Thread Number: 77855
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Help! My Speed Queen is dead. |
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Post# 1018914   12/23/2018 at 13:13 (1,944 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)   |   | |
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Post# 1018920 , Reply# 1   12/23/2018 at 15:01 (1,944 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1018921 , Reply# 2   12/23/2018 at 15:04 (1,944 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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I don’t know anything about the speed queen front loaders, but twice this year on service calls for washers I found the duplex receptacle that the machine was plugged into to be faulty. It had power but the receptacle was worn out and not making good connection. It may not be the solution, but it’s easy to try. I would either plug something known to work into the receptacle or temporarily run a cord from another one. Good luck!
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Post# 1018922 , Reply# 3   12/23/2018 at 15:33 (1,944 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)   |   | |
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Post# 1018923 , Reply# 4   12/23/2018 at 15:40 (1,944 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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You’re under warranty, call up your dealer and/nearest authorized SQ repair company. Mine did this multiple times, each time it required AT LEAST a new main computer lol. Make sure they use a fresh new replacement part direct from SQ if it is the computer. The older the worser for that part. Call ASAP, make sure the tech knows the front load models, they usually are familiar with the top load machines, vastly more common and a completely different animal. |
Post# 1018966 , Reply# 5   12/24/2018 at 05:27 (1,943 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Sure thing. But your under warranty, so use it. But keep us posted. |
Post# 1019906 , Reply# 6   1/2/2019 at 22:47 (1,934 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)   |   | |
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Post# 1019909 , Reply# 7   1/2/2019 at 22:57 (1,934 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 1019924 , Reply# 8   1/3/2019 at 02:21 (1,934 days old) by chetlaham (United States)   |   | |
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Post# 1019999 , Reply# 10   1/3/2019 at 17:10 (1,933 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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Post# 1020000 , Reply# 11   1/3/2019 at 17:13 (1,933 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1020013 , Reply# 12   1/3/2019 at 17:59 (1,933 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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All the larger capacity SQ FL washers had a component on the main motor board that failed and necessitated replacement of the motor board. This affects machines that were built from about two to four years ago, this is the reason that I asked the poster for the serial # of his failed machine so I could tell if this was the problem.
We have replaced more than 40 of these boards, we have never had a 2nd failure and none in machines built in the last approximately last two years. These are incredibly good heavily built washers, this board problem is in fact the only problem we have ever had with one of these newer SQ FL washers that was a result of manufacturing quality control.
Hi Henrik, you can go ahead and make cracks about SQ washers [ something you have no direct experience with ] and I will resist making cracks about your decision to buy used VWs and all their problems, something our family has lots of experience with, LOL
John L. |
Post# 1020137 , Reply# 13   1/4/2019 at 19:17 (1,932 days old) by FreshNclean (WA)   |   | |
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Aren’t they supposed to be commercial quality ? |
Post# 1020243 , Reply# 14   1/5/2019 at 17:20 (1,931 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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The presence of electrolytic capacitors in today's major appliances has a lot to do with them being unreliable. |
Post# 1020290 , Reply# 16   1/6/2019 at 01:59 (1,931 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 1020300 , Reply# 17   1/6/2019 at 06:38 (1,930 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Can agree with KB0nes here-bad electrolytics don't cause the dead condition the machine is having.Had to go back to what the trouble was. |
Post# 1020310 , Reply# 18   1/6/2019 at 08:00 (1,930 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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If it's not the electrolytic capacitors causing failures on late model Speed Queen circuit board, what is causing them to fail? |
Post# 1020336 , Reply# 19   1/6/2019 at 13:24 (1,930 days old) by FreshNclean (WA)   |   | |
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Should I plug my 1 year old speed queen front load washer into a sole surge protector to protect it? |
Post# 1020356 , Reply# 20   1/6/2019 at 16:36 (1,930 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1020491 , Reply# 21   1/7/2019 at 19:23 (1,929 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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Pray tell, what is this mystery component? |
Post# 1020496 , Reply# 22   1/7/2019 at 19:56 (1,929 days old) by mieletag (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)   |   | |
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If the control board that was replaced was the motor control board, I'll hazard a guess and say it was a failed NTC thermistor or solder joint or even circuit board trace. Most motor drives I have seen fail is usually caused by overheated thermistors and the connection to them. |
Post# 1020517 , Reply# 23   1/8/2019 at 06:01 (1,928 days old) by Rolls_rapide (.)   |   | |
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Perhaps it was one of those 4 or 8-legged transistor diode packages, which seem to get superseded by versions a tad more robust? |
Post# 1020852 , Reply# 24   1/11/2019 at 19:55 (1,925 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)   |   | |
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For your viewing pleasure. The dead board. The washer does seem to spin better now may be my imagination now. Not so quick to chicken out on heavy loads.
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Post# 1020866 , Reply# 25   1/12/2019 at 00:13 (1,925 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 1020868 , Reply# 26   1/12/2019 at 00:35 (1,925 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Hi Richard, Good to see you posting, I would be glad to send you a bad motor board [ or 5 or 10 even ] if you want to try fixing it, but I suspect it needs a fairly sophisticated part, I tried to get Core-Centrics to fix one for us and even they said they did not have the parts and expertise to do it.
John L. |