Length of pause was different based upon timer. For my 1986 LK, the pause length was long enough for the motor to pause as the timer advanced the incremet for drain to spin and was just 3-5 second at most. My parnter has a 2010, 2011 DD Estate or Admiral. Its timer sequence was much longer. More like a 15-30 second pause at the end of the drain increment and timer advancing to spin. First couple of times I observed that I was really shocked.