Our Samsung WA13WP
Washing Machine stopped working. It had intermittently refused
to let water into the tub and finally refused altogether. Since it was in
the midst of the MCO period, I wasn't able to get a service
person to come in to have a look.
After a week of contemplating the matter I resolved that it had
to be a faulty inlet valve. For an inlet valve not to work, the
valve itself could be sticking, or the solenoid which drives the
piston actuator must have failed.
Thus, I opened up the machine to have a look at the water inlet
assembly:
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I disassembled the water inlet and checked the valves and their
pistons for free movement and integrity of the seals. All seemed
fine and I re-assembled the unit and powered on the unit again,
only
to find that the inlet still did not allow water to enter the
washer.
I concluded that the solenoid(s) must be faulty. Since I did not
have volt/amp meter handy to check on the functionality of the
solenoids, I took an educated guess/chance and looked for a
replacement part to buy. I found the required part online at Shopee:
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