Intermittent filling
Hello. I'm wondering if anyone can help please.
I have an LG direct drive (Inverter) machine, approx two years old.
When filling the machine, the fill stops and starts half a dozen times before continuously filling to the correct fill amount. My question is, why does the fill stop and start? It fills for a second or two then stops, then the same again and so on until filling as normal.
It has done this since new.
I don't think this is normal but any help appreciated.
Thanks, Mike
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Intermittent stop-start filling on LG direct drive washing machine appears normal
- The problem
- An LG direct drive (Inverter) washing machine, about two years old, stops and starts filling several times before then filling continuously to the correct level. The behaviour has been present since new.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply says this is unlikely to be a fault because it has behaved the same way since new. The stop-start filling was described as normal operation, with the machine filling for several seconds while also energising the pump to flush through before starting properly. A poor connection on the water valve was mentioned only as a possible cause if repeated stopping developed as a fault, but this was not supported here.
- What fixed it
- No repair was recommended. The accepted advice was that the behaviour is normal and not likely to indicate a fault in this case.
- Checks to try
- Machine fills to the correct amount
- Behaviour has been present since new
- No change in operation over approximately two years
1 Answer
Hello Mike. If it's done it since the beginning and hasn't changed in 2 years then it seems unlikely to be a fault. It is normal for a washing machine to fill up with water for several seconds whilst energising the water pump to sort of just flush things through a bit before starting properly. Normally if it keeps stopping might indicate a poor connection on the water valve but you would have expected by now that it would have packed in properly was that.
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