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That one fill valve trick for Samsung washers
Was working on a Samsung WA45N7250AW yesterday. Kept getting a slow fill. Checked everything. Inlet screens were clean. Pressure was fine. Turns out the fill valve itself has a tiny internal filter that clogs up. Never knew that. Cost me an extra 45 minutes. Anyone else run into this hidden filter thing?
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grantnelson19d ago
Yall ever checked if the previous owner or tenant used some kind of hard water treatment or conditioner? I had one where the fill valve clogged because a water softener system dumped too much salt into the lines. It built up inside that little hidden filter and turned it into a solid brick. Took me forever to figure out it wasn't just a normal sediment issue. That salt crust is WAY harder to clean than plain old mineral scale.
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ivanb4119d ago
Wait, is it really that common though? I mean, maybe it's just me but I've done a ton of Samsung washers and only seen that tiny filter clog up like twice. Most of the time it's the main screens or a bad valve. Salt crust sounds nasty, but idk if that's a normal thing for most folks to deal with.
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