{"id":26,"date":"2007-04-30T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T17:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamescheat.ca\/?p=26"},"modified":"2019-09-04T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T00:57:41","slug":"installing-a-new-dish-washer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamescheat.ca\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Installing a new dish washer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left;\"><div style=\"margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px\";><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3319935785736004\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"336x280_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"cccccc\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"cc0000\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"ffffff\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div><\/div><p> <span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">Well, I finally bought a dish washer. I have always washed the dishes by hand but recently with the addition of our second baby, washing the many bottles and dishes was becoming a chore.<span>  <\/span>So the wife and I decided to go shop for a dish washer last weekend.<span>  <\/span>We went to 3 different stores before purchasing from the third store.<span>  <\/span>The model we purchased is a Frigidaire GLD2445RFC \u2013 24\u2033 Gallery GraniteGrey\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 Interior Dishwasher.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">My new kitchen already has the pluming roughed in, with the exception of the drain which required an adapter.<span>  <\/span>I just went to home depot and bought the adapter, connector and ABS glue.<span>  <\/span>The installation was very easy and straight forward, simply apply glue and attach the connector and adapter.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">The kitchen did not have the power roughed in, I do not understand why not?<span>  <\/span>There must be a good reason that I am not aware of.<span>  <\/span>The new dishwasher does not have a power cable and connector.<span>   <\/span>The power supply cable must be routed directly from the circuit breaker into the dish washer.<span>  <\/span>Again I do not understand why this is the case, it is one of those unexplained mystery to me. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">To make life easy for future maintenance, I decided to put a power cable with a three prong connector to the dish washer.<span>  <\/span>Since I have a box full of old computer power cable I simply took one that looked the thickest and cut off the female end.<span>  <\/span>I then stripped the wires exposing the copper connecting the green to the ground screw of the dish washer.<span>  <\/span>The remaining two wires were blue and brown in colour confusing me for a bit.<span>  <\/span>The wires in the dish washer were the standard white and black, white being neutral and black for live.<span>  <\/span>I know from past experiences finishing my basement that the prong on the power cable that connected to the wider hole on the electrical receptacle was neutral.<span>  <\/span>So I simply used my handy multi tester (ohm setting) to test for continuity to the prong that inserts into neutral.<span>  <\/span>That told me the blue wire was neutral and therefore it was connected to the white wire of the dish washer.<span>  <\/span>The brown wire was then connected to the black cable of the washer.<span>  <\/span>Now I had a power cable with three prong connecter extending from the dish washer.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">The next step was to run a new circuit from the main electrical panel in the basement to the inside of the kitchen cabinet under the sink.<span>  <\/span>From past experiences of finishing the basement in my old home I knew enough about electrical wiring.<span>  <\/span>I knew that there were many different manufacturers of circuit breakers and you have to buy the right one that matches the electrical panel in your basement.<span>  <\/span>In the past I had made the mistake of purchasing the wrong ones.<span>  <\/span>What you have to do is to get the brand of electrical panel, this is printed somewhere on the panel.<span>  <\/span>In my case it was Federal Pioneer for my new home.<span>  <\/span>I took that information to home depot and asked the sales person to help me locate the part number for a 15 amp circuit breaker.<span>  <\/span>For some reason the breakers are kept behind locked doors, not sure why, perhaps it is a high theft item.<span>  <\/span>I had to take the part number to a casher and she had to fetch the breaker from a cabinet.<span>  <\/span>I also bough an electrical receptacle and a metal two gang box to hold the receptacle.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">The hardest part was trying to figure out where to drill the hole in the basement ceiling so I come up under the kitchen sink.<span>  <\/span>After carefully measuring the distance from the hot and cold water supply under the sink to the point where I wanted the hole for the wire I proceeded with drilling the ceiling.<span>  <\/span>I used the measurement I took earlier to guide me.<span>  <\/span>I started with a wide wood drill bit, it cut through the plywood but then got stuck when it hit the ceramic floor tile.<span>  <\/span>I then had to swap the bit to a masonry bit, that did the job.<span>  <\/span>I got lucky, my calculation was very accurate, I had the hole in the kitchen cabinet floor right were I wanted it.<span>  <\/span>After drilling a few more holes in the floor joist, I the proceeded with routing the cable from the electrical panel to the kitchen sink.<span>  <\/span>I terminated the cable in the metal gang box with the receptacle.<span>  <\/span>On the end of the main panel I connected the exposed copper cable to ground, the white to neutral and the black to the circuit breaker.<span>  <\/span>After installing the circuit breaker by simply pushing and inserting into the next available slot, I closed the cover of the main panel.<span>  <\/span>The receptacle was live and working.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia\">After that it was simply a matter of connecting the water intake to the hot water supply, the drain to drain intake and the power into the receptacle.<span>  <\/span>I also had to secure the washer to the ground with two 1.5 inch screw after drilling pilot holes through the ceramic tile.<span>  <\/span>My dish washer was fully installed and functional.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I 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