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If one is careful about emptying pockets, putting small items into net bags (especially brassieres with wire supports), and so on there shouldn't be anything to be caught by front loader's sump/drain area.

My Miele and AEG all have drain "filters" that one is supposed to check and clean now and then. Have found nothing in years of using each except maybe odd button worked lose during laundering.

Many of course don't follow such instructions and that's where trouble starts. Infant socks, those infamous wires from brassiere and other bits sooner or later end up working their way down into pump "filter" area. At best customer themselves can clear area of offending pieces. Other times a service call out is done where tech pulls out all sorts and owner has sheepish look on their faces "how did that get there?".

On commercial/industrial/laundromat washers that don't have pumps but drain into a pit or trough you find all sorts. Coins, buttons, small bits of clothing...

On h-axis washers without rubber door boots (such as Asko and nearly all commercial, OPL and industrial washing machines) it is perhaps bit more important to clear pockets and so forth.


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Post# 1182282 6/11/2023 at 09:38 (321 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)
Checkrate/Likes Interesting article but I will never buy a Front Loader without a pump filter access door. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bajaespuma's LINK

Post# 1182286 , Reply# 1 6/11/2023 at 11:03 (321 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)
Checkrate/Likes 2 *Front load washers, pump protectors* Hi Ken, these are not filters they�re pump protectors to keep for an objects out. The majority machines will never need this clean in the life of the machine. I agree I do like access by far the best way to do it is to have a removable panel then you can get to the pump the trap and everything else, the machines that just have a little door with a filter access offer a little value. The best design is something like the Speed Queen where you can remove the whole lower panel with just two screws you can get to the hose you can pinch off the hose if there�s a drainage problem and change the pump etc. without having to wait to drain the water for an hour through a little tiny hose , Speed Queen�s pump protector is a design that I�ve almost never seen anything get caught in it it�s not a filter in any sense of the word.

Post# 1182324 , Reply# 2 6/11/2023 at 19:05 (321 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There�s a Lady on Stage)
Checkrate/Likes 2 If one is careful about emptying pockets, putting small items into net bags (especially brassieres with wire supports), and so on there shouldn't be anything to be caught by front loader's sump/drain area. My Miele and AEG all have drain "filters" that one is supposed to check and clean now and then. Have found nothing in years of using each except maybe odd button worked lose during laundering. Many of course don't follow such instructions and that's where trouble starts. Infant socks, those infamous wires from brassiere and other bits sooner or later end up working their way down into pump "filter" area. At best customer themselves can clear area of offending pieces. Other times a service call out is done where tech pulls out all sorts and owner has sheepish look on their faces "how did that get there?". On commercial/industrial/laundromat washers that don't have pumps but drain into a pit or trough you find all sorts. Coins, buttons, small bits of clothing... On h-axis washers without rubber door boots (such as Asko and nearly all commercial, OPL and industrial washing machines) it is perhaps bit more important to clear pockets and so forth.