Drying Cycle Needs Water WT2780

This thread was marked as solved. Here's a summary of the problem and the fix, generated from the discussion below.

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