no power to drain valve kd-18
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Very odd... looking at the schematics again, I just can't see how the problem could have been the program selector switch if the low fills work and the drain doesn't... unless the bad switch was sending power to the fill valve the entire time and only the float switch was shutting the water off.
Oh well, what's important is that you got it working!
Oh well, what's important is that you got it working!
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The way I read the diagram there are times that power comes through the switch then distributed at the correct time to the correct place with the timer. If this path is damaged/broken, there is no power to be distributed. In this case it was the DV that wasn't getting power even though everything was moving and working as it should. Its part of why this system has the cycles it does with the rapid advance timer..... The timer always moves through all cycles.. The second motor rapid advances the timer when you change from normal to short wash. It's the switch that determines what the cycle is by what button is pushed and which coil/motor gets power as the timer advances. There just wasn't power or continuity across the terminals on the switch when I should have been getting something.
When I ran it I hooked everything back up as it was when I started then saw that it still wasn't draining so I changed the switch. Now it purrs away. Ran all the cycles and everything works. So in the end the only part I changed was the switch.
Running last test cycle now. It's at the end of the sani cycle and everything is working properly. If it pumps out in the next few minutes, I'll just need to put the sheet metal and trim back on. Just checked and all is well in superba land.
If I cut open the switch, I'll let you know where it broke down. Again, thanks for the help.!
The way I read the diagram there are times that power comes through the switch then distributed at the correct time to the correct place with the timer. If this path is damaged/broken, there is no power to be distributed. In this case it was the DV that wasn't getting power even though everything was moving and working as it should. Its part of why this system has the cycles it does with the rapid advance timer..... The timer always moves through all cycles.. The second motor rapid advances the timer when you change from normal to short wash. It's the switch that determines what the cycle is by what button is pushed and which coil/motor gets power as the timer advances. There just wasn't power or continuity across the terminals on the switch when I should have been getting something.
When I ran it I hooked everything back up as it was when I started then saw that it still wasn't draining so I changed the switch. Now it purrs away. Ran all the cycles and everything works. So in the end the only part I changed was the switch.
Running last test cycle now. It's at the end of the sani cycle and everything is working properly. If it pumps out in the next few minutes, I'll just need to put the sheet metal and trim back on. Just checked and all is well in superba land.
If I cut open the switch, I'll let you know where it broke down. Again, thanks for the help.!
