--- title: "The water container fills constantly" description: "An Asko dryer water tank that fills after every short load is usually seated wrong or reading wrong, not broken. What to check before booking a visit." url: "https://askomiami.support/symptoms/dryer-water-container-fills-fast/" date_modified: "2026-09-13" Appliance type: "Dryers" --- # Asko the water container fills constantly ### What to do in the next ten minutes Empty the container and seat it firmly — most report full because they are not fully home. Run a load and look at how much water it actually collects. If the machine is plumbed to a waste rather than using the container, check that the hose is not kinked and that the waste it goes into is clearing. Note whether the message appears at the start of a cycle or partway through. ### Where the water actually comes from Everything the dryer removes from the washing ends up either in the container or down the drain — there is no third place. A full container after a large load of towels is the machine working exactly as designed, and a container that has stopped filling is the one that should worry you, because it means moisture is not being removed at all. ### Why the machine stops rather than warns A condenser dryer with nowhere to put the water will put it inside itself, so the control stops the cycle when the container reports full. Every dryer platform on this badge has a code for it, and as with the time limit each revision names it differently — L4 on one board, F10 on another, S1 on another. One condition, several labels, and none of them interchangeable with the dishwasher or washer codes that share those characters. The container is not seated Simplest and commonest. The microswitch only releases when the container is properly home, and a container pushed most of the way in reads as full. The full-detect microswitch has stuck Reported full with an empty, correctly seated container. A small part, and the machine is unusable until it is changed because it stops every cycle. The drain is not clearing on a plumbed machine The same message, an entirely different cause. Worth establishing which arrangement the machine is on before anybody talks about parts. Does it report full when it is empty? The question that separates a switch from water. Empty it, seat it, and start a cycle. Is the machine plumbed to a drain? Many are, and then the container never fills at all. If yours is plumbed and the container is filling, the drain has stopped working. Have the loads changed? Bigger loads, towels, or a washer spinning at a lower speed all put genuinely more water into the dryer. It is not a defect. It needs emptying every load, or it overflows What it usually means More water can simply mean wetter loads or a more humid room Full reported with an empty container is the switch, not the water On a plumbed machine, the same message means the drain is not clearing What to do in the next ten minutes Empty the container and seat it firmly — most report full because they are not fully home. Run a load and look at how much water it actually collects. If the machine is plumbed to a waste rather than using the container, check that the hose is not kinked and that the waste it goes into is clearing. Note whether the message appears at the start of a cycle or partway through. Where the water actually comes from Everything the dryer removes from the washing ends up either in the container or down the drain — there is no third place. A full container after a large load of towels is the machine working exactly as designed, and a container that has stopped filling is the one that should worry you, because it means moisture is not being removed at all. Why the machine stops rather than warns A condenser dryer with nowhere to put the water will put it inside itself, so the control stops the cycle when the container reports full. Every dryer platform on this badge has a code for it, and as with the time limit each revision names it differently — L4 on one board, F10 on another, S1 on another. One condition, several labels, and none of them interchangeable with the dishwasher or washer codes that share those characters. ### Can I leave it plumbed and ignore the container? Yes, that is what plumbing it is for — the container simply stays empty. Just check the waste occasionally, because a blocked one brings this message straight back. ### Does emptying it mid-cycle help? It lets the cycle continue, but if it needs doing every load on ordinary washing, something has changed and it is worth a look. --- **[Read full article: The water container fills constantly](https://askomiami.support/symptoms/dryer-water-container-fills-fast/)**