Using machine without drum paddles
I removed a paddle from my Hotpoint machine last week to get a piece of underwire out that got stuck under the drum. This was all fine but the retaining clips snapped on the paddle. There was loads of scum stuck under the paddle so I removed the other 2 to clean. All of them broke and I ordered replacements, but our post is really slow at the moment and washing is building up. Could I safely use the machine with the paddles missing if I put larger items in the machine which arent likely to be sucked through the small gaps from the paddles?
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Hotpoint washing machine should not be used with drum paddles removed
- The problem
- The user removed all three drum paddles from a Hotpoint washing machine to clean underneath and retrieve an underwire, but the retaining clips broke. Replacement paddles had been ordered, and the user asked whether the machine could be used temporarily without the paddles fitted.
- Likely cause
- With the paddles missing, the openings left in the drum may allow laundry to be forced through, especially during spin, and sharp edges could tear fabrics.
- What fixed it
- Do not use the washing machine until the replacement drum paddles are fitted. The accepted advice was that running it without the paddles could damage clothing.
- Checks to try
- Paddles were removed to retrieve a stuck underwire
- Retaining clips on the paddles snapped
- Scum was found under the paddles
- Replacement paddles were ordered
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Replacement drum paddles
3 Answers
No sorry, it would rip your clothes to shreds
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I didn't even consider that!! Thank you, you've just saved me wrecking a lots of clothes! I'll just have to be patient.
If there are holes underneath the paddles that are larger than the holes in the drum and especially if they are sharp then laundry will get forced through them and may tear it if the hole is large enough quite a chunk of laundry can be forced through (especially in spin) and can catch in the heating element or bracket.
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