Hotpoint Aquarius WF000G not hot filling

[AndrewT]

The symptoms are that at the start of a wash cycle, cold water enters through the pre-wash(?) side of the detergent tray but no hot comes through the main detergent side of the tray. As a result, the wash cycle just sits there forever, no drum movement, nothing. The amount of water in the machine is so little that you can’t even see it through the door glass.

I can manually add water (using a watering can) and once the water level reaches its ‘normal’ point the wash cycle starts. I have to do the same again at the 1st rinse stage, presumably because it uses hot water. The final rinse, which I presume is cold only, works fine.

I have cleaned the ‘trap’ out – there was loads of crap in there!

Due to a faulty lead on my DVM I mis-read the voltage across the hot fill solenoid and replaced the PCB (C00091907), d’oh! I’m using the EEPROM from the original PCB.

There is 0v across the hot solenoid at the start of the wash cycle – I’d have expected the machine to be demanding hot?!

The waste hose is not laying flat, it is routed vertically through the clips on the rear of the machine.

Not long after manually filling you can hear the heater ‘kettling’ and it does appear to heat the water OK.

Any ideas?

[johnnyj]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WF000G not hot filling

I hope you didnt pay a lot for your module, as it sounds like a fill problem the hot valve is only top up once reaching wash level. I’ll give you a clue did you check both cold solenoids.

[AndrewT]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WF000G not hot filling

johnnyj wrote:I’ll give you a clue did you check both cold solenoids.

It looks like the other cold solenoid is open circuit, excellent, thanks for the advice.

I’ve obviously misunderstood the 3 solenoids and their roles here. In particular, I thought one of the cold solenoids (the faulty one in my case) flushed through the fabric conditioner section? I presumed that the conditioner would sit there undisturbed during the main wash part of the cycle?

The PCB was £30 brand new on eBay — looks like somebody else bought one and found they didn’t need it too! If it wasn’t for the £90 charges I’d have had it fixed under warranty. Mind you, from reading on here, I’m getting the impression that these Hotpoint/Indesit/whatever machines ain’t so great.

[AndrewT]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WF000G not hot filling

Just a quick update…..

New cold fill valves fitted today and the machine is working again. thanks, Johnny.

PS. I’m still interested in understanding the roles (and approximate cycle timing) of the various detergent compartments on this machine if anyone can enlighten me. 🙂

[helo_75]

Re: Hotpoint Aquarius WF000G not hot filling

interesting question
on a normal machine , yes, two cold valves one for the drawer, and one for the conditioner

as ever with merloni, they try and change things all the time

certainly on some of the indesits, the cold water valves will fill thru either side if the drawer at first , then both activate to work together to fill the conditioner

why? im sure only the good lord knows that.. this is merloni we’re talkin about

just like machines that arent hot fill nemore!
only a matter of time before merloni change them again for some other hair-brained idea that will probably be even more unreliable

hope this helps

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