A rat­ing of break­downs of house­hold wash­ing machines has been com­piled. This is the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of the most com­mon caus­es that dis­able this type of house­hold appli­ances.

80% of wash­ing machines on the mar­ket have a hor­i­zon­tal axis of rota­tion, so we will now try to fig­ure out the mal­func­tions of this par­tic­u­lar type of machine. If com­pe­ti­tions are arranged among the break­downs, then the first places will go to the fol­low­ing parts of the machine: a heat­ing ele­ment, also known as a heat­ing ele­ment, a drum rota­tion dri­ve belt, a drain pump.

Major breakdowns of the washing machine

Drain pump

Most often, the drain pump fails. The rea­son for its break­down is that it is con­stant­ly in the water, which has a destruc­tive effect on it. To pro­long the life of the drain pump, drain all water from the machine. At least for the time when your car will be out of work for a long time.

Heating element (TEN)

Anoth­er com­mon cause that leads to a machine mal­func­tion is the fail­ure of such an impor­tant part as a heat­ing ele­ment (heat­ing ele­ment). This is one of the main parts of the machine, so if it breaks, the oper­a­tion of all equip­ment is imme­di­ate­ly dis­rupt­ed. It is not dif­fi­cult to deter­mine the cause of the fail­ure of the heat­ing ele­ment. If the water in the tank does not heat up, then in 90% of such a break­down, the cause is a mal­func­tion of the heat­ing ele­ment. It should also be tak­en into account that a heater that has failed is prac­ti­cal­ly not repaired any­more. You can buy heat­ing ele­ments, as well as oth­er spare parts for wash­ing machines, in spe­cial­ized stores. Most like­ly it will have to be replaced with a new heat­ing ele­ment, which will entail addi­tion­al costs.

Drum drive belt

Well, the third place among the most rat­ed break­downs went to the wash­ing machine drum dri­ve belt. The mal­func­tion is main­ly asso­ci­at­ed with stretch­ing or break­ing the belt. The solu­tion is very sim­ple — replac­ing the old belt with a new one. This is the most com­mon cause of fail­ure, but also the most quick­ly resolved. It takes a lit­tle time to replace the belt, and the belt itself is not so expen­sive.

Ingress of foreign objects

Now we will con­sid­er how the ingress of for­eign objects into the wash­ing machine sys­tem affects. The ingress of for­eign objects can dam­age the drain pump, the drum dri­ve and the drum itself. Most often, it is for this rea­son that such break­downs occur. And this hap­pens because small objects go unno­ticed and fall into the tank, and there they already leave their secret shel­ters, that is, pock­ets and begin to car­ry out their insid­i­ous plans.

But the most insid­i­ous, in com­mit­ting sab­o­tage against the wash­ing machine, are the bones of wom­en’s bras. Due to the mechan­i­cal impact on them dur­ing wash­ing, the bones can pop out and pen­e­trate into the wash­ing machine sys­tem. This leads to clog­ging of the drain pump and dis­ables it. To restore the nor­mal oper­a­tion of the drain pump, you will have to con­tact a spe­cial­ist.

Sudden voltage drops

The last place in our rat­ing was occu­pied by break­downs asso­ci­at­ed with sud­den volt­age drops. Most often, due to a volt­age drop, the pow­er sup­ply fails. Repair­ing a pow­er sup­ply costs a lot of mon­ey. In our coun­try, the occur­rence of such fac­tors is not new to any­one. The volt­age can rise sharply to a crit­i­cal point, which dis­ables the equip­ment or drop sharply, which dis­rupts the nor­mal oper­a­tion of the machine. It is impos­si­ble to insure against such volt­age drops. There­fore, when choos­ing a wash­ing machine, you should take this fac­tor into account and check with the store whether you have surge pro­tec­tion in the machine you like.