Why am I not getting hot water?

Why am I not getting hot water?

My dishwasher was working perfectly until the heating element was visibly snapped in half. I replaced the heating element I'm not getting any hot water. I check the continuity of the heating element with a multimeter and it reads fine. The heating element is ice cold when I run the cycle. Heated dry it still ice cold. And then I check the thermostat with a multimeter and that also reads fine. What else could be the problem?

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"If it visibly snapped then it may have shorted and there may be a fuse somewhere upstream from it. Try to follow the wires back, making sure they are tight at connections and if a fuse is there, it will be in line along those leads.

Question though, how did it break? Something drop on it while running or did it overheat and then it snapped?

If it overheated then there may be an over temp limit switch, kind of like a breaker, that would either have a button to push to reset it or it would have to be replaced. I've seen this with dryers where the element got too hot from lint build up and the over limit would pop. You would most of the time have to replace it.

There should also be a temp sensor that would tell a relay to turn heat on/off depending on temp. that could be bad as well or by itself.

Good Luck"