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QUESTIONS?
USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER
PROBLEM
WASHER
OR DRYER
WON'T
START
WON'T
DRAIN
WATER LEAKS
WASHER
WON'T
SPIN AND
COMPLETE
CYCLE
CLOTHES
ARE
ABNORMALLY
WET AFTER SPIN
APPLIANCE
IS
NOISY
WATER DOES NOT
ENTER OR ENTERS
SLOWLY
WATER
TEMPERATURE
INCORRECT
WASHER
PAUSES
IN CYCLE
POSSIBLE
CAUSE
• Make sure controls are properly
set and washer Cycle Selector
is pulled out or dryer
START button is pushed.
• Appliance
unplugged.
Make sure cord is firmly plugged
into electrical
outlet.
• No power to appliance.
Check fuses and circuit breakers
to make sure appliance
is
getting current.
• Dryer door is open. Dryer will not run with door open. Make sure washer lid is closed.
Washer will fill but will not spin with lid open.
• Make sure both hot and cold faucets
are turned on.
• Kinked
or pinched hose. Check and correct.
• Top of drain outlet should be less than 8 feet above the floor.
• Make sure hose connections
are tight at faucets.
• Make sure end of drain hose is correctly
inserted into and secured to drain facility.
• Lid not closed. Washer will not progress
through spin cycle with lid up. Make sure lid
is closed. Lid will be automatically
locked during spin portion for safety.
• Load may have been excessively
out of balance. Redistribute
clothes and rerun through
final spin.
• Heavily unbalanced
loads can cause the washer to vibrate excessively
dining spin. and
may cause it to move from its original position. To correct, open the lid and redistribute
the load evenly about the wash basket. Close the lid and restart.
• Metallic "clicks" heard as timer advances during operation
are normal.
• Uneven floo_: Make sure appliance is level and firm to floo_:
• Faucets turned off. Make sure faucets are on and adjusted correctly.
• Hoses kinked. Check and correct.
• Clogged screen in water valve. Unscrew fill hose from washer and clean screen if
necessary.
When reassembling,
make hand tight plus 1/3 turn with pliers.
• Faucets not adjusted to give desired temperature.
Readjust them.
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• Household
water heater not set to deliver correct temperature--140
to 150 F.
(60 ° to 66°C. _.Reset it.
• Water valve screens may be clogged. Remove inlet hoses fl'om water valve. Clean
the screens and reinstall the hoses.
• Make sure selector controls are properly set.
• Make sure hoses are connected
to correct faucets--hot
to hot. cold to cold.
• Washer normally
pauses about 1/2 minute in progressing
from one portion of its cycle
to the next.
• Alternate
pauses in the agitation are normal in the delicate wash cycle. Agitation will
resume in 1-2 minutes.
• The brief pause in the final s pin of each cycle is normal operation for this washe_:
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