Even AFTER you've installed a new switch and latch, it will still do this if the WATER to the washer is turned OFF, or if there's not enough water pressure; there's a pressure-activated switch inside the washer.
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Even AFTER you've installed a new switch and latch, it will still do this if the WATER to the washer is turned OFF, or if there's not enough water pressure; there's a pressure-activated switch inside the washer that won't lock the door until it senses water pressure to the washer.
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Check your supply water pressure, or turn the water ON! You'll either be rewarded or know there's something else wrong deeper inside the machine. Aloha, Tim........
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Check your supply water pressure, or even better, turn the water ON! You'll either be rewarded or know there's something else wrong deeper inside the machine.
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Also, depending on the Amana model, this switch can have 2, 3, or 4 wires, and CANNOT BE BYPASSED BY "HOT WIRING A COUPLE OF WIRES TOGETHER" the way you could with the older washers where the switch was a simple on/off job.
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These new ones have a sensor back inside the body with the controls, and if the sensor's not happy, the washer doesn't turn on.
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Turn the water on, if it doesn't work, replace the switch and latch assembly, if it still doesn't work, take it to the shop. They have a tester there that gives the technician the error code he needs to fix the machine. Yeah, just like computers!
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Give me a 10-year-old, non-computerized Whirlpool or Maytag any day!
Even AFTER you've installed a new switch and latch, it will still do this if the WATER to the washer is turned OFF, or if there's not enough water pressure; there's a pressure-activated switch inside the washer.
Check your supply water pressure, or turn the water ON! You'll either be rewarded or know there's something else wrong deeper inside the machine. Aloha, Tim........