Should rinse water be cold?
New here so please excuse if this should be in the 'repair section'.
We have a ZWF 16581 W Jetstream. Yesterday it stopped on the 1 minute after a 'proportional load' run... ie also with no beep... (Twice) the only way to get the door open was to operate a 'drain cycle'.
Today we put it on a Cotton Normal and having completed the cycle the door beeped and opened....
My partner said the washing felt cold....
Two questions...
1. what temperature water is used in the rinse cycle? ie is it cold?
2. Is it possible that the heater is at fault which causes the door to not open at the end of the 'proportional load cycle?
Anyone experienced either of the above?
Thanks
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Rinse water is cold; last-minute stall may indicate heater circuit fault
- The problem
- A ZWF 16581 W Jetstream stopped at 1 minute remaining on a proportional load cycle twice, with no end beep, and the door only opened after using a drain cycle. On a later Cotton Normal cycle it completed and opened normally, but the laundry felt cold.
- Likely cause
- The cold laundry after completion is not evidence of a heating fault because the machine rinses several times in cold water, so laundry normally comes out cold. The accepted reply states that sticking on the last minute can be caused by various faults, including an open-circuit heating element or poor/broken connections on the heater sensor stat, but no specific fault was confirmed.
- What fixed it
- No repair was confirmed. The accepted advice was that cold laundry at the end of the wash is normal because rinse cycles use cold water. For the intermittent 1-minute stall, the strongest supported diagnosis is a possible heater circuit or heater sensor-stat connection issue, but the exact repair was not documented.
- Checks to try
- Observed machine stopping at 1 minute remaining on proportional load cycle
- Door would only open after running a drain cycle
- Observed later Cotton Normal cycle completing and door opening normally
- Laundry felt cold after cycle completion
- Parts or tools mentioned
- heating element
- heater sensor stat
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
The washing should come out cold - Should the laundry come out of washing machine warm or cold?
A washing machine sticking on the last minute can be caused by various things including an open circuit heating element and poor or broken connections on the heater's sensor stat. However, the laundry cannot come out warm because the heater is working and cold if it is not. The washing machine rinses 3 or 4 times in cold water.
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