The steam generator today has become for many people an indispensable household appliance. With it, you can quickly tear out even very rummed underwear after washing, smooth out the folds on the top clothes, vertical porters, process the surfaces of upholstered furniture. As a rule, these devices are reliable and for a long time serve as assistants in everyday life, but it happens that the technique happens to breakage. Serious malfunctions will require service repairs by professional specialists, and small defects can be used to eliminate and independently.
Diagnostic features
The main faults associated with the operation of the steam generator can be seen when used. After visual inspection, the following signs will be obvious when working with the device:
- Included Included Device does not generate a hot steam supply;
- does not seem possible adjust the pressure level;
- Water heating in the special capacity of the electrical appliance occurs for a very long time, or water does not heat up at all;
- water level is not determined on a special indicator;
- From the steam generator housing Water leaks;
- The integrity of the power cord is broken, or there is a malfunction in the plug;
- Couples from the steam generator goes constantly and cannot be regulated by the feed button;
- Hot couple comes out from under the valve Capacity cover for water bay;
- working surface Iron does not heat up;
- From the sole of the iron together with the ferry the water is served, Painted in rusty color.
For full diagnostics of the operation of the steam generator and self-elimination of faults, it is necessary to have a minimum set of tools: special screwdrivers, multimeter, soldering iron.
It makes sense to take for minor repairs only if you have the skills of repairing complex household electrical engineering.
DIY repair
Depending on which breakdown, your home-based steam station occurred, step-by-step instructions for eliminating it will be different.
Most parameters of steam generators have a similar device, therefore the causes of the breakage are the same type. Differences may be in some nuances that an experienced person can determine and repair with their own hands.
Consider the most frequent breakdowns and ways to repaired the steam generator if it broke.
Not passing
One of the most common breakdows is a violation of the supply of steam through the steam generator. This problem happens for a number of reasons.
- When using poor-quality water containing various impurities, the filter quickly clogs, with the result that the steam feed stops. You can troubleshoot this: Unscrew the long flexible steam generator hose, get the filter in the form of a grid and rinse it, then collect all the details in the reverse sequence, then try the device operation.
- Holes on the working surface of the iron are clogged with lime raids, and its particles prevent steam output. To eliminate this problem, fill in the water tank tool from scale. If it is not at hand, prepare the solution, Consisting of 1000 ml of water and 10 g of citric acid powder. Turn on the device and Give water boil. The steam generator is then turned off, give time so that the water is cooled in it. Now drain the solution through the hole which you poured it in front of this procedure - you will see that the liquid pouring out of the electrical appliance has a dark brown color. Such a procedure must be repeated several times until the solution becomes transparent. Then the tank is washed with clean water, and your steam generator will again be ready for use.
Couples can stop to form in the electrical appliance if the device of the heating element is overloaded, called TEN. Replace such details best fulfill in the warranty workshop.
Water flows
Instead of steam from the steam generator, water can flow. Review and eliminate such a malfunction can be independently.
- The shut-off valve failed. You can make sure that it is possible if, bay into the device water and shocked it from side to side, you will see water drops near the valve. Such a malfunction can be eliminated by stronger valve tightening before operating, sometimes it requires full valve replacement.
- The pair supply hose is shifted as a result of bend, or its integrity is broken. When the pair is served inside the hose due to violation of the patency, water will accumulate, and during the use of the steam generator, it comes out. To reiterate the possibility of a hot pair to freely pass along the hose, which accumulated water in it need to merge. To do this, turn off the electrical appliance, allow it to cool completely, straighten the hose, lift it above the steam generator, then allow the opportunity to drain the water.
Do not turn on
It happens that the steam station does not turn on. There may be several reasons for this.
- Some devices provide automatic power off, if the steam generator is scored by scale. When the indicator tanking on the control panel with the inscription, you will need to clean the water tank with special means or 10% citric acid solution.
- The electric shuffle of the device may be damaged, but under the overall you can not see it. Sometimes when the electrical appliance is turned on, you can feel the smell of burned plastic. Such a fault is difficult to diagnose and eliminate at home. In this case, it will be necessary to replace the electric gun, and make it best in a specialized workshop.
- Do not turn on the steam generator can also for other reasons. For example, as a result of the failure of the inclusion button or due to the fact that the control board burned down. Such breakdowns will be able to eliminate only a specialist versed in the repair of household electrical engineering.
Do not rush to go to the service workshop if your pair generator does not turn on. Sometimes this is due to the reasons not related to breakdown of technology.
For example, an electrical outlet has failed, or there has been shutdown in the apartment of electricity. It happens that on the instrument panel simply lights up the inclusion indicator light, although the steam generator itself works and serves steam.
Rusty water flows
In the process of excavation from the steam station, a liquid with a rusty tint can flow, or steam is supplied with the smallest particles of rust, leaving traces of red-colored traces on the tissues. Consider the reasons and their elimination.
- Rust formed in the water tank, which fell into the steam supply hose and scored a coarse filter. It happens if, after working with an electrical appliance, do not merge the remnants of unused tap water, which for a long time acts on the walls of the reservoir, causing corrosion in it. To eliminate rust, you need to turn off the steam generator, give it to cool, merge contaminated water, then rinse the tank, then pour a new portion of the fluid and use the device. Prevent a similar problem will help the use of distilled water.
- With long-term use of a steam station at the limiting levels of heating, silicone gaskets may fail. This is due to the fact that the heating element melts them, while painting water and preventing fluids to be transformed into steam. It is possible to fix such a malfunction by replacing the gasket or a tan. Repair of this level of complexity is performed in the workshop.
Splashes
When heated, the device can splash in small portions of water with steam.
- This is due to the fact that water in the form of condensate accumulates near the holes in the heating sole of the iron, and when the device is turned on, the liquid goes to the surface. Special repair measures are not required in this case. After evaporation of the condensate, the steam generator will work as usual.
- If the device is equipped with automatic cleansing from scale, then in the case of a remnant in the water tank after work when it is re-enable, it will go through the steam feed holes in the form of splashes. You can fix the problem without repair - just press several times on the pair's feed key.
Pressure is not regulated
In the steam generator, water is converted to pairs under pressure, And if the setting of this option does not work, the steam power supply is significantly reduced.
- Check if the electrical appliance is scored - If you make it clean, it is often a steamer function is restored.
- Expensive patterns of steam generators are equipped with automatic regulation of the power of the steam feed. To determine the fault, try the operation of the device in several modes. If the pair pressure is reduced in all modes, it means that the electronics failed, to restore which can be restored only in the conditions of the service workshop.
Other malfunctions
Other malfunctions may occur during operation of the steam generator, which can not always be eliminated by their own at home.
- When using the device, a puddle is formed under it. Such a malfunction requires urgent shutdown of the steam generator from the power source, as the situation can threaten you by the electrician. The reason for leakage of the fluid may be associated with a disorders of the integrity of the water tank, which is subject to replacement in the workshop.
- With long-term operation, electrical appliances sensors often burn out. The water level indicator often fails, the steam feed button, the pressure level switch. Diagnostics and repair will require the use of special tools that are not at home.
Repair of complex household electrical engineering requires certain skills.
If the fault is available to the means, it is not possible, it is not necessary to exacerbate the situation. Inretful actions can lead to a significant increase in the cost of repair, which will have to subsequently implement in the service center.
Recommendations
If you notice the malfunction in the operation of the steam generator, for self-diagnostics and attempts to eliminate them Repair professionals advise adhere to these rules:
- all manipulations only With the device disconnected from the power supply network and its complete cooling after heating;
- During the inspection of the electrical appliance All tests spend on a light piece of fabric which is then not sorry to throw out;
- If you smell the burner wiring, the electrical appliance is sparking or smoke - Immediately disconnect it from the network and carry to the service center.
Choosing an electrical machine repair workshop, give preference to certified official service centers.
Their addresses are indicated on the warranty coupon attached to your steam generator. The repair of a private master is not always effective and high-quality.
On how to disassemble and repair the iron, look in the video.