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Aqualits Problem - Leak ? PCB problem?
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Post# 581866   3/12/2012 at 05:31 (4,421 days old) by mrx ()        

We have a Hotpoint (Ariston) Aqualtis 1600 RPM 8kg which is a few years old but, has been in storage for quite some time. (2 years!). It was fully drained, transit bolts fitted, filter and drawer were removed to allow air circulation and prevent mould growth and it was absolutely perfect when it was restarted recently. Clean and fresh inside!

We moved it into our new house, set it up and powered it up and it worked fine, but then reported F18 - "The washing machine is blocked.." error message.

This was a little weird as the pump chamber seemed fine, however I suspect that the problem may have been that someone ran a Fast-Wash cycle with 2 X dissolve in the drawer Persil tablets. I think they failed to dissolve and temporarily clogged the sump.

Anyway, the machine kept reporting the same error message just before the spin cycle so, someone got the bright idea of back flushing the drain hose with water from the tap. It cleared the blockage, but I think it might have caused a little water to spray from the connection of the drain hose to the pump and into the bottom of the machine. I don't think the clips are designed to hold back slightly higher pressure water.

The machine then started showing weird malfunctions like it was just stopping during the spin, going blank then switching itself off and on again!

I unplugged it, as I didn't want any damage to the electronics and let it dry out over night and it seems to be having quite normally now.

Is there anything I should test / check ?

E.g. would it be worth flipping it onto its side (slightly) and drying the PCB with a slightly warm hairdryer?

Obviously, I will check the clips on the drain hose etc later on.

Hopefully it dries out fully and starts working properly again.

Is there any possibility that the ball valve could be misbehaving because it was allowed to fully dry out for so long (2 years) ? Would that prevent the machine draining quickly / produce error messages?







Post# 582001 , Reply# 1   3/12/2012 at 18:55 (4,420 days old) by mrx ()        

Tested it again, and it got through the first bit of the wash cycle normally.

Then the power started randomly switching on/off - drum light on/off etc

Any ideas?

This seems to happen when the pump starts.



Post# 582183 , Reply# 2   3/13/2012 at 15:52 (4,419 days old) by ariston4life ((Dublin) Ireland)        

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hmmm sounds a bit odd alright... i reckon it could be the pcb though from the symptoms you described.

Post# 582377 , Reply# 3   3/14/2012 at 13:30 (4,418 days old) by electron1100 (England)        
Testing

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My first test would be to electrically disconnect the pump and see if the problem still occurs when the machine qoes to pump out, obviously it cannot drain water so you will have to lay the hose on the floor or re-connect the pump

If the fault doesnt show up then maybe you do have a faulty pump

thats were i would go with this one, and after this i would gladly take it to the tip coz i hate my aqualtis



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