Probably, every owner is already accustomed to the fact that there are household appliances in his house, which makes his life much easier, helps in cleaning and other tidying up. In some places, she frees the owner from any physical exertion, allowing him to save time on his personal affairs.
The same washing design basically does the most difficult job in the house: it washes, wringes, rinses, at this time the owner only needs to load the contaminated items into the drum and at the end of the washing process just take them out. The hostess, one might say, only opens and closes the doors, and in that saved period of time between these two points she is engaged in her personal affairs.
To our regret, washing machines can break or malfunction, like other elements of household appliances. For example, with a washing machine, such a failure may occur when the loading door does not open, which makes it impossible to get or load laundry. The question is brewing, how to open the door of the washing machine if it is locked?
Reasons for blocking the loading hatch
Basically can be divided reasons for two groups: this is natural causes and causes of any breakdown.
The first group of reasons includes the following cases when the loading hatch door of the washing unit may be blocked due to a power failure, or such behavior of the design (or similar) is already provided by the manufacturer.
Cases when:
- Locking the door after the end of the wash scheduled;
- There is some water left in the tank of the washing structure, which prevents the door from opening;
- Failures of the electric power (electricity).
If your washing machine does not open its loading door for the above reasons, then unlocking this phenomenon will be very simple.
However, if the door is blocked for reasons of the second group, then there will be more problems than expected. The causes of the second group include breakdowns:
- Loading door handles:
- Devices for blocking the loading hatch (blocker).
- Electronics.
To open a door blocked for such reasons, you will need various tools and tricks. Naturally, broken parts will need to be replaced, and in general, there should not be huge difficulties with opening the loading hatch after the end of the washing process as a result of blocking due to failure of various elements of the washing structure.
So, let's start looking at ways to open locked doors. Everything will go in order of increasing complexity.
How to open the loading hatch
In order to quickly unlock the door of the washing unit, you need to think over and understand why the system failed and why the hatch does not open. Remember, the further decision depends on the cause.
Door lock due to natural causes
First you need to deal with such a moment when the door of the loading hatch of the washing machine will be blocked on purpose (after the end of the washing process, the hatch will not open immediately for you). This phenomenon is pretty standard. A large number of appliances of different models open the door within one to three minutes after the end of washing. Sometimes the delay is a little longer.
If your washing machine does not immediately open the door for you after washing, then it is better to wait a little longer. It is possible that even after a sufficiently large amount of time has elapsed, your hatch has not opened; for this, it is necessary to disconnect the washing structure from electricity for thirty or more minutes. After such a moment, she should return to duty again.
There are cases that during the washing process can turn off the light, respectively, a failure in the washing unit system may occur. The loading door may become blocked and cannot be opened. The solution to this problem will be the activation of any washing program. For example, you can put the washing structure on the spin cycle, after which you can open the loading door in the usual way.
Also, the door cannot be opened if, after the end of the washing process, water left in the drum. The system will not unlock the doors until the water inside is drained. You can drain the water from the washing unit through a special drain hose, or a drain pipe or pipe. After that, you will be able to open the hatch and get the washed clothes. Let's look at this case, where what is located and how what is opened.
Some assistants are equipped with special tube, which is located near the filter, under the cover. In order to get to this tube, you need to open the cap filter and get it. Before draining the water from the drum, it is necessary to prepare a container for water. It remains only to remove the plug. There is no need to untwist, unscrew and disassemble anything. The only negative is that the water can drain for quite a long time in this way.
The most convenient way to drain water is to use drain hose. True, the downside is that the hose is installed at the bottom of the washing structure. In this scenario, the water will be drained by disconnecting the drain hose, before putting a water container there. Although this method is convenient, they may not be able to drain the water “to the last drop”, so you need to deal with this other method.
In the event of an accident, the washing machine will not be able to drain the water due to clogged drain hose/branch pipe pump. If the above methods did not suit you, then only the drain pipe of the tank remains. First you need to get to the pipe, and disconnect it from the pump. Clear it of blockage, and the water will merge itself. Then you return everything back.If your problem was still due to the lack of water in the tank, then it will be solved in a different way.
Loading door lock failure
If so, then you need to open the hatch manually, while forcibly opening the doors. There are several ways: using a strong thread, or completely disassemble the unit.
The simplest way is open doors with stringif your washing machine is front loading. In this case, the lock on such a washing machine closes to the side. In this case, you need:
- Take a strong lace, and preferably a thread;
- Insert this thread into the gap between the loading hatch of the structure and its body;
- Hook the hook of the lock;
- Pull on both sides of the thread.
Do everything very carefully, with a successful attempt, the hook will come out of the lock, and the loading hatch can be opened.
A more complicated way to unlock the washing unit consists of the following steps:
- First step.
It is necessary to remove the top panel of the structure (for this it is necessary to unscrew the two bolts at the back); - Second step. Already in the open state, you can see the lock, but if not, then you need to tilt the washing machine back, at this moment the drum will lean back a little further, respectively, access to the lock will open;
- With a screwdriver or in extreme cases, press the hook with your finger.
After completing these steps, your washing structure will be open, after which you can remove the washed laundry from it and proceed directly to the repair.
Drum lock in top loading design
All the methods that you read above were designed for washing designs with a horizontal (frontal) way of loading laundry, up to this point.
Basically, such washing units block the drum. This can happen if the drum is spinning open. In this case, the drum is blocked and does not spin. To bring this design back to life, you must:
- Move the washing machine away from the wall;
- Disconnect from communications and networks;
- Find the location of the heating element (mainly at the back);
- Unscrew and remove the heating element;
- twist drum.
This procedure must be done carefully and carefully so as not to harm the heater or other important parts of the top-loading washer. After you have completed this repair, you can connect the washing machine back to the network and communications, and continue washing.
There is not much difference from how to open the locked loading doors, both in frontal washing structures and in vertical ones. The washing unit can be disconnected from the electricity or simply start a new washing program. If the loading hatch blocking device (blocker) is out of order, then this element must be replaced.
Such items can not only spoil the appearance of the washing machine, but also break other parts that are more fragile.Sometimes it is enough to simply restart the washing machine, or drain the water that remains in the drum. It must be remembered that if doors loading door of the washing structure has not been opened within three minutes, then you should wait for more. Only then will it be reasonable to undertake various repair methods. Careful attitude to the washing machine will give you the opportunity to use it for many years.
