[Lemole]

Re: Smeg Dishwasher DWF612WH

Many thanks for your reply,
I turned the machine back on again and set it to carry out a glass wash.
The drain pum commences and I can hear water being purged by the machine, after around 30 seconds I can hear intermittent inlet of water whilst the drain pump continues to run, the first LED on the machine cycle is flashing.
next the drain pump stops and water inlet commences, the 2nd LED flashes and the powder/tablet box releases, after a short time the water inlet stops and the electrical buzzing noise that I mentioned in the earlier mail commences.
have listened closely and to be honest it could be from anywhere but is loudest near the LED;s on the right hand side at the top of the door that show where the machine is in the program cycle. The machine moves no further forward at this point and just buzzes. No water being pushed around the paddles and no sounds usually associated with the wash cycle.
There is approx 1″ of water in the bottom of the machine and if left long enough does start to heat.
Never had the buzzing sound before!
Appreciate the complexity but are there any components I could check with a meter to test function or readings that I should be seeing? Just trying to troubleshoot and rule out buying anything that doesn’t need replacing!
Again, many thanks for your help!

[Lemole]

Re: Ariston AL14 – Fill problems

Tried the multimeter test this evening, removed the spade connectors just to make sure and tested each seperate solenoid with the results as follows:

Hot Inlet Solenoid Valve reading 3.48 kOhms

Cold Inlet Solenoid Valve No1 (nearest back of machine) – No Reading

Cold Inlet Solenoid Valve No2 Reading 1.92 kOhms

So, putting 2 and 2 together do you think this means that I will have to replace the Cold water solenoid valve? Don’t wish to throw good money after bad to replace this cold valve if it is not the definitive source of the problem. Machine is starting to get a bit noisy but it has given good service for 6 years and i’m reluctant to part with it if it is still servicable.

Many thanks for all assistance.
Lemole

[Lemole]

Re: Ariston AL14 – Fill problems

Thanks Penguin45, I shall test the solenoids tonight. With the power off I assume I just take the spade connectors off each of the solenoids (2 on the cold and 1 on the hot) and put the Multimeter over the contacts and note the resistance which should be between 3 and 4 ohms?

Assuming there is no problem with the Hot as it is new, could a failure of one of the cold inlet solenoids cause this filling problem? I have spent time watching the machine go through its cycles. The cold water starts to run in for around 30 to 40 seconds, pressure on both hot and cold is good, no kinks in inlet pipes etc….powder remains in the tray. I have to manually fill to get the machine to start turning but once I have done that it seems to work fine until it needs filling for the rinsing cycles. Interestingly on the very last rinse cycle, cold water runs in to the correct level. I’ll post my findings as soon as I have them this evening but wanted to check my testing method and ask the above.

Many thanks for your assistance
Lemole

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