Greetings -

OK, not That dramatic, only dined off a few wires but now the washer does not fill. As far as I can tell that is the only problem now (but a critical one of course).

The washer stopped working at all, no power, right before we found the packrat. On removing the front lower cover I found that several wires had their insulation chewed off. Two, going to the water valve/soleniod, were touching. A check of the thermal boost unit showed a short. Thinking this was casused by the wires touching I replaced this. I also found the float switch off-center. The washer ran and goes through cycles but no water flows in. I checked the valve by running current directly to it and it does open and water does flow. I took the control panel cover off and see nothing obviously burnt/blown but I don't know enough or have the diagrams to continue. I also don't detect any heat but this may be a safety feature if there is no water flow.

Do you good folks have any idea what else may have happened from a short-circuit of the water inlet solenoid? Assuming this might be what is wrong, what might be "upstream" of it that would be affected (shorted/blown)? As I say, the valve does still appear to work. I know the unit is old and I've been told to just replace it but if I can fix it--it worked well before the packrat--and keep it out of a landfill for a few more years I'll do it.

Thanks much; cheers, Joel

Thanks for the response, I appreciate it.

I will check voltage at the valve, I had not just assuming there WAS NONE or it would have opened--that is, the problem was before voltage got to the valve.

I had checked the float switch for continuity and it was good but I have not checked it for voltage. I did check that nothing seemed to be impeding the action of the float to turn the switch on or off.

I did find a very simple wiring diagram that I will check next....

Thanks again