In order for your home assistant to serve as long as possible, you need to know her “weak points”.
Therefore, it will be better to carry out preventive maintenance of your washing machine than to spend a lot of money and time on expensive repairs and listen to the reproaches of your loved ones.
How to deal with scale
TEN and hardness of water. Since tap water is quite hard, and also with impurities of various suspended particles (rust), this can adversely affect the life of your washing machine.
In such water, when heated, carbon dioxide is released and an insoluble mineral precipitate is formed. Over time, the heating element (tubular electric heater), overgrows scum, which reduces the thermal conductivity of the metal. As a result, it overheats.
If desired, you can from time to time, check in what condition it is. Through the holes in the drum, you can illuminate the lower part of the tank, in which the heating element is located, and see how much it is “overgrown with scale”
1.Chemicals. To combat scale in washing machines, chemical methods are often used: they treat the heating element and the inner surface of the tank with descaling agents, such as Antinakipin-M, Kron Star, and so on.
Only those will be suitable for him funds, which only inhibit the formation of lime deposits, but do not dissolve them. For example, Calgon water softener. It is added to the washing machine with each wash. In some types of powders, such as "Ariel", "Persil", "softeners" were added at the factory.
The imperfection of this method lies in the fact that it has a negative effect on the operation of the automation system, on rubber seals and on the fact that you yourself breathe these fumes.
2.Technological method. When water is heated to 50 degrees, the rate of scale formation is less than at higher temperatures.
Try to choose such washing modes that are below 50 degrees.
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You also need to know that when washing heavily worn laundry, heating element will quickly become covered with limescale, as particles of the fabric are separated from the laundry and contribute to the additional formation of scale. If you are forced to use very hard water, it would be better to purchase magnetic converters or softener filters.
The solenoid valve is very sensitive to mechanical particles that are in the water. They provoke its accelerated wear when wedged between the seals of the shutter.
Other problems and solutions
Drain pump. since it is in the water most of the time, after several years of operation, it will need to be replaced. Sometimes pumps break due to the fact that small objects (paper clips, buttons, and so on) get there. This problem can be fixed with a pump that has anti-blocking.
She is in the washing machines Asko, Aeg.Thanks to him, she can pump water in the opposite direction and free the pump from an object that has fallen into it. Some washing machines have an automatic drain control feature. It displays information about pump malfunctions on the display.
Hatch door. One of the weak points of front-loading washing machines is rubber seal on the hatch door. If you load laundry into the washing machine carelessly, this can lead to a seal defect and premature failure.
It is also necessary to leave the washing machine doors open in order to dry the rubber seals and the inner surface of the tank (especially the enameled one).
Electronics. Most often, the programmer pen goes out of service. Sometimes everything breaks electronic control system. Mainly due to terminal oxidation caused by high humidity.
But the main danger is power surges. The washing machine starts to malfunction (may not wring or rinse the laundry). Its service life becomes shorter, and the quality of work becomes worse. There is only one way out - the stabilizer.
Tank. Tank leaks can cause serious problems. When buying a washing machine, you need to pay special attention to the material from which it is made.
The tank can be made of enameled or stainless steel, as well as synthetic polymeric materials (Carboran, Silitek). It is clear to everyone that stainless tanks are good.
In enameled tanks, the surface begins to quickly collapse during operation, as soon as at least one crack appears.
It is noticed that a plastic tank can last as long as a stainless steel one.But the advantages of plastic are that it is less noisy and lighter. And, finally, the main advantage of non-metal tanks is that they are absolutely resistant to corrosion. Also, the cost of the unit with such a tank will be lower.
Vibration.
Without her on the stage spin cannot be dispensed with, because due to the uneven distribution of things in the drum, it increases.
In this case, the washing machine begins to “pound”, which, in principle, is the cause of most breakdowns.
To dampen vibrations, the design of the washing machines includes spring suspensions, anti-inertial weights made of concrete or cast iron, as well as hydraulic shock absorbers of the tank. Basically, washing machines do not use cast-iron, but concrete loads.
Also, the large mass of the washing machine itself helps to reduce vibration. The larger the volume of the drum, the more evenly the laundry is distributed inside the drum.
In the design of the ASKO washing machine, the movable unit does not come into contact with the body. It is tightly fixed on the frame with a powerful base through shock absorbers.
Voobshche-that to overcome vibration it is possible and. To do this, you need a perfectly flat floor or a specially installed foundation for this. Then it is desirable to fix the washing machine on it well.
