My Baumatic bdw13 is coming up with error E3?

Hoping this email reaches you (Steve H), can you remember which of the 6 relays was the problem?

shah
December 2015

Got the black plastic cover off but cn't identify the thermostats.

A picture of the spare on the internet shows a brass piece with two wires.

Can find two black plastic knob affairs one behind the other with two blue wires and which look as if they are cemented in - certainly will not budge by hand.

Is this it?

scipio
March 2012

Hello there are 2 sensors on the bottom of your washer behind the 2 front black pannels and both have 2 plugs on them. take the plugs off and they screw out hand tight. you can check them with an Ohm meter to make sure you have continuity(0.00 OHMS) if so they are ok. If one or both are open circuit (1) then they are faulty.
Next is a check on your heating Element this is up behind the right hand side black cover, it has 2 wires connected on it and is held in by a small nut on a thread. Diconnect the 2 wires and again using a multimeter check the resisitance of your element, it should be around 30 OHMS if really lower or higher than this it is faulty.
My dishwasher shown both sensors and element to be ok so I checked the 2 wires from my element to the PCB board which is fitted in the door (strip the door to get at it) they both had continuity.
I then reconnected all wires and plugged my volt meter onto the 2 wires for my element whilst a full cycle was on, I found out that my element was not getting Voltage from my PCb Board!!!.
I removed my board and found that the relay for the element was sticking. very hard to find but I got one from Electronics place. they Are 12v single pole normally open and deliver 250v to the element part no 60-0905 10 AMP make is FINDER and the supplier is rapid electronics.
Major technical but after reading the internet for days I managed to sort it. Does need a little technical knowledge. I hope this helps :-)

Steve H
November 2011

Just having the same problem, mine has got an actual hole in the heating element where the water has entered and shorted the thing out.

There is a small amount of what looks like welding "spatter" around the hole where the electrical arc has happened. This is how I spotted the cause.

It may have also blown some other parts, but that's all I can see at the moment until I strip it all down.

Sparky
January 2010

Answers - mend, repair, fix

I had the same problem and changed the two thermostats on the base and got it working. You can get them from partmasters.co.uk (thermostat protector) cost 17.99. They are circular and just screw into the base and are dead easy to fit.

crezza
January 2009

I ve got the same problem I believe it s the heating element from cutlery dropping on it. shorting the water heater.notice your dishes are no longer coming out hot.

michelle newman
October 2008

I've just checked and found an on-line information about this dishwasher.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/Baumatic_Manuals/BMBDW13.pdf

seems the problem is with the heating sensor or heating element. The 'fix' suggested is to call out an engineer.

Des Benton
June 2007