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Re: Whirlpool AWM 3000/1 washing (!!!) machine burns my clot

Took the back off the machine today to check the level control system. Not too surprisingly, the ‘air bottle’ appears spick and span (although it’s location on front of the drum makes complete inspection difficult when peering in from the back).

I pulled off the rubber tube from the bottle, tube looked fine .. and blew gently to operate the diaphragm switch and all appeared well there. A definite click on/click off

I started up my usual prograame (5 – short wash cotton) and watched the whole thing through. :rolls:

– the drum filled up to what would be well above the level of a heating element – you could see the water level through the semi-tranparent plastic outer drum casing.

– the water heated to about the right temp.

– it emptied and fill another three times for rinsing – each time the water level rose to the same level.

– nothing got burnt.

What I noticed was that the drum didn’t stop rotating for more than a few seconds the whole way through the cycle. Only at the very end – at final drain – did the drum stop for about 40 seconds. Then the proramme ended.

If the drum isn’t stopping then even a no-water/element-on situation wouldn’t give rise to clothes burning: there wouldn’t be enough time to transfer the heat through the drum and into the clothes.

On both occasions, the clothes have come out damp from the machine.

I’m at a loss. Anyone got any other ideas?

Thanks

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Re: Whirlpool AWM 3000/1 washing (!!!) machine burns my clot

Thanks for that r600a.

I’m reasonably handy mechanically so will have a go myself. Would it be obvious where the “air bottle” is if I remove the back of the machine?

(Out of interest; what’s the principle of operation of such a method of level detection?)

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Re: Miele HG03 pump runs continuously

Found the problem.

Water leaking past the salt container (whose retaining nut had somehow loosened up) ended up in the bottom of the machine. It’s presence was picked up by a safety float and caused the machine to go into pump-out mode.

*thumbs up*

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