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Washing machine has filled up with water whilst turned off!
Hi,
I was wondering whether any one could shed any light on a most peculiar problem we seem to have encountered with our Electra AWM900 Washing Machine. Unlike Adrian our motor and other related functions still seem to be operating OK : however we returned from a few days away late last night to find that the newly laid carpets were soaked through. The washing machine drum was half full of water (having been completely empty and turned off before we went away), but because the washing machine door was ajar to prevent it smelling, water had come out and saturated the nearby carpets. The peculiar thing is that as well as the machine being turned off, the water was not flowing. It seemed to have filled itself up, and then stopped for some reason. If it were a burst pipe or a fault within the machine, I would have expected to have seen the water still flowing out when we got back but this was not the case. This morning I have run a rinse / spin cycle to empty all the water sitting in the drum : this appears to have worked fine, with the machine now apparently back to normal. However I am keen to get to the root cause of what caused this before we get our new carpets to replace the other new carpets! Many thanks in advance, James. Tunbridge Wells. -- I like http://www.torfaen-fighttheplan.org.uk |
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Washing machine has filled up with water whilst turned off!
"pcyljmb" wrote in message ... Hi, I was wondering whether any one could shed any light on a most peculiar problem we seem to have encountered with our Electra AWM900 Washing Machine. Unlike Adrian our motor and other related functions still seem to be operating OK : however we returned from a few days away late last night to find that the newly laid carpets were soaked through. The washing machine drum was half full of water (having been completely empty and turned off before we went away), but because the washing machine door was ajar to prevent it smelling, water had come out and saturated the nearby carpets. The peculiar thing is that as well as the machine being turned off, the water was not flowing. It seemed to have filled itself up, and then stopped for some reason. If it were a burst pipe or a fault within the machine, I would have expected to have seen the water still flowing out when we got back but this was not the case. This morning I have run a rinse / spin cycle to empty all the water sitting in the drum : this appears to have worked fine, with the machine now apparently back to normal. However I am keen to get to the root cause of what caused this before we get our new carpets to replace the other new carpets! faulty inlet valve dripping, isolate the water supply to machine when you go away. |
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:26:29 -0800, meow2222 wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote: In article , lid (pcyljmb) writes: Hi, I was wondering whether any one could shed any light on a most peculiar problem we seem to have encountered with our Electra AWM900 Washing Machine. Unlike Adrian our motor and other related functions still seem to be operating OK : however we returned from a few days away late last night to find that the newly laid carpets were soaked through. The washing machine drum was half full of water (having been completely empty and turned off before we went away), but because the washing machine door was ajar to prevent it smelling, water had come out and saturated the nearby carpets. Either one of the inlet valves has failed to close completely (maybe a piece of sand stuck in it), or it is syphoning waste water back in from the drain. the latter would smell bad, so its easy to tell. Replace the water inlet valves. (A valve cleanout may be all thats needed, but may be isnt good enough.) W/m inlet valve don't fail very often but when they do this would be the effect. -- Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter. The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html Sealed CH FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html |
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I like http://www.torfaen-fighttheplan.org.uk Why? They don't even credit the fact postings shown come from usenet? -- Adrian C |
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