Hotpoint Aquarius WD440 - How will I empty it?

engrish?

Hi,

My sister has a Hotpoint Aquarius WD440 and it wont drain. I called around to clear the filter on the front but there is none. There is just a black tube held in by herbie clips which leads to the pump. I will have to remove this but there is a load of water in the drum and there is not enough space to get a tray in below it. There are also wires hanging below it. Any ideas how to get the water out without flooding the kitchen? They must have designed it like this to force people to call them out.

The door is locked as there is water in it. Photo of the tube attached.

Here is a youtube vid that will show you the (lack of) space I have to work with.

frankmul

Can you get the outlet pipe lower that the drum, gravity will help the water out.

Sir Arthur Daley

The interlock will disengage from the door and you will be able to soak up the most of the water from the drum.

Billy Bunting

Follow Frankmul's advice and lower the outlet hose.

engrish?

frankmul wrote: »

Can you get the outlet pipe lower that the drum, gravity will help the water out.

Outlet being the waste pipe?

Sir Arthur Daley

engrish? wrote: »

Outlet being the waste pipe?

Yep.

The Diddakoi

frankmul wrote: »

Can you get the outlet pipe lower that the drum, gravity will help the water out.

Give it a shake from side to side to get the water flowing, sometimes they can be slow to get started

engrish?

Thanks folks.

Irish Steve

alf66 wrote: »

Give it a shake from side to side to get the water flowing, sometimes they can be slow to get started

Heavy duty black poly bag or similar, with no holes in it. blow it up so that there's lots of air in the bag, tape it firmly on to the end of the drain hose, then put on the floor below the door level, as low as possible.

Squeeze bag hard to push air through hose and pump, that should then allow water into bag. and make it easy to dispose of it. The air going "the wrong way" should help to clear any blockage, or at least partially dislodge it to get the flow moving again.

Lift hose up and remove tape, bag of water can then be emptied, and pump blockage properly cleared without much hassle.

Vacuum cleaner in blow mode taped to the drain hose can also help dislodge a blockage to allow the machine to be emptied. Don't use suck mode, that may embed the blockage even harder, and unless it's a wet & Dry vacuum, water and vacuum's don't mix well.

Billy Bunting

Irish Steve wrote: »

Heavy duty black poly bag or similar, with no holes in it. blow it up so that there's lots of air in the bag, tape it firmly on to the end of the drain hose, then put on the floor below the door level, as low as possible.

Squeeze bag hard to push air through hose and pump, that should then allow water into bag. and make it easy to dispose of it. The air going "the wrong way" should help to clear any blockage, or at least partially dislodge it to get the flow moving again.

Lift hose up and remove tape, bag of water can then be emptied, and pump blockage properly cleared without much hassle.

Vacuum cleaner in blow mode taped to the drain hose can also help dislodge a blockage to allow the machine to be emptied. Don't use suck mode, that may embed the blockage even harder, and unless it's a wet & Dry vacuum, water and vacuum's don't mix well.

This paticular machine has a non return (valve)flap on the pump outlet attempting the above will get you knowwhere other than possible leaks.

ted1

See here to drain it
http://www.justanswer.com/uk-appliance/3xriw-filter-hotpoint-aquarius-wd440-1400-spin.html
And then

See link for filter location http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R__JTUX9nk4

Irish Steve

Billy Bunting wrote: »

This paticular machine has a non return (valve)flap on the pump outlet attempting the above will get you knowwhere other than possible leaks.

Ahh, OK, that's not helpful. Plan B would have to be a wet & Dry cleaner then, if the idea of putting the drain down at floor level doesn't get things moving.

SpaceTime

Some Hotpoint machines have a drain filter hidden behind the kick panel at the bottom of the machine.

See if you can Google an instruction book for the model.

SpaceTime

Just watched the video!

That is a ridiculously stupid design.

Sir Arthur Daley

Irish Steve wrote: »

Heavy duty black poly bag or similar, with no holes in it. blow it up so that there's lots of air in the bag, tape it firmly on to the end of the drain hose, then put on the floor below the door level, as low as possible.

Squeeze bag hard to push air through hose and pump, that should then allow water into bag. and make it easy to dispose of it. The air going "the wrong way" should help to clear any blockage, or at least partially dislodge it to get the flow moving again.

Lift hose up and remove tape, bag of water can then be emptied, and pump blockage properly cleared without much hassle.

Vacuum cleaner in blow mode taped to the drain hose can also help dislodge a blockage to allow the machine to be emptied. Don't use suck mode, that may embed the blockage even harder, and unless it's a wet & Dry vacuum, water and vacuum's don't mix well.

I would advise against this move as it would send up whatever material that has created the blockage i.e coins, nail, screw, colour catcher etc back into the drum, i see a similar move made before and a coin destroying the drum within a week, now granted it might have been a coincidence but the risk could outweigh its reward.

Irish Steve

WikiHow wrote: »

I would advise against this move as it would send up whatever material that has created the blockage i.e coins, nail, screw, colour catcher etc back into the drum, i see a similar move made before and a coin destroying the drum within a week, now granted it might have been a coincidence but the risk could outweigh its reward.

No argument, we were told that getting the machine out was a problem, and that it's full of water.

If it was my machine at home, it would be taken out of it's position, the back panel removed, the pump to drum connection removed while over a tray to catch the water, and the filter cleared and checked, along with the pump and drain hose. The implication was that this was not possible. My suggestion was a possible way to get the water out so that the door can be opened without flooding the place.

The other option would be a wet & Dry vacuum cleaner to get the water out, and then still strip things as outlined.

There are equally sometimes ways to tip a machine so that the door can be opened even though the machine is full, without spilling the water, which allows the water to be removed. All depends on the access available and the space to work in.