If your automated washing machine does not pick up water after you have turned it on, following all the requirements of the instruction, this time, you will most likely have to carry out the planned hygiene measures without its assistance. Those who do not imagine their life without a washing machine, of course, will do something to not lose such a wonderful "assistant".Few people try to understand on their own why there was a breakdown, and most hurry to contact the service center for a specialist. Although all this is quite expensive, in some cases this step is really the only way to solve the problem. But often enough to fix the problem yourself, especially if you are "friends" with the equipment and have some experience of repair work.
When is it not necessary to disassemble the machine?
There are not so few reasons that lead to the fact that after starting the washing mode, water does not enter the working drum of the machine. If you are the owner of a modern model equipped with a control display, then it will not be difficult to identify the causes of various breakages. Such units are equipped with a special program that produces internal diagnostics and displays the result on the screen, if something went wrong. Therefore, if it turned out that when the device is started there is no water supply to the drum, then such a machine will necessarily display an error code on the display. And your task will be only to look in the instruction and in the section about the malfunctions by the code to determine why the water is not poured and what to do in such cases.
If your washing machine does not have a fault diagnosis function, you will have to find out the cause of the lack of water filling yourself. And you will have to do this by the classical method - with the help of screwdrivers, wrenches and other tools. But before you remove the back cover of the body of the unit and desperately try to understand the jungle of its internal filling, it is worth checking the availability of water supply to the city hydro-communication system. If it is not in the water supply, then you can do little, but most importantly - your automatic washing device does not need repair.
Sometimes the machine does not collect water for another reason, not related to the malfunction of its internal parts. Maybe you forgot to open the tap, through which water comes from the hydrosystem, when the machine was turned on. Or, perhaps, something happened to the water supply slug that connects the unit to the water supply system. To make sure that everything is fine with him, follow these steps.
- Close the valve if it, as expected, was opened at startup.
- Remove the hose from the rear of the machine and drain the water.
- Visually check the hose and find out if it has any kinks in any place.
- If there are any, then spread them out neatly.
- Reconnect the hose with the appliance, open the water tap and start the appliance.
Malfunctions inside the
If the problem that has arisen with the machine is not related to any of the above factors, then a surface inspection will be small, and the "root of evil" must be searched inside the device.
Internal causes for which the washing unit does not fill the working drum with water can be as follows:
- the water supply valve has failed;
- problems with the pressure switch;
- malfunction of the pump responsible for pumping water;
- the control unit is broken;
- the lock on the door is broken, because of what it is badly closed;
- clogged the filter net.
Regarding the last point, this is due to the fact that the water coming from the hydrosystem is not sufficiently purified. But the grinding of the mesh does not happen by accident. Usually, the user of the machine noticed earlier that water flowed badly into the drum and it filled up more and more slowly. The complete stoppage of the unit indicates that the pollution has reached a climax.
advice If the quality of your tap water leaves much to be desired, then purchase and install special filters in front of the water supply hose.
A pressure switch is a component that controls the amount of water to be recruited due to the pressure created inside it. To find out if he broke down, you need to detach the tube going to him and blow inside through the hole to which it was connected. If the part is working, then depending on the model of the machine you will hear 1, 2 or 3 clicks. In addition, the tube itself can be the reason why the washing machine does not pick up water in the drum. If a crack appears in it, through which air passes, then the system will have little pressure and the machine will not turn on the water supply.
You can check the water supply valve by applying 220 volts to its contacts. If the valve is working and connected to the water supply, you will hear a click, after which water will pour through the drum. If nothing like this has happened, the part needs to be replaced. This is a simple procedure, since the valve is easily removed if it is pinched by a screwdriver. If something happened with the lock and the door is not closed, the internal computer of the unit will consider that it is open and the automation will not work. As for the malfunction of the pump or the control unit, it's better to do nothing with them yourself, but to entrust their replacement or repair to a specialist, especially if you have little experience.
