How to Install a Sears Elite Dishwasher

Turn off the power to the kitchen at the breaker box before you begin working. Turn off the hot water supply at the kitchen sink. Remove the retaining screws from the sides of the base cabinet in the location where you are installing the dishwasher using a drill and screwdriver bits. Remove the wooden trim from in front of the base cabinet using the claw end of a hammer if any exists. The final opening must be 24 inches wide.

Cut holes into the side of the cabinet from the dishwasher bay to the sink bay using the drill and a hole saw to accommodate the dishwasher drain and water supply lines. Connect the electrical wiring to the kitchen circuit. Red or black wires are hot and white or gray are neutral. Green or bare wires are ground wires. Connect the wires together according to color and install wire nuts on the splices.

Tape the wires onto the floor in the center of the dishwasher bay so that they do not move when you slide the dishwasher in. Install the copper-to-CPVC fitting onto the water inlet of the Elite dishwasher and tighten it using an adjustable wrench. Be careful not to over-tighten the fitting. Make a cut into the hot water supply line using a hacksaw. Spread primer onto the ends of a CPVC T-fitting and allow it to dry for one minute.

Spread glue on the T-fitting and install between the cuts in the hot water supply. Cut lengths of CPVC pipe using the hacksaw as necessary to route the hot water supply from under the sink and into the dishwasher bay. Use primer on the fittings and CPVC glue to put the line together. Push the dishwasher in to the bay, inserting the drain line through the hole you cut between the dishwasher bay and the sink.

Finish the hot water supply line and connect it to the copper-to-CPVC fitting on the dishwasher water inlet. Insert the power line through the opening of the wire box. Tighten the wire clamp using a screwdriver to prevent the possibility of the wire pulling out of it. Connect the wires to the dishwasher and install wire nuts on the splices. Connect the ground wire to the dishwasher frame using a screwdriver to tighten the screw.

Install the cover on the wire box and tighten the retaining screw with a screwdriver. Remove the drain trap from the sink tailpiece using a pipe wrench to loosen the fitting. Remove the tailpiece from the sink drain using a pipe wrench and discard it. Install the new branch tailpiece to the sink drain and tighten it with a pipe wrench. Connect the drain trap to the branch tailpiece and tighten the fitting with a pipe wrench.

Install the dishwasher drain on the branch tailpiece nipple and tighten the clamp with a screwdriver. Check the dishwasher for level. Adjust the front legs up or down until it is level and then install the retaining screws at the top of the unit to secure the dishwasher to the counter top using a screwdriver. Install the kick plate to the bottom of the dishwasher using a screwdriver to tighten the retaining screws.

Turn the power supply on for the kitchen at the breaker box. Allow the dishwasher to sit for 24 hours to allow ample time for the glue to dry on the pipes. Once the glue is dry, turn on the hot water supply and check the installation area for leaks.