Washing machine problem: timing switch or motor?

[Meat Plow]

On a dryer, almost certainly the timer motor or its wiring.

On a washeer, did anyone mention the water level pressure switch
likely present?

A mechanical timer should continue to advance regardless of the water
level should it not?


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[Homer J Simpson]

On a washeer, did anyone mention the water level pressure switch
likely present?

Not usually intermittent which seems to be the symptom.

 

[James Sweet]

On a dryer, almost certainly the timer motor or its wiring.

I had that exact problem with an ancient GE dryer. Turned out the timer
motor winding was open, how that happened I don't know, but it was a
120V timer so maybe the dryer lost ground at some point. At any rate
after a fruitless search for a reasonably priced timer or motor I wound
up opening the motor with a hacksaw, removing the hundreds of turns of
hair thin wire from the spool then re-winding it with #28 magnet wire. I
connected the rewound motor to a 7.5VAC transformer and 3 years later
it's still working.

 

[James Sweet]

A mechanical timer should continue to advance regardless of the water
level should it not?

It depends on the washer, the timer in mine stops at various points and
waits for the cycle to complete.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

A mechanical timer should continue to advance regardless of the water
level should it not?

Not on some washers, perhaps most. To account for vaying water pressure
and thus flow rates, the timer motor power is cut off in the fill cycle
until the water level is correct for the selected size of the load. So,
if that pressure switch fails to close, there could be a mess I guess.
But if the contacts were intermittent and the logic was set up such that
the switch still prevented the timing motor from running if they opened
even during the agitate cycle, it could explain the beahvior described
by the original poster. Maybe.

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[Jack]

Not on some washers, perhaps most. To account for vaying water pressure
and thus flow rates, the timer motor power is cut off in the fill cycle
until the water level is correct for the selected size of the load. So,
if that pressure switch fails to close, there could be a mess I guess.
But if the contacts were intermittent and the logic was set up such that
the switch still prevented the timing motor from running if they opened
even during the agitate cycle, it could explain the beahvior described
by the original poster. Maybe.

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Could also be the motor is resetting the overload switch -- Result
resets switch overheats, turns the motor off, resets after cooling
down and recycles again.
Better see what's happenings with the cover of and clamp on ammeter in
place.

 

[BE]

Could also be the motor is resetting the overload switch -- Result
resets switch overheats, turns the motor off, resets after cooling
down and recycles again.
Better see what's happenings with the cover of and clamp on ammeter in
place.

Well, I solved the problem the easy way. I found a used Whirlpool washer and
dryer set (pretty old but working fine) on Craigslist from a guy who needed
to get out of his apartment by the end of the month. He was so eager to put
his apartment in clean, inspectable order that he even got a friend to help
him and they DELIVERED the set to me. He only wanted $100 (I gave him an
extra twenty and told him to take his friend to lunch for helping).

Then I put my old set up on the For Free section of Craigslist, and had 15
inquiries within a couple hours. I had a guy come by and pick them up.

Set moved in and set moved out without leaving the house!

I love Craigslist!!!

Bee

 

[Meat Plow]

Well, I solved the problem the easy way. I found a used Whirlpool washer and
dryer set (pretty old but working fine) on Craigslist from a guy who needed
to get out of his apartment by the end of the month. He was so eager to put
his apartment in clean, inspectable order that he even got a friend to help
him and they DELIVERED the set to me. He only wanted $100 (I gave him an
extra twenty and told him to take his friend to lunch for helping).

Then I put my old set up on the For Free section of Craigslist, and had 15
inquiries within a couple hours. I had a guy come by and pick them up.

Set moved in and set moved out without leaving the house!

I love Craigslist!!!

Bee

Heh, cool. There's a Freecycle list in this area. We bought a new sofa and
put the old one and love seat on it and had 50 people that wanted them.


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[neon]

go to repairclinick.com they will tell youexactly what is wrong and sell you the part cheaply.that is my advice

 

[jakdedert]

BE wrote:

Well, I solved the problem the easy way. I found a used Whirlpool washer and
dryer set (pretty old but working fine) on Craigslist from a guy who needed
to get out of his apartment by the end of the month. He was so eager to put
his apartment in clean, inspectable order that he even got a friend to help
him and they DELIVERED the set to me. He only wanted $100 (I gave him an
extra twenty and told him to take his friend to lunch for helping).

Shoot! Now we'll never know....

Then I put my old set up on the For Free section of Craigslist, and had 15
inquiries within a couple hours. I had a guy come by and pick them up.

Set moved in and set moved out without leaving the house!

I love Craigslist!!!

Me too. Had a house which we sold for the property only. We recycled
what we could, Craigslisters took much of the rest. The buyer was happy
that he only needed one dumpster to haul off the remainder.....

jak