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Thread Number: 70711
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
LG WM2650HWA - Detergent pacs clogging pump filter? |
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| Post# 936866 , Reply# 1 5/6/2017 at 22:00 (2,539 days old) by Wishwash (Indiana) | ||
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Do you use fabric softener? It also contributes to build up. | ||
Post# 936878 , Reply# 2 5/6/2017 at 22:38 (2,539 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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One, you need to do a better job of "fluffing" or whatever out your wash before it goes into tub. There shouldn't be that many rubber bands or whatever getting down into the filter area. Clean my Miele pump filter perhaps once a quarter or even less than twice a year, nothing is ever in the thing except the odd bit (dress shirt collar stay usually).
Two, if you are using "tap" cold water, depending upon your local climate and other conditions, yes, the pod may not be totally dissolving. What remains is either caught in boot and or otherwise is sucked down into the sump where it is caught by the filter. If you do mostly cold (tap or otherwise) water washing and or even warm it is strongly recommended to do a "maintenance" cycle using hot or even near boiling water. As such high temperature water drains it will help dissolve and dislodge any gunk in sump so it can be pumped down the drain. Hair, rubber bands and other sort of things are another matter. They will need to be fished out manually. | ||
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Post# 936906 , Reply# 4 5/7/2017 at 04:02 (2,539 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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If you can find a very large Pyrex measuring cup or any other that is sturdy enough to handle hot water, consider plonking the pods into said cup filled with water, stir, then pouring into dispenser as machine fills.
Even if the pod film does not fully dissolve you can always fish it out before it goes down dispenser. | ||
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Post# 936944 , Reply# 5 5/7/2017 at 09:02 (2,539 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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It's possible this was a one time occurance Too many rubber bands, or too much dog fur or something like that started to jam things up and in a short time, this mess.
A few suggestions - first, read Laundress sage advice in #936906, this thread.
1) One way to remove a lot of dog hair before washing is to put the dry blankets in the clothes dryer on air-fluff for 20 minutes. Be sure the filters and exhaust line of the dryer are really clean - if the LG pump filter looks like this, you may have a problem in the dryer. 2) This may not be possible, given family dynamics, but switching to a much higher-quality fabric softener which isn't so waxy? 3) The cleaning cycle is doing it's job - I don't know about the US versions, but the German LG cleaning instructions say to clean the pump filter after running the self-cleaning cycle. 4) There's an awful lot to be said for hot water washing with a really good enzymatic detergent as opposed to cold water dirt-redistribution. 5) Make your sister clean the filter the next time. Guaranteed to stop the rubber band in the pockets problem. | ||
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Post# 937108 , Reply# 7 5/8/2017 at 12:19 (2,538 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 937124 , Reply# 8 5/8/2017 at 14:16 (2,538 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.) | ||
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No, You're not odd! There would be absolutely no way I'd be putting dirty dogs beds into the dryer, before they're washed. Three steps: hoover the bedding - wash the bedding - dry the bedding. | ||
| Post# 937142 , Reply# 9 5/8/2017 at 16:30 (2,538 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I second that | ||
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Post# 937202 , Reply# 10 5/8/2017 at 20:09 (2,537 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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I have re-used wash water as in sudsaving......especially for washing dogs bedding....
but placing in the dryer before washing......major EWWWWWWWWWWW factor!....even my dog replies, ARF, ARF, ARF! I have had Siberians my whole life, with the double thick undercoat, a good brushing alone will result in enough fur to create another dog, and have never had an issue with any machine not being able to handle it..... | ||
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Post# 937206 , Reply# 11 5/8/2017 at 20:49 (2,537 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Local laundromat
Along with others one assumes has no end of problems with persons either brining in their pet hair laden items, and or local vet/pet sitter doing same.
One "doggy day care" used the large SQ front loader for a huge load of pet bedding. After load was finished you could see hair coating every inside surface of drum and porthole glass. Attendant put the machine into running a full "service wash" using plenty of detergent then bleach. One could see all that pet hair swishing all over. Not sure but think the attendant may have told the doggy day care to clear off, as too many customers were complaining about having to use a machine full of pet hair after he had been. IIRC one of the reasons many seek out old school top loading washers and or even wringer machines is to have something to wash things they won't put into their front loader. This includes things badly covered in pet hair. | ||
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Post# 937214 , Reply# 12 5/8/2017 at 21:57 (2,537 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Pet and Human Hair In Washer Traps Everyone is missing the point, Hair will not hurt a washer or clog the trap, the hair we see here is caught in other crap, washer traps like this are not designed to catch hair, the hair will normally flush through and down the drain. The little bit of hair in this trap is only a small fraction of all the hair this washer disposed of down the drain.
Now the big issue is to start using the washer properly, In a nut shell, Always wash in hot water, for all but small light loads do not use the normal cycle, use HD or whitest whites. Use LCB regularly and plenty of GOOD detergent, avoid cheap national brands and high cost Eco brands.
The real problem here is the outer tub and the outside of the wash basket are disgusting in this washer as well along with almost anything that has been washed in this machine. Try taking a clean bath towel out of her closet and making it damp, then put it in a plastic bag for a few days and see how it smells, with a properly washed towel it should take a week or longer for it to smell bad.
John L. | ||
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Post# 937308 , Reply# 15 5/9/2017 at 09:10 (2,537 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Oh, for goodness sake Obviously one can always wipe the dryer drum down afterwards. And let's not even bother PRETENDING there's some sort of hygiene problem - just run it at a high temperature setting for a few minutes. Sheesh. But, yes - if vacuuming is possible, that would do it, too. And y'all are OK with the bedding going into the washing machine 'that way' but not the dryer???? | ||
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Post# 937360 , Reply# 17 5/9/2017 at 13:44 (2,537 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Oh, just imagine what hair salons and pet groomers must go through?, they would have to be cleaning these out every single day, that is if they even have these sort of issues... not that its impossible for a pod, coin, paperclip get past the groove into the outer tub......seems more likely that pods are placed into the dispenser, which drops it directly into the outer tub, and directed into the sump..... seems this issue has many causes to clear up, or have it repeat over and over.... if anyone can't show respect for my machines, they wouldn't be using it..... | ||
| Post# 938050 , Reply# 18 5/12/2017 at 16:48 (2,533 days old) by Laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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