What's scorching your groove today?

[Lamplighter]

Our dishwasher stopped dead. No lights, no pump, no water, nothing.
Being faced with another $65 service call, I procrastinated all day.
Finally, at noon today, my wife insisted I do something.
" Fix it or call the repairman ! "

So out came the dishwasher, with me looking around for something astray.
It was the same as me opening the hood of a car, and wondering why it would not start.
But finally I got out a multimeter and started poking it about.

What scorched my grove (yesterday)... this:



Long and short of it (pun intended) was up-line in the GFI.
A line (black) wire shorted out, probably due to a loose connection.
Fortunately, no fire started by the arcing.

I installed a new GFI and ran the dishwasher through it's cycles.

Happy wife, Happy Home.