Currently i have the fault "Fault Water intake Open stopcock" on a pure drying cycle on a washer-dryer Miele WT2780.
This is puzzling for me. Why does it need water on a drying cycle? Is there something more wrong than a blocked water supply?
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Miele WT2780 drying cycle shows water intake/open stopcock fault
- The problem
- On a pure drying cycle, the washer-dryer displayed the fault "Fault Water intake Open stopcock", causing confusion because the user did not expect water to be needed during drying.
- Likely cause
- The accepted explanation is that this washer-dryer uses water during drying to condense steam in the condenser chamber. A blocked, closed or unavailable cold water supply is therefore the most likely cause of the fault.
- What fixed it
- Ensure the cold water supply required for the condenser drying system is available. The accepted reply explains that a small trickle of cold water is needed during the drying cycle for condensation. No further repair steps were documented.
- Checks to try
- Fault shown: "Fault Water intake Open stopcock" during a pure drying cycle
1 Answer
Hi. Condenser dryers need something cold for the steam to hit and then condense back into water. On a washer dryer this is achieved using a small trickle of cold water running into a condenser chamber.
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