Some people who have automatic washing machines at their disposal occasionally begin to worry about one question - why does the washing machine not pick up the powder and wash the conditioner out of the tray? This issue doesn't come up often, but it does happen. Let's see why this happens and what to do about it.
How is the process of taking powder and conditioner
Automatic washing machines are equipped with drawers for washing powders and conditioners. Inside each tray there are three or four compartments for different washing cycles. But most often there are three of them - powder for pre-soaking is poured into one compartment, powder for the main wash is poured into another compartment, and air conditioner is poured into the third compartment.
During the washing process, water enters the tray compartments, which washes powders and conditioners into the washing machine tank. In order to figure out why the washing machine does not wash off the washing powder, we need to know the design features of the trays. In total there are two main modifications:
- With one inlet valve;
- With multiple intake valves.
Trays for washing powders, into which water is poured through one valve, are quite complicated.In them, a jet of water moves from one compartment to another with the help of a mechanical device - such trays are in machines with mechanical control. During the washing process, the water flow is controlled by a special guide connected to the control mechanism.
A broken guide will cause water to flow through one compartment all the time, for example, for prewash.And when the turn of the main cycle comes, the water will flow through the previous compartment, resulting in powder will remain after washing in the washing machine. If this nevertheless happened, you need to remove the top cover and figure out why the elements that position the place of water injection into the tray do not work.
Trays on modern electronically controlled washing machines are arranged much simpler - several solenoid valves are installed here that control the supply of water to certain compartments. One valve supplies water to rinse the prewash powder, the second valve supplies water to rinse the main wash powder, and the third valve supplies the rinse water to the conditioner tank.
Accordingly, if the washing machine does not pick up powder or conditioner, then we can sin on broken valves. The reverse situation can also occur due to the same malfunction - The machine will fill with water even when it is turned off.until you turn off the water supply faucet. But before that, we need to make sure that the reason lies precisely in the valves - for this, you should carefully read the next paragraph and diagnose washing machine.
Why does the powder in the washing machine not go away
If the detergent does not wash out of the washing machine tray, then the problem may be low water pressure - as we remember, the minimum pressure is indicated in the passports from the equipment. A weak pressure simply cannot wash the powder out of the tray properly, as a result of which it will remain on its walls.
Here we smoothly move on to the next problem - to clog the tray. And this problem can follow from the previous problem. If the tray is clogged with clods of washing powder, then we need not only to remove it, but also take care of eliminating the cause of the blockage. To do this, you need to check the pressure and deal with the washing powder and its quality.
If during the visual inspection it turns out that water does not flow through the tray at all, then the matter is in the inlet solenoid valve. But we will feel it in advance - because of the broken valve, we simply will not hear the sound of water in the tray. Individual machines equipped with self-diagnosis can tell about the problem on their own. Valve repair most often comes down to replacing it. Less commonly, the reason for the inoperability of the valve is the lack of supply voltage from the control board.
If the washing machine does not pick up the air conditioner, then the problem is most often in faulty valves or clogged tray.Often, careless actions of users lead to blockages when washing powder gets into the air conditioner compartment.
How to eliminate the cause
If the washing machine does not leave the powder, proceed to troubleshooting:
- If there are no water flows in the trays, we check the inlet solenoid valves (you can use a multimeter) and clean the inlet filter. We also check external filters, taps and the presence of pressure in the inlet hose;
- It is more difficult to deal with weak water pressure - if the pressure is weak not due to clogged filters, you will have to contact the housing office or the management company so that they can deal with the insufficient water pressure.If there is no reaction from the authorities responsible for the water pressure, we proceed to the extreme measure and install a booster pump in the apartment or house to increase the water pressure (this is not illegal, but at the time of operation of such a pump, the water pressure of the nearest neighbors will drop even more);
- If a blockage has formed in the tray, but the water pressure in the house is sufficient, you need to try using a different powder - it is quite possible that you ran into counterfeit products of extremely poor quality.
As practice shows, most often the problem with powder leaving is associated with low water pressure in the water supply and with the quality of the powder - Say what you like, but the quality of the public infrastructure in our country remains low. And no one has canceled the counterfeit yet.
