SMart Drive LW015 Problems

[trance4u]

Good Morning All
Aa having trouble with the above machine. It stops through the last part of the spin cycle and is constantly beeping about 2 beeps per second with the code 8 light up, if I press the start/pause button the code changes to 9 and the beeping goes to 1 beep per second or there abouts.
The machine is stubbornly leaving water in the bottom of the bowk when we try and restart and sometimes it takes about 3 attempts to het is partially dry. All help is really appreciated.
Can you also cc the reply to smith@clear.net.nz

Thanks

Steve AKA Trance4u

[Penguin45]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

Sounds like a blockage to me……. Have you run the diagnostics to check?

Penguin45.

[trance4u]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

Good Afternoon All
Yes I have just run the diagnostic and the code that comes up is 37

What do I have to do?

Smiles
Steve

[Penguin45]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

37 is the pump block error. You say that the water will eventually go, so the pump does presumably run. It may be overheating and shutting down on it’s TOC after a short period. Most likely is you haver some sort of obstruction (lost a sock? 😀 ).

Drain out all the water. Access pump from underneath – it is a twist fit for removal. Check that the pump has not been leaking and is free to spin, remove any foreign bodies from the pump chamber.

Power off, of course.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[trance4u]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

Thanks Penguin45 🙂
I will be going over to my Father-in-laws tomorrow. And will drop the maching on its side to gain access to the pump and see what I find.
When it pumps initially the water flow is really great, it just seems to stop and never gets the bowl entirely empty. Here’s hoping it is a Sock 😮

Any special tools required or will a selection of screwdrivers and pliers suffice?

SmileS 😆 Steve

[Penguin45]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

trance4u wrote:Any special tools required or will a selection of screwdrivers and pliers suffice?

Should be enough – good flow dropping off suggests a foreign body being sucked into the housing and strangling the flow.

Bearing in mind what I said about water damage and overheating, you should be able to solve this. 😀

Penguin45.

[trance4u]

Re: SMart Drive LW015 Problems

All Fixed… My Father-in-law has a grin from ear to ear 😀 He no longer has to take an hour or more to do the washing.

The Fault in the end was the motor wiring for the Pump motor had corroded and was shorting across the wiring and although it worked some of the time the thermal sensor, after detecting the rise in temperature, open circuited the power the power to the motor and the pump stopped. The fault was caused by the pump seal leaking, a very small amount of water, that over time caused the corrosion and failure of a 1cm section of the winding in the middle. Did not see it until I took off the cover from the pump motor, although I could smell the burnt wire.

Picked up a replacement pump, followed the GREAT instruction, and all was up and running in 30 minutes, including ringing around and finding the pump at 7pm on a friday night, in a small towm of 3000 people.

Thanks for your help Penguin45.

SmileS 🙂
SteveS 😯

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