My washer fills with water and thats it, it wont agitate, or spin , but it does drain the water out. i know i have power in and out of my lid switch, i know the timer is sending power to the motor, i have never seen this before but the motor has a control board mounted at the to of it. do i have a bad motor possibly, the washer is about 2 yrs old
Washing Machines - General Electric - WHDSR209DWW Top Load Washer
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Most likely the motor control board is defective, u can test the motor by byp[assing the control board with clip leads from a 110 volt source, only do this with great caution and if you have allot of experience doing these types of electrical tests, if u are not comfortable with this Please call Sears or some other local appliance repair service..
I gave u an approch, u shot me down before any testing was even attempted, good luck ficxing this
disconnect the board from the motor, then make up a clip lead to supply 120 volts to the motor. I really doubt the motor is defective, the boards are what fails almost 99% of the time.
Hi.
This is usually a problem with the water temperature sensing. If the problem was the motor it would be detected by control board, and cycle would stop with a fault code.
The fault description will be slightly different if machine is not self heating. In this case check the water inlet hose, and ensure that the dual inlet valve is OK. The valve is tested reading continuity. A dual valve can also be tested swapping hose. If the Hot inlet is bad, the machine with swapped hoses will not fill at all because warm water is filled last.
If the machine fills and heats up the water (r fill warm water), but does not proceed any further in cycling , that means that the timer board did not detect that the correct temperature has been reached.
In this case the machine keeps heating or filling warm water, and the cycle does not advance, or the machine stalls with cold water inside, and cycle still will not advance.
When this happens it usually means that the thermostat is faulty.
The thermostat can be tested by a technician reading Ohms at its contacts and jumping or opening its contacts.
The thermostat must read zero or very low impedance at room, and it will cut off reading no continuity when the limit temperature is reached.
If the machine keeps cycling , then the thermostat is not opening, or it is not reading temperature because defective.
To find parts you can use the links listed here: Parts and diagrams.
If you need to call a technician, use the phone number listed on the owners manual or see Fixya directory.
Regards.