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‘Ello everyone!
I wonder if any of you can lend me some advice please?
I have a new (well it’s not new now but I bought it new about 5 months ago) Samsung Eco Bubble 7KG washing machine. Now, when it fills, it seems to be very abrupt and it makes the water pipes shake loudly. My old Beko machine never did this, and nothing has changed all I did was take the old machine out and install the new one.
I have installed some kind of damper to the water pipe that is filled with air, apparently it is suppose to soften the shock when the valve opens in the machine to fill it, but it doesn’t work, well it did a bit for about a week, although it was still making the pipes bang just not as much. Now it’s back to how it was before.
So, is this normal with this Samsung? Is it faulty?
I had a plumber come to inspect the water pipes to make sure they were okey and secured properly still, he said they’re fine, but also said the machine isn’t faulty either. (apparently he knows about them, I have no idea if he actually does).
So, yeah any advice would be very welcome please because we can’t have the machine on if the kids are asleep which is annoying because I always liked to do the washing at night to take advantage of the cheaper electric haha.
Thanks in advance,
Rusty.Re: Samsung EcoBubble Washing Machine Help Please
I can’t see how your machine could cause that as the valve simply opens and closes, like a tap pretty much and doesn’t do much of anything else.
K.
Re: Samsung EcoBubble Washing Machine Help Please
The plumber is talking porkies, water pipes shouldn’t bang. If they do they should be secured to the wall correctly and the fixings evenly spaced, especially behind boarded panels/tiling.
That said, what you could do to improve the situation is to turn the stop cock that feeds the machine down. The typical blue lever gate valve needs the lever turning at least by 45 degrees to reduce the flow, thus reducing the likelyhood of your floppy pipes banging.
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Re: Samsung EcoBubble Washing Machine Help Please
kwatt wrote:I can’t see how your machine could cause that as the valve simply opens and closes, like a tap pretty much and doesn’t do much of anything else.
K.
Haha yeah I know…Martin wrote:The plumber is talking porkies, water pipes shouldn’t bang. If they do they should be secured to the wall correctly and the fixings evenly spaced, especially behind boarded panels/tiling.
That said, what you could do to improve the situation is to turn the stop cock that feeds the machine down. The typical blue lever gate valve needs the lever turning at least by 45 degrees to reduce the flow, thus reducing the likelyhood of your floppy pipes banging.
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Yeah I mean, I have looked at the pipes myself also, but only some of them, the plumber was here to do other work but looked at the pipes while he was here as it was those he had to make some changes to. I know they shouldn’t bang, but how comes the Dishwasher which is on the same line doesn’t do it, neither did the old machine?
Re: Samsung EcoBubble Washing Machine Help Please
Samsung seem to have a particularly aggressive valve closure,Turn the supply down slightly and that should do it.
I’ve done a few and its fixed it.
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