If your unit at the start of washing picks up water in the drum, after which it starts to gain speed, executing the program installed on the panel. But after a short period of time, your device stopped working and the tE fault appeared on the LCD screen. In addition, you found that even the porthole in the unit did not start to heat up, but acquired the temperature of running water.
That model of the washing machine, which does not have a screen, shows a breakdown with the help of indicator lights, which are responsible for the temperature regime. They all begin to glow or blink.
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The failure of tE is as follows. Temperature condition is defective. Perhaps the heater does not work and there is no water heating during the washing program. Therefore, the automation fails and a trip is triggered.
Need to know! With this error, the temperature regime does not work, but if there is a lot of dirty laundry and you urgently need to bring them into a clean, digestible form, you can use the program in which washing is carried out using cold water. Ten in this mode is not needed.
However, the tE problem is mainly fixed only by home appliance repair specialists, but there are still cases where you can fix some minor malfunctions with your own hands.
Breakdown tE - how to fix it without the help of a professional
- You need to unplug the plug. When the device resets all settings and running programs, you need to re-enable it and start the washing mode. If a failure occurs in the electronics, then the machine should start working without control shutdowns.
- The heating element does not heat the water. To do this, we recommend checking its contact connections, there may be no voltage supply to the heater. If corrected, the heating element will work.
After carrying out these manipulations, the device did not start working, then you will need the help of a specialist. Contact our workshop and call the LG Washing Machine Repair Wizard.
We recommend reading "How to replace and remove the heater in washing machines«.