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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11370 on: February 19, 2010, 01:16:36 PM »
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11371 on: February 19, 2010, 03:01:04 PM »
Update on my washing machine situation:

I took a chance and bought a replacement pressure switch for it, but that didn't make any difference.  I checked the control module PCB for damage and didn't spot anything, tested the thermistors for the dryer and water heater and found them to be ok, checked each of the water inlet valves, the drain pump, drain hose and pressure switch air-hose without finding any problems.  I took the program-select rotary dial mechanism apart, cleaned the electrical contacts in it and reassembled it, to no avail. 

I then did some more research online and found a post on a forum where someone had found a burned-out trace on their control module PCB and had fixed their machine by repairing the trace, so I took another look my own control module and found a small scorch mark that I'd missed earlier, where a thin trace had burned out.  I soldered on a replacement jumper wire, reconnected the PCB to the washing machine, turned it on and was rewarded by the familiar and reassuring sounds of it filling with water and starting the wash cycle as it's supposed to.

A few seconds later, I heard the less welcome sounds of it gurgling to a halt and signaling an error.  Now it's flashing it's LED 7 times, which is progress of a sort.  Seems that the relay for the heater might be stuck.

Sorry the pressure switch didn't fix it.

I hope you figure it out.

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11372 on: February 19, 2010, 03:03:27 PM »
Sorry the pressure switch didn't fix it.


You broke his pressure switch?

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11373 on: February 19, 2010, 03:07:43 PM »
Sorry the pressure switch didn't fix it.


You broke his pressure switch?

Apparently, it was not broken in the first place.

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11374 on: February 19, 2010, 05:05:35 PM »
Migraine this morning :grrr:
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11375 on: February 19, 2010, 05:34:48 PM »
Update on my washing machine situation:

I took a chance and bought a replacement pressure switch for it, but that didn't make any difference.  I checked the control module PCB for damage and didn't spot anything, tested the thermistors for the dryer and water heater and found them to be ok, checked each of the water inlet valves, the drain pump, drain hose and pressure switch air-hose without finding any problems.  I took the program-select rotary dial mechanism apart, cleaned the electrical contacts in it and reassembled it, to no avail. 

I then did some more research online and found a post on a forum where someone had found a burned-out trace on their control module PCB and had fixed their machine by repairing the trace, so I took another look my own control module and found a small scorch mark that I'd missed earlier, where a thin trace had burned out.  I soldered on a replacement jumper wire, reconnected the PCB to the washing machine, turned it on and was rewarded by the familiar and reassuring sounds of it filling with water and starting the wash cycle as it's supposed to.

A few seconds later, I heard the less welcome sounds of it gurgling to a halt and signaling an error.  Now it's flashing it's LED 7 times, which is progress of a sort.  Seems that the relay for the heater might be stuck.

Sorry the pressure switch didn't fix it.

I hope you figure it out.

Now I have a spare pressure switch, for any pressure switching I want to do in the future.

I worked out which relay controlled the heating element, desoldered it, ran some current back and forth through it a few times while testing it's switching peformance and didn't find anything wrong with it, but when I soldered it back onto the PCB and turned the machine on, the machine behaved normally, filling with water and rotating the drum back and forth to agitate clothes, without giving any error code.  It might be that the relay contacts lightly welded themselves together at the same time as the PCB trace burned out, and that I unstuck them while testing it.

Things kind of went south when the machine wouldn't stop agitating and move on to the next part of it's program.  It turned out that one of the connector tabs for the heating element was broken internally, so no power was being delivered to heat the water.  Now I'm going to see if I can fix the heating element, and I'm hopeful that everything will just work after this.
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11376 on: February 20, 2010, 12:06:58 AM »
^I am hopeful, too. You have gone to a lot of trouble.
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11377 on: February 20, 2010, 02:37:25 AM »
Migraine this morning :grrr:

same

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11378 on: February 20, 2010, 03:51:19 AM »
Clearly to you

I thought it was funny though
i thought that it was clever and funny.
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11379 on: February 20, 2010, 03:52:02 AM »
Update on my washing machine situation:

I took a chance and bought a replacement pressure switch for it, but that didn't make any difference.  I checked the control module PCB for damage and didn't spot anything, tested the thermistors for the dryer and water heater and found them to be ok, checked each of the water inlet valves, the drain pump, drain hose and pressure switch air-hose without finding any problems.  I took the program-select rotary dial mechanism apart, cleaned the electrical contacts in it and reassembled it, to no avail. 

I then did some more research online and found a post on a forum where someone had found a burned-out trace on their control module PCB and had fixed their machine by repairing the trace, so I took another look my own control module and found a small scorch mark that I'd missed earlier, where a thin trace had burned out.  I soldered on a replacement jumper wire, reconnected the PCB to the washing machine, turned it on and was rewarded by the familiar and reassuring sounds of it filling with water and starting the wash cycle as it's supposed to.

A few seconds later, I heard the less welcome sounds of it gurgling to a halt and signaling an error.  Now it's flashing it's LED 7 times, which is progress of a sort.  Seems that the relay for the heater might be stuck.
bet it is as simple as a broken spring.
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11380 on: February 20, 2010, 04:21:52 AM »
Clearly to you

I thought it was funny though
i thought that it was clever and funny.

Filling the forum with spam? Really clever. ::)
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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11381 on: February 20, 2010, 04:50:55 AM »
Clearly to you

I thought it was funny though
i thought that it was clever and funny.

Filling the forum with spam? Really clever. ::)

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11382 on: February 20, 2010, 05:45:44 AM »
Clearly to you

I thought it was funny though
i thought that it was clever and funny.

Filling the forum with spam? Really clever. ::)

hardly filing the forum

it was only a few and just in that one forum


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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11383 on: February 20, 2010, 06:00:37 AM »
Clearly to you

I thought it was funny though
i thought that it was clever and funny.

Filling the forum with spam? Really clever. ::)

hardly filing the forum

it was only a few and just in that one forum



I think the point being made here is that it isn't the first time.

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Re: Just one quick bitch ...
« Reply #11384 on: February 20, 2010, 06:03:04 AM »
Whining bastards the lot of you  ::)