u/zangetsuthefirst

Washer troubles

Hey folks, I'm new to this as my gf just bought herself a laundromat and we have two washers that are messing up. The first one is overfilling when there's laundry in it to the point of leaking, but when empty to test it does not. I'm thinking maybe a pressure switch or the hose to it? I was told that it was leaking from the door the first time, then the empty test cycle was fine, then another customer used it and it was leaking from the door again and the soap dispenser. They couldn't find the breaker for this one apparently so they unplugged it and called it done.

The other one just kept filling and filling. She tried to find the breaker for that one and couldn't, so a gentleman turned the taps off for her while she held the door closed.

Both happened on different days but while I was at work so I can only go off what she said. So far for the second one I've been able to look at it and, with my very limited knowledge of a multimeter and a YouTube video, I tested the inlet valves and they all tested around 1000ohms, which is apparently in the good range. I checked the pressure switch and I'm confident it's the problem since all three terminals had continuity. I compared it to another machine that was the same and got the same results until I realized that one was out of order due to electrical issues so I can't count on it and it was already past time to leave

I apparently also need to go through and label some breakers.

Any help is appreciated, I'm in over my head a bit but I'm enjoying learning about most of this.

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u/zangetsuthefirst — 2 days ago