This is a replacement heating element used in many Whirlpool designed dishwashers. It doesn’t actually heat the water so if water temperature is a problem, it’s best to start by looking at the water heater itself. You can usually judge this by simply turning on the hot water at the sink nearest to the dishwasher. This element is designed to maintain that hot water temperature during the wash cycle and to heat the air during the heated dry cycle.

The W10518394 dishwasher heating element comes with two rubber washer/seals only. If you need the terminal nuts that screw on to hold it in place, see part # WPW10477552. These nuts are sold individually.

AHAM spokesperson Jill A. Notini stated, “It is incredibly difficult for consumers to spot counterfeit filters – and they are widespread online. We are grateful that CBP officers were able to stop this large shipment of counterfeit water filters from finding their way to online markets.

Just take a look at the packaging on these fake filters seized by US Customs coming straight from China…  US Customs Article

And just because a filter fits in the filter housing and allows water through it does NOT mean the filtration is equal.  Take a look at GE’s test results in the video below.

A-1 Appliance Parts buys only original GE water filters direct from GE.  Click here to find your filter today.

These elements represent an oddity that we hope will grow more common in time- the elements that come from S. Korea actually cost more than the aftermarket versions made in the USA!  There are also Chinese versions that cost less as well… for now.

Almost all the Samsung dryers we know of use the DC47-00019A element. If you need the element along with the thermostats, you might as well get the complete element kit.

These elements have been going out at a rapid rate. We’re not sure if that comes from a design flaw or if there are just that many Samsung dryers in the market now.

In the past, if your board was obsolete and you couldn’t find it anywhere, you had no option but to replace the appliance.  Or, if your Whirlpool board was priced insanely high by the manufacturer, you could only pay, cuss and deal with it (or, buy a new appliance which we think was their plan all along).

Times are changing… And re-manufactured boards not only save you money, but they keep a perfectly good appliance from going to the landfill prematurely.

If you have a control board part number, put it in the Part Number Search field of our website and if you see that number listed with “RFR” in front of it, that means your board can be rebuilt!  The whole process usually takes 6 days once the board gets to us and very few boards are damaged beyond CoreCentric’s ability to revive them.

We were able to get our hands on some original WR60X26866 motors. These plug right in and don’t require any software update.  They are also less expensive than the kit.

But the subbing doesn’t end there.  Now GE has a motor they say will replace all these other motors (including the kit) and it’s plug & play.  New motor WR60X29099 is all you will need to get that refrigerator air moving and keep everything fresh.

Is this the end of the subbing?  Where did the mysterious software update go and what did it do? I’m not sure.  But I do know the WR60X29099 is more reasonably priced than some of the previous solutions so that’s good.

To add further confusion, there are multiple listings of this element and replacements for this element for sale from a wide variety of companies. We sell a generic replacement for the 316075104 there (only when clearly marked as an aftermarket replacement element… with the same calrod quality as the original element btw) and Frigidaire has even demanded that those listings be taken down.  I would want them down too if I were them!  It seems this is one bully trying to throw it’s weight against completely different companies!

The aftermarket parts industry for Whirlpool, Maytag, Frigidaire, Electrolux, Samsung, and LG replacement parts is an important source of competition that people can rely on to keep these particular manufacturers from over-inflating part prices. In fact, there is a growing list of parts that Whirlpool/Maytag has made obsolete that have been picked up by companies like ERP.

The effects of a company like Whirlpool controlling the market can be seen in their replacement oven controls.  If you have to replace an electronic oven control (main oven control board), get ready to sit down because many of them now cost between $300 and $600 depending on your model. They also include a $60 core charge – which we believe Whirlpool enforces to keep those old controls out of the hands of companies like CoreCentric who would re-manufacture them and offer them back to the market at a much lower price.  Core charges are another way to try controlling prices for parts in the market place. Of course, Whirlpool will claim they collect cores for other reasons but it is odd that prices started sky rocketing just before the core collection program went in force.  We still have a few re-manufactured electronic controls but they are getting harder and harder to find now. Shocker.

Haier will be encouraged to keep GE production in the US and maintain had running when they first took over.  In fact, it’s been business as usual since the Haier purchase in June of 2016.  And now with their immediate price leverage, Haier could see washer sales spike by doing… nothing new.

Ultimately high tarrifs on imports cause all prices to raise (or stabilize) but this is the price of keeping jobs in America.

Sears isn’t the only one having difficulty with Whirlpool pricing however… on the Whirlpool appliance parts side distributors are finding it increasingly hard to explain why parts with Whirlpool’s logo on the packaging cost so much more than aftermarket parts of similar quality. This also goes for Frigidaire, LG and Samsung.

The truth is, when you buy a Kenmore brand product, you can’t really be sure who made it! And, more and more, even when you do know who made it you can’t be sure where the parts for it came from!  We are finding some aftermarket replacement items come from the same factory in China as the oem and, even more, some generic parts are even built better while costing less!

So if the warranty is the same, as it is for every aftermarket part A-1 Appliance Parts sells, and the quality difference is negligible (if we run into quality issues with a generic item, we don’t continue to offer it- that’s just a headache for everyone), it only makes sense to pay less!

See if your parts are available in quality aftermarket versions like ERP, Supco, and Napco at A-1 Appliance Parts. A-1 generic appliance parts

The generic version for this dryer element has always been popular with our customers. It is sturdy and dependable- virtually identical to the original replacement from Whirlpool. It also represented enough savings to justify the extra money for the full element and housing. A new trend has been emerging over the past two years though- more customers are opting for the trouble of re-stringing their old elements to save an extra ten dollars or so.

Below is a picture of the dryer restring kit for Whirlpool’s 279838 element.

To install this wire restring kit, some labor is involved. Those with experience at this kind of know how far to stretch the element wire before running it through the insulators. Someone who was doing this for the first time might need to run a string through the element frame to figure out how much to stretch the replacement wire before installing (it’s important to pre-stretch the wire so there is an equal amount of distance between the coils once installed).

If insulators are damaged, a simple coil replacement may not work for you.

There is also an element coil restring kit available for Whirlpools 3387747 dryer element.

Times are tight. Save money where you can!