My washing machine is frozen half full of water. Apparently my husband had decided to do some washing yesterday. He stuffed the machine as full as he could (with 2 hands), turned it on, walked away and now it will not go. ( +5 points for trying to wash, -20 points for execution and not mentioning anything until Friday night)
So- do these things reset? It seems to not be a circuit breaker in the wall, box, but now I am stumped. I always did the wash like Mom said: water, separating, load size, etc like a magic spell or ritual. I just knew if you do it this way the washer lives for 20 years and you don’t have to think about it. It never occured to me to pack the washer like a hamster cheek, and I don’t know if this is a self-fix, or a repairman thing
With mine, I was able to turn the dial to the rinse option, and turn the machine back on. It rinsed the water then, before it tried to spin, I stopped it again (by holding down the ‘go’ button for ages) and after it had stopped for about five minutes, the door unlocked and I was able to unload the laundry.
You don’t say if you unpacked it. I imagine you pulled some of the clothes out, but perhaps there are still enough wedged in at the bottom that it can’t move?
What kind of washer? Top-load or front-load?
I’m assuming it’s a front-load, as you’d be able to just open the lid on a top-loader and pull out some laundry. Try unplugging it for 15 minutes, plug it back in, then try to restart a cycle. If that doesn’t work, you’ll need to look into how to drain the machine manually and unlock the door to extract the excess laundry. On mine, there’s a small panel down at the bottom left corner with a short hose tucked inside under the cover. Once you’ve drained it, you may find that the door has unlocked when the machine was unplugged.
Actually, it is a top-load, and I only took out a couple of shirts and pants. I will remove more of the Ton O Laundry, unplug, wait, and try again. Thanks
Wheee- it worked! Thank you.
Now, what is the proper way to hit a hippopotamus with a clarinet?
From a safe distance, I would think.
Although this is now well out of the realm of GQ, please let us know what is the lesson your husband is getting from this experience. To never try again, to be more careful, to bungle things so he is never asked to do anything?
I am unable to detect any evidence of a lesson learned. He did spontaneously scrub nine kinds of hell out of the bathroom floor, which goes even further then flowers for restoring my good humor.
Sounds like the lesson learned was “if you screw up big, you have to make up big”. Not bad at all.
Thank you for todays laugh.