Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether any one could shed any light on a most
> peculiar problem we seem to have encountered with our Electra AWM900
> Washing Machine. Unlike Adrian our motor and other related functions
> still seem to be operating OK : however we returned from a few days
> away late last night to find that the newly laid carpets were soaked > through. >
> The washing machine drum was half full of water (having been
> completely empty and turned off before we went away), but because the
> washing machine door was ajar to prevent it smelling, water had come
> out and saturated the nearby carpets.
>
> The peculiar thing is that as well as the machine being turned off,
> the water was not flowing. It seemed to have filled itself up, and
> then stopped for some reason. If it were a burst pipe or a fault
> within the machine, I would have expected to have seen the water
> still flowing out when we got back but this was not the case.
>
> This morning I have run a rinse / spin cycle to empty all the water
> sitting in the drum : this appears to have worked fine, with the
> machine now apparently back to normal. However I am keen to get to
> the root cause of what caused this before we get our new carpets to
> replace the other new carpets!
>
faulty inlet valve dripping, isolate the water supply to machine when you go away.