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Easy enough to explain; I've worked on a few of these machines that almost exclusively use WARM water wash, occasional bleach use. 100% of the FL i've opened up have galvanic corrosion. (laws of physics dictate this should be expected) It does TAKE YEARS (on the order of ten) to reach a point...

@ combo52; Galvanic corrosion *IS* with absolutely no doubt the mechanism of destruction the fact that the two dissimilar metals have an electrolyte between them, current WILL FLOW, the current is generated as the weaker metal dissolved (zinc in the copper-zinc equation). You are saying it's...

Galvanic corrosion on front loading washer spider CONFIRMED I'm surprised that after 20 years of every manufacturer of front loading washing machines making the same design flaw by engineering a large battery in the form of washer tub that nobody has taken the three minutes it took to confirm...