The short answer
Standing water in the Arctic Wind ADWB dishwasher at the end of a cycle is nearly always a blocked path rather than a failed pump. The filter, the sump, the drain hose and the waste connection make up that path, and the first two are reachable without tools.
What you see on the ADWB line
- Clean water standing in the sump at the end of a cycle — The machine washed and could not empty; the wash itself was fine.
- Dirty water standing after every cycle — The drain step is not happening at all, rather than happening slowly.
- A buzz or hum at the drain step and no water movement — The pump is energised and something is stopping the impeller.
- NEAR MISS - water on the floor rather than in the tub — A leak is a different fault chain and a more urgent one; see the water-leak page.
Ranked for the ADWB line
- Filter and sump packed with soil — Most likely here: Everything the filter catches sits directly above the drain pump inlet, so a screen that has not been lifted in months eventually chokes the outlet completely. The trailing letters of this family stem are Arctic Wind's finish code, and this is the black line: the mechanicals are shared with the sibling finish lines, so what genuinely separates this page from them is the door panel and what that panel weighs. A dark panel on this line shows every mark and every drip, so faults are reported on this family earlier than on its lighter-panelled siblings and often before they cost anything.
- Drain hose kinked, crushed or without its high loop — Second: It is the cause that follows any installation, any move and any work under the sink.
- Drain pump failed electrically — Third: It is also what is left once the sump, the hose, the waste and the impeller have all been cleared and proven.
Check in this order, and why
- First - Lift the filter out and bail the sump, then look at the pump inlet — Soil packed round the inlet, or a shard or a seed across it, names the cause immediately. That is the order the roster on this page dictates, not a generic sequence.
- Second - Pull the machine forward and follow the hose from the cabinet to the waste — A crush, a tight bend or a hose running flat all the way to the waste is visible at once.
- Third - Listen at the drain step for a pump note, a buzz, or silence — Silence after everything else has been cleared points here and ends the owner-side checks.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before putting a hand into the sump - a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off, and a drain pump that is mid-cycle can start without warning. Assume there is broken glass in the sump: use a torch and a glove rather than bare fingers. Water left after a hot cycle can still scald, so let the machine stand before bailing it, and bail with a jug and a sponge rather than tipping the machine.
Models in the ADWB family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| ADWB24EL | arctic-wind:dishwasher:adwb |
When to call a technician
Call once the filter and sump are clear, the impeller is free, the hose runs without a crush and with a high loop, and the sink itself drains properly - because what is left is the pump and its wiring, and that is read at the terminals. Call sooner if the drain step is silent rather than humming, since silence means nothing is being energised at all.
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