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Thread Number: 41046
KDS-18 "Rinsed Only" light comes on for no reason? |
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| Post# 607031 6/29/2012 at 08:44 (4,318 days old) by alabamboy () | ||
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Any ideas guys? | ||
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| Post# 607154 , Reply# 2 6/29/2012 at 16:43 (4,317 days old) by alabamboy () | ||
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I'll pull the control panel off this weekend and take a look, its sort of weird, the light comes on, but not fully, sort of dim. When I run a Rinse Hold cycle, it comes on fully when I open the door, but remains dimly lit when I close it.? | ||
Post# 607242 , Reply# 4 6/30/2012 at 08:30 (4,317 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 The Rinsed Only light is activated or deactivated by mechanical linkage to the buttons. It's not necessary to actually run Rinse/Hold to completion to activate it, or run any other cycle to completion to deactivate. Simply pressing the buttons should do the trick. Open the door. Close the door handle (with the door open). Press Rinse/Hold (the machine won't actually run with the door switch not triggered). Raise the handle and the Rinsed Only light should be on. Close the door handle again. Press any cycle button except Rinse/Hold. Raise the door handle, and the Rinsed Only light should be off. | ||
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Post# 607408 , Reply# 5 7/1/2012 at 06:58 (4,316 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Guys, from the description it sounds more like an electrical issue, no? If the light is coming on "dim" when it should be off it sounds like a short to me. | ||
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Post# 607450 , Reply# 7 7/1/2012 at 13:23 (4,316 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Dim Rince Only Light
You are getting a slight feed through of voltage through the selector switch which is just enough to cause the light to light slightly. You can try one of several things to correct this or leave it alone as it won't hurt a thing, 1 paint the bulb black so you will only see it when it is on fully, 2 replace the selector switch or try to clean the dirty contacts by flushing contact cleaner through the switch, 3 Try connecting a 100 watt light bulb to the wires that go to the RO light, doing this might burn the dirt off the sel sw contact that is allowing voltage to bleed through to the light, 4 Add a voltage dropping resistor in series with the RO light.
You could also try replacing the light package itself as the RO light could have become too sensitive to voltage [ although I think this is pretty unlikley, but I have seen stranger things ] | ||
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