End of Cycle Signal on my Duet Stopped Working

[mark_wpduet]

Is this any cause for alarm? I had let laundry get backed up and did 4 loads yesterday, and although everything worked as usual, when the door unlock sounded at the end, it was not followed by the usual 3 long beeps. I honestly don't care about the end of cycle signal, but is this an indication that something may be going? The machine is almost 12 yrs old.

 

[grwasher_expert]

If everything except beeping works fine,maybe just the chime has gone kaputt.Does it make other beeps and sounds except end signal(e.g. when it starts or when buttons are pressed)?On the picture i see water left in drum.Does it hold water when it ends,even though you don't select rinse hold?If so,maybe absense of end signal is an error indication,so maybe it's time for a new machine.

 

[eronie]

???

Why water in drum? Would make for some drippy washing.

 

[logixx]

The machine is just doing a Normal/Casual cycle.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Oh sorry -

that's a pic I took a long time ago showing how much water my machine used. I just included it because it's the only picture I have of the machine handy..

anyway - the beeps STILL work when you press a button that doesn't go with that cycle...it's just end of cycle signal doesn't beep.

 

[DADoES]

 
There's only one transducer/speaker on the board to generate the beeps so it's (presumably) good if it works at all.  Have you tried changing the signal volume between high, low, and off?

 

[pierreandreply4]

me i mostly keep on my duet washer the end of cycle signal to off mostly never use it and the duet washer i have is now on its 13 year of use

 

[appnut]

Mark just have to ask.  Did you accidentally turn the option off and not realize it?

 

[mark_wpduet]

appnut

that was it - how stupid of me.

back when I first got the machine, I kept end of cycle sound on medium and haven't touched it since, so it's been so long I forgot you could even turn it on/off. The weird thing is, I'm the only one that uses the machine and I never turned it to off in the first place.
at least now I know nothing is going on the machine yet.

 

[johnb300m]

Your longevity of your Duet gives me hope for my Maxima!

 

[mark_wpduet]

ya

but you can't imagine how DUMB I feel from creating a post for something so simple as the signal being turned to off.

 

[frigilux]

Don't sweat it, Mark. We've all been there one time or another. I was furious that the upper oven on my 2-year old range had stopped working. You guessed it: I had turned on the lower oven.

You did, however, rob me of the chance to chime in with, "See? Modern front-loaders are pieces of crap! Only 12 years old and the cycle signal stopped working!" LOL

 

[johnb300m]

posts

No sweat Mark.
You know as well as many of us, there have been dumber posts than this.

 

[searsbest]

Nothing to worry about!

As a sears tech, I go out on calls every day for child locks, some option turned off, clogged vents, water turned off,unplugged, etc....after all we are only human