Comment on My Beko washing machine must be junked because it thinks the load is imbalanced?
Yaky@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
FWIW: I had a Samsung washer that would throw “unbalanced load” error during the spin cycle. It was a top-load, with the motor+drum suspended on 4 springed/dampened rods. The only two solutions that worked were either: 1. Arrange clothes to one side to compensate the unbalanced drum (lots of trial and error there). Or 2. Put a foam mat around the suspended drum (had to take off the top part of the washer to do that). Somehow that dampens the shaking/imbalance just enough to not trip the sensor.
Don’t buy Samsung appliances.
diyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
I think I’m done buying washing machines. I have been hand-washing my clothes for over a year now. If I buy a machine, I become part of the problem… I become part of the financial support system for the scandals.
I can’t quite tell from what you describe if Samsung did something wrong. It seems reasonable to have a sensor. But if it’s too sensitive and gets false positives, then indeed that’s junk.
I think nothing is worse than what I experience with Beko: secret codes that force us to trash machines where all components work, but the manufacturer will not reveal the secret. Nothing is more infuriating.