Does a dishwasher have built in obsolesence?

[rosamundjohn]

My dishwasher of only 8 years has stopped working. There is an electrical fault as when I put it on the trip switch goes.
Everyone says to throw it away as it is old. A call out from a repair man will cost �45.
Not good if I then need to also buy another! Comments appreciated but.......
Please don't tell me to buy rubber gloves!

[ACtheTROLL]

you don't need rubber gloves ... at least not if you use fairy.
but you do get a whining kid wittering about bubbles

the other option would be to find a fairy to do the job

I don't know about built in redundancy ... sounds to me as if you got a good 'un
EIGHT years ... that's 27 goldfish ... 4 gerbils ,,, 5 mice ....
1 cat .... or 2/3 dogs .....
... or come to think of it 1 wife .... and that seemed like a lifetime.

do what I did ... go get another

[Coldicote]

It might be worth checking your local authority's website (County Council where I live) to see if they have something like a 'Buy With Confidence Scheme' or an 'Approved Trader' list. If so this might give you a useful lead to suppliers and/or repairers. Good luck.

[spacechimp]

Can't you just unplug it and check the wiring?