KDS-18 timer question

Sorry everyone for being such a pain, but I'm new to the KDS world and appreciate all the help you can offer me to help keep my machine running for many years to come.

My 58 is behaving a little bit strange I believe. In a "Normal" cycle, after the second pre-wash drain, sometimes the timer seems to repeat the same 90 second increment and activate the drain solenoid a second time. This doesn't always happen though, as sometimes it will drain and then begin the third pre-wash fill, and according to the service manual timer chart, that is the correct sequence. There is a rapid advance that happens at this point right before the drain though, so I'm wondering if the advance is maybe stopping in between increments? Has anybody seen behavior like this from a KDS-18 timer before and is it something I should be concerned about?


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Post# 662943 2/27/2013 at 22:29 (4,068 days old) by barcoboy (Canada)
Checkrate/Likes Sorry everyone for being such a pain, but I'm new to the KDS world and appreciate all the help you can offer me to help keep my machine running for many years to come. My 58 is behaving a little bit strange I believe. In a "Normal" cycle, after the second pre-wash drain, sometimes the timer seems to repeat the same 90 second increment and activate the drain solenoid a second time. This doesn't always happen though, as sometimes it will drain and then begin the third pre-wash fill, and according to the service manual timer chart, that is the correct sequence. There is a rapid advance that happens at this point right before the drain though, so I'm wondering if the advance is maybe stopping in between increments? Has anybody seen behavior like this from a KDS-18 timer before and is it something I should be concerned about?

Post# 664885 , Reply# 1 3/10/2013 at 11:38 (4,057 days old) by barcoboy (Canada)
Checkrate/Likes Well, I ran my first Soak and Scrub cycle last night, and the timer behaved and advanced normally throughout the cycle, including the 2nd drain/3rd prewash fill portion. I guess I'll just have to keep my eye on it. As long as it doesn't get stuck at this interval and keeps repeating the 2nd drain, I don't care if it occasionally does the drain twice.