Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

[iadom]

Ist call of six this morning was to a Hotpoint washing machine. She also mentioned a fault on a built in Indesit dishwasher. Sadly she didn’t mention this on the phone so I didn’t have any time to have a proper look at it.

Model DI450. 3rd light ( A02 ) flashing. Now according to our ‘in house’ fault code guides this is basically a heater fault.

Heating system failure – the dishwasher does not heat the water
•Check water heating element
•Check thermostats or thermistors
•Check wiring
•Check pressure sensor
•Check safety thermostat
•Check heater relay on control board

However in the actual DI450 manual it has this.

Light 3..A02. Solenoid valve letting by.
Inlet valve, connections, heater open circuit,
heater Earth fault, inlet valve letting by.

WTF does letting by mean????

It is definitely not filling when off. 😕

Jim.

[ELDAR59]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

letting by is exactly that jim. allowing water into the machine without the valve being energised. 😕

cheers

[Martin]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

iadom wrote:It is definitely not filling when off. 😕

You missed that bit Alf, Jim already sussed that one. 😀

[ELDAR59]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

sorry martin, i thought jim was asking what letting by meant! 😕 😕

[ELDAR59]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

if there’s irony in here somewhere, then i’m missing it!

[iadom]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

I don’t know about irony but Turkey fat has something to do with it.

[ELDAR59]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

the valve is letting turkey fat into the dishwasher???

no wonder it’s not working then. 😆 😆 😆

[iadom]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

Apparently she said it was fine until she accidentally spilled Turkey fat over the controls. :eeek:

All will be revealed, her husband will have to drag it out, he did the install and its a woeful job. :rolls:

Watch this space. 😀

Jim.

[ELDAR59]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

yes jim, keep us abreast of the situation, it sounds like a real baster of a job.
sounds like your best winging your way out of there mate. 😆 😆

[iadom]

Re: Solenoid valve ‘letting by’ ????

:clown:

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