My dishwasher water line is frozen. Can I manually put in hot water in the dishwasher to run it?
I am the original person who wrote this.  My dishwasher is in the corner of the kitchen.  Someone once remodeled the kitchen &amp; took out the door that use to be there.  Unfortunately they didn't insulate the wall they replaced it with.  As a result that corner of this house gets really cold.  I have tried using a small heater in the enclosed space next to the dishwasher but that didn't resolve the problem.  I've also used a hairdryer under it; still no luck. It doesn't leak anywhere which always amazes me. For 8 years now the dishwasher doesn't work once it gets bitter cold here in Wyoming, but works fine starting in late Spring.

So I wanted to know if I could just put in hot water when the proper cycle arose?  My dishwasher is now 10 years olds so I decided, "What the heck? Worse outcome: buy a new dishwasher".  No one had an answer so I decided this year to just do it.  I put in 1 1/2 gallons for the pre-wash, wash &amp; rinse cycles.  This required being in the kitchen the entire time so I didn't miss a cycle.  WORKED FINE in my Kenmore dishwasher.  Hope others have the same luck. 

I don't use my dishwasher but once every 3 weeks or so (I hand wash a lot) &amp; I was recently told I should use it every week.  Something about them sitting isn't good.  So I'll try that also &amp; see if that prevents it from 'freezing up' (I'm still keeping the little heater next to it on too.)