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I have an Ariston AFA 350. Can anybody tell me where I can find a list of error indications on the front panel to help me diagnose my problem?
My appliance has worked perfectly for 3 years. Today is started displaying the following symptoms:
I select a program and switch on.
The first LED goes on (fill)
The appliance makes the usual humming noise.
After a few secconds when normally I will hear water sloshing around, the unit beeps and stops. The first LED goes off and the seccond LED (wash) flashes about once a seccond.Filters are clean and all the buttons are in the right setting.
Can any body help figure this out?
Thanks.
Re: Ariston AFA 350 – Error – Water not pumping
Neon number two flashing indicates a fill valve related fault. Valve may be breaking down under load if it starts to fill initially.
Re: Ariston AFA 350 – Error – Water not pumping
Thanks Iadom! That info should help. The unit does not start to fill initially though. It runs through the symptoms completely dry.
Cheers,
Chris
Re: Ariston AFA 350 – Error – Water not pumping
Hi,
I have had a closer look at the machine. It does indeed appear to start to fill. I just coulddn’t see with the filter set in place. I’m not fluent in dishwasher component terminoligy so can I just check, when you say fill valve – are you talking about the main inlet valve? That unit appears to switch over fine when 240V is applied. I have tried stemming the flow into the dishwasher to try to induce the error earlier but this has no effect.
This is what happens as best as I can describe:
-Program set.
-Drain unit activates
-After 30 secconds or so the inlet valves open no problem and water feeds via the salt compartment into the base of the filter set in the bottom of the dishwasher. The drain unit continues throughout.
-After a furhter 30 secconds the display changes to flashing green ‘fill’ neon. The inlet valves close, water stops and the drain unit continues.
-The drain continues a while longer and stops.
-Flashing ‘fill’ continues.
Also, this could be related. There is a shot glass size nossle with several holes in the back of the dishwasher which sits under the rotating arms. This is attached on the underside to a hose which I just discovered has lost it’s connection at the other end. So presumably if the dishwasher had ever filled up, the water would have drained out all over the kitchen. From my vantage points I can’t see where it should be connected to. Any hints?
Cheers,Chris
Re: Ariston AFA 350 – Error – Water not pumping
It sounds as though you are describing the overflow system, it does not have a connection at the lower end. Overfill or more commonly oversoaping associated with 3 in 1 or 4 in 1 tablets will lead to water running into the base which should then trip the float switch, energize the drain pump and flash an error message. This should be a different one to your error code but error codes are not always 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} accurate. Is there any sings of water in the base, does any water run out from underneath if you tilt the machine to one side or backwards?
Re: Ariston AFA 350 – Error – Water not pumping
Yep, of course you must be right about the pipe being for overflow. I didn’t think it through before the end of my posting.
There are minor traces of overflow in the base. Long dry as they are covered in dust. I had the machine tilted in all directions last night and no water came out.
Presumably there is a valve that should switch over between the fill and wash cycles that should stop back-flow to the salt container. Could that cause the error if it’s not closing after fill?
I’ll try to get access to the rest of the valves tonight for a test. After that it’s probably time to bite the bullet and get someone in.
Cheers!
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