LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING

Re: LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING

Martin,

Thanks for your help, I replaced the valve set but this did not cure the problem.

I have now checked further, and as I said previously the valve opens, and the water flows into the condenser at the start of the cycle.

The sequence seems to be when you start the drying cycle the drain pump starts for a few seconds, then stops, and then the valve supplying water to the condenser opens, after a few moments the fan starts, as soon as this fan starts the valve closes, I have checked with a Multi-meter and the 250-volts goes from the valve, the valve does not open again, so the machine trips on E10 after about 25-minutes.

I have put a constant supply to the condense valve and everything works for about 10-minutes, then the machine trips on E20 which is a drain hose or pump problem, I have checked both of these and there are no blockages, the drain pump does not start, previously it would run every 6-minutes or so.

The problem seems to be is that the drain pump does not start when on the drying cycle, so there must be some tie up between the pump starting to empty the condense water and the valve opening again to let more water to the condenser, the washing machine works fine apart from the drying cycle.

I cannot see what starts to drain pump on the drying cycle, not sure if it is some sensor or a timer, any ideas please?

Re: LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING

Martin,

Thank you for your reply, the sensor you refer too I had problems with this 2-years ago, the dryer would start not heat up, I replaced the connections with two new connections, if I remove a wire from this sensor I get the problem above and this problem is well documented on the web site.

The Pump what do you mean by TOC’s?

The pump works fine to empty the machine and it runs at the start of the drying cycle, but not once the drying cycle has started

Re: LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING

Martin,

Thanks I have looek on this site for a replacement pump, the video shows a pump at the front of the washing machine, the one I am on about is directly below the condensor, I have had this pump off and put a supply to it and it runs fine, I think the problem is the control for this pump, do you have any drawings or technical information?

Re: LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING

Martin,

Thanks for your help once again.

I have now had the pump off and run it on the bench, no problems and no blockages.

When the dryer was working correctly this pump would run every 5-minutes or so for a short while, you could hear it, now it does not run at all on the drying cycle although it’s OK on the washing cycle, empties the washer OK.

Something must tell this pump to when to run on the drying cycle, this I believe is the problem, I have removed the filter at the front of the washing machine, and at the start of the drying cycle this pump runs for about 5-seconds, then stops this has always been the case, but once the drying cycle gets underway it does not run again, any ideas? What gives it the signal to run?