In the modern world, every home has a washing machine, which undoubtedly facilitates women's work and saves time. You can simply load dirty laundry into this unit, select the desired program and continue to go about your business. But in some cases, it is urgent to turn off the machine. This can happen if a dark laundry was mistakenly loaded into the machine with white linen, during washing, foreign objects were found in the device, to remove which it was necessary to stop the unit, open it and get all the excess. Another reason for restarting the washing machine is the wrong mode, which must be changed. In this review, we will look at how to reset a program on a washing machine if a malfunction occurs.
How to stop the program
There are times when, when choosing a washing mode, the program was chosen by mistake, or the machine freezes and is unable to correctly perform its intended purpose. If this happens, you need to know the basic rules about resetting the selected program that can cope with the current situation. There is nothing complicated in it and basically it is necessary to follow the same rules, which are identical for washing machines of different models and brands. It is necessary:
- Press the button that starts and stops the washing process.
- Wait for the unit to stop.
- After that, you must press this button again and wait 5 seconds.
- Relatively recent models of Indesit, Samsung, and Bosch brands hold the start button and drain the water, and then turn it off.
- More outdated units are turned off without draining the water.
It should be noted that if after all the manipulations the machine has stopped, but has not drained water, all the liquid must be drained manually. Some users believe that there is no need to press different buttons, because you can turn off the washing machine. If you unplug the plug, the device will actually turn off, but not the fact that the previously selected washing program will be reset. This is due to the fact that developers have been equipping machines for a long time with technology that remembers the last selected washing mode if a power failure occurs. Therefore, this way of solving the problem is not suitable.
Experts do not recommend resetting the program using the blackout of the washing machine for the reason that the unit may fail and as a result it will be necessary to repair its assistant, which is expensive or buy a new one.
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How to stop or restart the Indesit washing machine
We consider in more detail the reset of washing modes for individual models of washers. The method described above is not bad, but it is not suitable for all models of this type of household appliance, because some of them do not have a start-stop button. In this case, the developers have provided a different way to stop and reset the wash settings. As for the Indesit brand, to start washing, you need to turn the toggle switch and when you select the desired program, press the button. To reset the program, you must:
- Press "start" and hold it for several seconds.
- The washing will stop.
- On older models, you must also turn the toggle switch to neutral.
It should be noted that if the reset of programs on Indesit typewriters was successful, then all the bulbs should have been lit in green and immediately turned off. If there was no “blinking”, then there is a malfunction of the unit or some kind of error. If even everything went right and successfully, then the hatch may still not open due to the large amount of water.
Resetting is not changing the amount of laundry in the machine, but setting a new wash program. A reboot is required if:
- A foreign object got inside the washing machine - a phone, change and other items in the pocket of your clothes.
- The wrong mode was selected and the washing process must be restarted.
- The unit has stopped or there is a power failure.
- The machine is frozen during washing - the machine does not respond to signals from the control panel.
To restart the washing machine of the Indesit brand, the developers did not provide a special button. This function falls on the button that starts the program.
To stop the washing machine in order to change the operating mode, do the following:
- Hold for 5 seconds the button that launches the program.
- After the machine stops, select the required mode.
- Add detergent again.
- Switch on the program.
If it is necessary to change the weight of the laundry in the drum, drain the water using a special filter or spin mode.
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On rather old models of washing machines from South Korean companies LG and Samsung, the start / stop button was absent, so the washing program was started with a toggle switch. But these units are already quite rare, but they still do a good job with their functions.
In modern washers from LG and Samsung, a button is installed to reset the program. You can press it during washing, and the machine itself will do everything necessary (it will stop the unit, drain the water and even open the hatch).
In this article, we talked about how to restart the washing machine if necessary. Each device provides for such a possibility, which is fully described in the operating instructions and is of a private nature. The main thing to remember is that in no case should you disconnect the device from the mains, because this can lead to serious damage.
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