but doesn't take water, and after 2 minutes the Wash & Dry lights flash together. It's still under a year old (just). The service centre didn't tell me what the problem is - he asked me if there were any clothes in it! Anything I can try while I'm waiting for the engineer - promised for 6 days time.

Richard
October 2006

Hotpoint Hotpoint FDW20 Kitchen Appliances, Dishwashers Dishwasher Hotpoint Aquarius

Hi, just had the same problem with ours, “wash & drying” lights flashing. After reading these & other web pages, I feared the worse, spending a small fortune!.
This is what I done.
Unplugged from the mains, this apparently resets the settings (so I was told by an engineer), as the “reset” button was having no effect.
Removed & thoroughly cleaned the filter, even though it appeared to be fairly clean.
Purchased a “quality” dishwasher cleaner, one of those you place upside down in the cutlery basket.
Plugged it in again, presto, no lights flashing.
Set the “wash cycle” to the hottest setting, “A”. made sure the cleaner was in place, then pushed the start button.
We now have a fully functioning dishwasher again. Hope this helps, as it did for us.
Good luck.
Bob

Bob Kingham
April 2008