VIDEO: Washing machine is leaking
Immediate measures if water leaks from the washing machine
- If you see water on the washing machine, you must immediately switch off (unscrew) the fuse. Never approach an electrical device that is in water. Many fatal accidents in the home are caused by electricity in connection with water.
- Turn off the tap that feeds your washing machine so that no more water can come out.
- Check the amount of water that has leaked and try to get an idea of whether any more water is leaking. The other measures must be to wipe up the leaked water as quickly as possible and to get any water still present out of the machine.
- Depending on the amount of leaked water, wipe it with conventional cleaning equipment such as floor wipers, cleaning rags, etc. or suck it up with a wet vacuum. Large amounts have leaked from the leaky washing machine and you do not have a wet vacuum cleaner to use Hand, then throw whatever absorbent fabric you can find into the water on the floor can. It is important that you protect the building structure of the house and any apartment underneath from your water.
- Now turn to the water that is still in the machine. If your machine can be "pumped out" without having to turn on the power, then you should do so and then turn the fuse back on. In this way you can safely pump out the water. If your machine can only be operated when the power is switched on, you should carefully dry the area around the machine, put on rubber shoes and switch on the power. Set the machine to "Pump Out", but do not touch anything except the machine. You stand in isolation on your rubber shoes, nothing can happen to you, but if you touch something that is not isolated, it can be dangerous. Turn off the power as soon as the machine is empty.
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Help with leaky laundry machines
Now it's important to find out why Washing machine is leaking. There are different options, some are easy to fix, others require experience or customer service to resolve the problem.
- Try to find out where the water leaked. Traces of water that indicate that the water has leaked from the detergent dispenser are an indication that the machine has not leaked, but has overflowed. That happens if, for example, you've used detergent that's just for Hand wash was intended or textiles were washed that were heavily impregnated. In this case, let the machine dry and test whether water will come out during the next wash cycle. Most of the time, the washing machine does not leak and can continue to be used.
- Could it be that the water did not drip from a leaky washing machine, but leaked out of the sewage hose as normal? Depending on how the waste water hose is secured, it may have slipped off. The house sewer can also be blocked, causing overflow. Check all possibilities that have to do with the sewage hose, including that it may just have leaked.
- Also check the water supply line for leaks. Sometimes the faucet just drips out of the upper part - just a small thing, but it can also cause a serious flood. If the water that leaked out didn't smell like detergent, it is mostly due to the supply line. A new upper part of the tap is easy to assemble, as well as a new supply hose, if this should become necessary.
- The other remaining options can only be eliminated if the washing machine is disassembled. It could be leaking hoses or pumps, a defective door seal or that the wash tub in the washing machine is advertised as leaking. If you are lucky, there are only small holes in the door seal that you can repair with a bicycle repair kit without removing the seal. As a rule, however, the machine has to be dismantled and the corresponding parts replaced.
Unfortunately, if the tub of the washing machine leaks, you will have to dispose of it. This is a total write-off.
