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My uncle told me to always check the drain pump filter first on a washer that won't spin...
He said it like it was a law, and I rolled my eyes because the error code pointed to the motor. Spent an hour taking the back panel off, testing wires... nothing. Finally, I pulled the filter and found a kid's sock and about $2.37 in change jammed in there. The machine ran fine after I cleared it. Anyone else have a 'simple' tip they ignored that came back to bite them?
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the_robin21d ago
Two dollars in change is a weirdly specific amount to find in there.
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mark_thompson21d ago
Honestly though, sometimes those error codes are just flat out wrong.
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phoenix_singh2521d ago
Nah, those codes are almost always pointing at the real problem. The computer is reading live data we can't see. Maybe @the_robin found weird change, but a sensor finding a weird voltage is solid info. People blame the code when they don't want to trace the wiring or check the simple stuff first. It's a clue, not a lie.
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