Hotpoint HSWP1000MWW Owner's Manual page 9

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PERFORMANCE (cont.) Possible Causes What To Do
Pilling Result of normal wear on • While this is not caused by the washer, you can slow the
poly-cotton blends and pilling process by washing garments inside out,
fuzzy fabrics
Snags, holes, tears, rips
or excessive wear
Pins, snaps, hooks, sharp • Fasten snaps, hooks, buttons and zippers,
buttons, belt buckles, • Remove loose items like pins, objects in pockets and
zippers and sharp objects sharp buttons,
left in pockets • Turn knits (which snag easily) inside out,
Undiluted chlorine bleach • Check bleach package instructions for proper amount,
• Never add undiluted bleach to wash or allow clothes to
come in contact with undiluted bleach,
Chemicals like hair bleach or • Rinse items that may have chemicals on them before
dye, permanent wave solution washing,
Wrinkling improper sorting • Avoid mixing heavy items (like work clothes) with light items
(like blouses),
• Try a fabric softener,
Overloading or incorrect • Load your washer so clothes have enough room to move
water level freely with water covering all of the clothes,
incorrect wash and • Match Cycle selection to the type of fabric you are washing
dry cycles (especially for easy care loads),
Repeated washing in • Wash in warm or cold water,
water that is too hot
SOUNDS Possible Causes What To Do
"Metallic clicking" Shifter mechanism is • The drive system will engage at the start of agitate and
engaging or disengaging disengage when agitate is complete, This occurs multiple
times during the wash,
"Click"when water Relay switch • The relay makes a click sound when activated, The water
stops titling level activates the relay and stops filling,
"Clicking"behind Control Automatic Temperature • This valve mixes in cold and hot water, The "clicking" is the
Pane/during fiT/ Control Valve valve turning on and off,
Water volume changes Automatic Temperature • This valve mixes in cold and hot water, The sound changes
during fiTI Control Valve when the valves are turned on and off,
Motor "whining up"or Motor ramping up/down • The motor will speed up incrementally during the spin cycle,
"coasting down"in spin during spin cycle When spin is complete, it will coast until it stops,
"Humming" Water drain pump • The drain pump will make a humming sound when pumping
out water after agitation stops and continue until spin is
complete,
"Gurgling" Water drain pump • When the pump starts drawing in air, It starts to gurgle,
The washer should then begin spinning and the sound will
continue until it is done spinning,