Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

[darldez1]

Hi,

I have the above machine which has just started to leave the washing soaking wet at the end of the wash.
My initial response was to check the drain function.
I checked the drain filter and removed some debris which I thought could be causing the problem.
As a further check I decided to check the machine was pumping out and detatched the drain pipe from the rear outlet pipe and ran a rinse/drain – all ok.
I then ran water through the drain pipe to confirm there was no blockage further on and all was clear.
After a dummy run it was still clear that the washing was wet and it dawned on me that I hadn’t noticed it run up to full speed on the spin.
A dummy run has confirmed this.
Any advice towards helping me pinpoint the exact problem would be much appreciated (p.s. I have ran the diagnostic check given here and all appeared fine}.

Thanks in advance for any pointers,

Darren

[darldez1]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Anyone, anything?

[philfish]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Hi, perhaps it is an un balanced load?
What you washing / testing in it?

Phil

[darldez1]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the response.

I was originally testing a woollen jumper in it, which I suppose could unbalance it, however the dummy run was carried out empty and it still wouldn’t reach fast spin and my wife had noticed the problem over a number of washes of varying loads.

It is running now with a fairly light load and I’ve heard it spin up to what I would say is the fastest I’ve heard it run.

Not sure if its worthy of mention but I’d noticed during testing that the digital timer seemed to freeze and so took longer to countdown than displayed – could this point to an erratic pcb/control?

Thanks again for taking time to respond.

Darren

[philfish]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Hi, It won’t spin a single woollen jumper by itself a, because it will be out of balance and b, because a woolen programme does not have a high spin.
If it is spinning with a light load try putting a full load in because a light load can also send the drum out of balance, the machine will try and balance the load but if the clothes are altogether and the other half the drum is empty it will struggle to even the load out.
Without seeing it I can not comment if it is pcb fault but I doubt it is. The machine will adjust the time according to the load and if it thinks it as washed it sufficiently enough or spun it correctly etc there are numerous things that will make the machine adjust its time.
Hope that helps,
Cheers
Phil.

[darldez1]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Cheers Phil,

That makes sense, however it was just on a rinse and spin option at the time and not woollen.

Perhaps I’m comparing it too much to other machines we’ve had in the past – I’d never had this had this type of problem before, we’d just throw anything in and they seemed to get on with it.

I assume these have a load sensor (or something) then that previous machines would not have had?

Darren

[philfish]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Hi, yes they monitor the load usually via the tacho on the motor to sense out of balance or uneven loads etc, bit of a safety feature to save the machine jumping around the room and causing damage.

Phil

[darldez1]

Re: Whirlpool AWO D6707 – Spin fault?

Phil,

Thanks again for your time/advice.

Darren

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