Drain the washing machine if it is defective
Do you have to pump out your washing machine because it is defective? A small coin or a bobby pin has probably got stuck in the machine. Expressing sounds harder than it is. In the best case scenario, the machine can still pump out the water itself with the correct setting. In the worst case, you will have to drain the water from the machine with the help of buckets and towels. Here is a guide on how to proceed.
What you need:
- Operating instructions of the washing machine
- 1-2 buckets
- large and small bowl / cup
- several towels
Pump out the washing machine due to a defect
Her Washing machine has the program ended suddenly and there is still water in the drum? Then you have to drain the washing machine due to a defect before opening the machine. Otherwise, all of the washing water will come towards you in one gush and flow along the floor.
- Set the washing machine to the "Drain" function and switch the washing machine on again.
- Now she should start sucking up the water with the pump and draining it into the sewage hose. If the water has been pumped out, you can open the machine at the end of the program and remove the laundry that is probably still very wet from the machine.
- If there is no reaction from the machine, switch the machine off again.
Pumping the washing machine out by hand and using a bucket
Pumping down in the event of a defect only did not work when the program was set. Now you need to manually drain all of the water from the machine.
You want to hang up your finished laundry, but your washing machine pumps the water ...
- First switch off the washing machine and pull the power plug out of the socket. This will prevent you from being electrocuted. Turn off the tap.
- Lay out several towels in front of the washing machine. In this way, any leaking water will be absorbed by the towels straight away.
- Take the machine's instruction manual to hand and look up where the machine has an emergency water drain. If this contradicts the instructions described here, follow the operating instructions for your machine! Usually, however, the drain will mostly be found on the lower front edge of the machine. A rubber hose is hidden behind a machine bar, which is often closed by two turning screws. This rubber hose is closed by a clamp or the like.
- Take two larger buckets and hold the rubber hose provided for the emergency water drain in the bucket. This hose is opened either with a clamp or a plug and after opening, water flows into the bucket with momentum. By kinking the hose, the surge of water can be stopped and the water jet interrupted. Fill the first bucket as much as possible and close the rubber hose again. Empty or change the bucket.
- Let the water out until the machine is empty. Towards the end you will only be able to work with small bowls or cups. Due to the force of gravity, the hose has to be brought closer and closer to the ground so that even the last of the water escapes.
- Then close the rubber hose again as thoroughly as possible and re-attach it to the machine as you found it.
- You can now open the machine and remove the wet laundry.
- You can then check the fluff filter yourself to see whether a coin or something similar has gotten caught in it and the machine has stopped working as a result. Or you can call a technician to repair the machine.
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