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if you open the lid, you should see a white plastic rectangular piece on the front right corner. try taking a magnet ( stronger the better) and placing on top of the plastic piece. that plastic piece is part of your lid lock assy. sometimes the magnets inside that plastic piece will get stuck, and won't allow unit to start. If you wiggle the magnet around, if you listen real close, you will hear a light chirping sound. if you hear chirping, lid lock should be ok. If that checks ok, take a look at the motor at the bottom front of the tub. best way to access the motor is to use a putty knife to separate the front panel from the underneath of the top of the front lip. there is a LED light on top of the motor. It will blink a series of blinks if there is an issue that registered any error codes. There is a tech sheet located behind the control panel that tells what blinks mean. Hope this helps
Sounds like a motor or mode shifter issue. If you can access the motor area, there is an LED light on the motor. It will blink a series of blinks. there is a tech sheet located behind the control panel that will tell what the blinks mean. Hope this helps
If is is a top load model, check the motor's LED light. It will blink a series of blinks. there is a tech sheet located behind the control panel. it will tell you what the blinks mean and what to check and or replace. Probably motor or mode shifter.
if you can access the motor, there is a LED light on top that will blink a series of blinks. There is a tech sheet located behind the control panel that will tell you what the blinks mean, what checks to perform or what parts to replace.
Depending on your model it sounds like the following: The Motor Control Unit (MCU) heat sink thermal trip has failed
If the thermal protector on the MCU heat sink gets too hot, it will open the thermal protector on the heat sink which will stop motor functions and an F10 will be displayed.
Potential Causes
• Check for Proper Installation, verify the unit is not
located near a source of heat and has proper ventilation.
• Check Wire Harness connections to the MCU, the motor, and Central Control Unit (CCU)
• Check the Drive system for any worn or failed components
• Check MCU
• Check Motor
Replace failed component.
Remove your service panel and look for your tech sheet inside a jacket in the inside of the service panel. An F-25 is usually a broken wire between the main control and the motor control.
Fault code F10 means the motor is overheating. You may have a failing transmission or corroded wiring. Or the motor may just be failing. Start by trying to run smaller loads and see if this still happens.
"F/10"
Motor Control Unit (MCU) Heat Sink Thermal Trip
If the thermal protector on the MCU heat sink gets too hot, it will open the thermal protector on the heat sink which will stop motor functions and an "F/10" will be displayed.
Check for Proper Installation, verify the unit is not located near a source of heat and has proper ventilation.
Check Wire Harness connectors to the MCU, and Central Control Unit (CCU)
Check the Drive system for any worn or failed components
If you open the top of the washer , there is a "tech" sheet in there to tell you how to reset the error codes.
My washer started this. Then stopped spinning. Now it will not even wash a load. It stops mid-cycle. The ER 20 means that something is not draining right. We checked all of the tubes leading to the pump. Nothing was clogged. The technition seems to think it is a motor controller error.
You may be right, but before you rule completely on the motor, have you checked the Spin Control (sometimes referred to as a Motor Control Unit)? My experience with this unit usually has the Spoin Control board going bad more frequently. There should be a tech sheet located inside the washer behind the front panel under the door somewhere. The tech sheet should include all steps necessary in determing how to rule whether the motor windings are good, or the whether Spin Control board has failed. If you decide to replace the parts yourself, you can find them at repairclinic.com and searspartsdirect.com. Repairclinic has better pricing, but Sears has better diagrams used in parts identification and troubleshooting. The parts you may need are as follows:
Repairclinic:
Item 1206430 Spin Control
Item 823073 Motor-sole
Don't have resistance for wax motor. It works or it doesn't. If the door locks with 120 volts to the wax motor it is working. From your checks you have the tech sheet out of the unit so I won't go take mine apart. Check the voltage fro the timer pins that the trouble shooting says to check. Also check the pressure switch. If it reads full it will not put power to the spin. That's not in the tech sheet.
Thanks, that's what I thought
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