Speed Queen TC5 question.

[william8]

We always shut the water off when we are done with the washer. Today, my wife started a load, and forgot to turn the water on (first time ever). When she went down later to throw it in the dryer, it was dry, and hadn't run, so she calls me down to look at it.
I noticed the water off right away, and turned the valve on. I hit cancel a few times, no go. I checked the manual it says to unplug to clear the fill error. Then it started fine.

Here's my question, when you turn it on without water, it makes a buzzing sound. According to the manual, the fill error starts if it hasn't filled in 30 minutes.
Did letting it buzz like that for 30 minutes hurt anything? Or cause any wear?

 

[combo52]

No

That shouldn't of hurt the machine at all I suppose if you did that every day for five years, you might ruin the fill valve solenoid or make it more likely to fail, but the chances are almost nil that you did any damage to the fill valve at all.

John

 

[william8]

Thanks.

Thanks.
I figured it was just the solenoid, but wasn't sure if it could overheat from being energized for 30 minutes. I guess it's usually on for 10 minutes anyways.

 

[DADoES]

 
Seems reasonable SQ would program the fault code lock-out to trigger within the duty cycle of the solenoids.