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Every now and then I’ll run across this. The complaint is the customer smells burning- possibly rubber or electrical. The machine works fine.
What I sometimes find is that the smell is coming from the lid switch area, and either the connector to the switch is burned or both the connector and switch are burned. Sometimes this observed and one can see the charring of the connector. But sometimes it’s not visible. An easy way to tell is to simply remove the connector, and if the connector is r
I went on a Whirlpool dishwasher that was giving the homeowner an intermittent F8E4 error. The F8E4 error is an “overflow” error, which actually is any condition that causes water to exit the unit and spill into the drain pan, this in turn causes the float in the pan to rise up and trigger the float switch, which triggers the board that there is a flood condition. The unit will then exit the cycle and begin the flood sequence of running the drain pump continuously, the display will flash the F8E
As you’ve probably seen, the new Whirlpool dryer timers have not been very robust and are prone to several failures. These failures include: no heat, intermittent heat, not advancing the cycle, and not ending the cycle.
A service call yesterday was for a “not drying clothes” complaint. Now I normally associate a dryer that’s heating but not drying clothes as a possible exhaust restriction, and that would be my first test- airflow. BUT, when it’s a Whirlpool built unit with a timer- the firs
By Son of Samurai in Appliance Repair Tech Tips3 comments