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I have failed to empty container which holds the condensed water at bottom of dryer, also filter has not been cleaned for a while....next thing dryer wasn't heating up so i emptied both water (which normally works) container and cleaned filter but still no heat...
what could be the problem??
the water container of my dryer has some black stinks in the bottom. like when you leave water in it and the water turns into something bluish. How can I clean it?the water container of my dryer has some black stinks in the bottom. like when you leave water in it and the water turns into something bluish. How can I clean it?
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I would check the thermo fuse in the back of dryer.. its on the burner towards the top.. use omh meter and check if its good. If you dont have a meter, if very careful and just hook wires togeter and tape so nothing touches and will not short out by touching anything, bypass switch JUST to see if switch is bad! Replace it if bad
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I experienced the problem with a hotpoint TCYM 750, with the red empty water light failing to switch off. After removing the filter and cleaning it, cleaning the condenser and drying anywhere I had access to the machine still didn't heat and the light remained on. Reading the post about the machine having 3 reservoirs it struck me that one of the reservoirs may be hard to access. So I unplugged the machine and tipped it onto its front. The reservoir drained, I pushed the machine back upright and cleared up some water around the condenser. The drier now works properly and the empty water light is off - job done!
hi ime not sure but some dryers have a small tank inside at bottom with a float maybe float is stuck or if it has a pump maybe not working will have one if water tank is at top of dryer
I had this issue and the answer above about tipping your dryer / cleaning the condenser worked a treat for me. So thank you to whoever posted it. And don't forget to clean your filter, bottom front, regularly. I keep forgetting this and am sure it probably contributed to the problem.
When you say the filters are clean, do you include the condenser box? (bottom left flap on front panel) If not, take this out, it can be cleaned under a tap or outside hose. The float device in the pump reservoir has to be activated to give the signal that the container is full, there are a few possiblities
1.the pump is broken or blocked and the water is collecting in the base.
2.the drain hoses are blocked, take the drain hose out of the standpipe and blow down it, if is is clear you should hear the collected water in the base gurgle.
3. the float switch is stuck due to fluff build up from waiting too long between flushes of the condenser.
if possible put a very damp teatowel in the machine, once you have checked the above, and check that water is actually being expelled by putting the hose in a bowl.
Hope this helps.
I hate to tell you but get ready for more problems with this drier, it has a bad track record. In some cases cleaning the condensor out and drying the unit well will allow the unit to function again. Once a month you need to empty the condenser unit, this is under the bottom panel at the front of the tumble dryer, you simply pull the panel down, undo the condenser and pull it out (it is normal for there to be some water in the tubes when you do this), you then have to flush the condenser by pouring water through it in either your sink or tub. Make sure that there is plenty of room around the drier and empty the water container often. This curcuitry of this unit it sensitive to high humidity and can cause the unit to not function properly. So with condensing dryers you have to work on keeping them clean. Let me know how it goes. Later DRRXR
There are three water reservoirs - one at the bottom behind the condenser, a second at the back bottom of the machine and then a third at the top which is the one you would normally pull out to empty.
There is a hole at the bottom of the filter in the first reservoir (at the back of the condenser) which leads to the second reservoir at the back. If the hole gets clogged up with lint/muck then the reservoir at the back does not fill up.
So to solve this, unplug the machine, take out the condenser (front left bottom of the machine) reach through to the back and mop up the spare water with a towel and check that the hole to the back reservoir - you can feel this it is towards the right side at the back of the machine is clear from muck.
Once you have cleared it, water will flow to the second reservoir and then (once you switch on the machine) up to the main removeable reservoir at the top.
I've sorted mine this morning. First, disconnect from the mains - VERY important! Pull out the metal condenser unit at the bottom, and behind it, there's a small hatch in the bottom to the reservoir. This can get gunked up with water, and is very difficult to clean - HOWEVER - I've found a really easy way of cleaning it. I've got a VAX carpet washer with a hose attachment, and I simply sucked all the water out using that. If you don't own a carpet cleaner maybe borrow one. I did this this morning, and my tumble-dryer's still running happily after an hour! It is possible to clean it out without vacuum, but it takes a LOT longer, and the vacuum of the cleaner pulls out gunk that is hard to access. Another place where gunk collects is behind that hatch right at the back - there's a tube up to the right. I pulled out quite a long chunk of lint. However, that wasn't the solution on it's own, I still had to clean out the reservoir as above.
Common faults - 1 Theheating elementscan fail(meaning open circuit) 2 There arecut-outs (T.O.C's)thatmight need resetting 3 Thethermostats (stats)can tripout or burn out (meaning opencircuit) 4 Moderntumble dryers also have sensors andpcb's (Printed circuitboards)thesehaveprograms that can fail and circuitry although most should produce an errorcodeshowing you were the fault is. 5 Faultyconnections and burned wires may also bethe fault.
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the water container of my dryer has some black stinks in the bottom. like when you leave water in it and the water turns into something bluish. How can I clean it?
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