disconnecting a hardwired dishwasher

[tws]

greetings,

can someone point me to step by step details on how to disconnect a hard wired dishwasher? specifically how to finish up the bare wire... mine is not even shielded with metal just the stiff white wire used in older houses... how many wires will i be dealing with and how to cap them - wire nuts?

this is an old dishwasher we have never used. i use it to store tupper ware in. however i accidentally hit a nob recently and a heating element came on and nearly stared a plastic fire before i caught it...
i am not a electrician but don't see why i can't disconnect this hazard.

thanks for pointing me to illustrations or videos or explanations of how to accomplish this.

tws

 

[CT18]

It might be on a dedicated circuit in your fuse box. You could just turn the breaker off. You will need to turn it off at the breaker to do the work anyway

 

[FishScreener]

Hire an electrician. You could probably figure it out. But, I maintain about 300 buildings with power. And, roughly ten recent of unauthorized electrical work, by the unqualified folks who think they can do it, isn’t code compliant and ends up with me with either me having to waste time fixing their screw up, so I can start doing it right, or I have to hire an electrician to fix their mistakes, and then do the job right. It invariably would have been less expensive to have the work done by a qualified person to begin with.

Plus, should you screw up, and cause a fire, the insurance company will not honor the policy.

 

[PlumbGate]

Hire an electrician. You could probably figure it out. But, I maintain about 300 buildings with power. And, roughly ten recent of unauthorized electrical work, by the unqualified folks who think they can do it, isn’t code compliant and ends up with me with either me having to waste time fixing their screw up, so I can start doing it right, or I have to hire an electrician to fix their mistakes, and then do the job right. It invariably would have been less expensive to have the work done by a qualified person to begin with.

Plus, should you screw up, and cause a fire, the insurance company will not honor the policy.

The bold underlined part above is not true.