TL;DR
A washer pressure switch is the sensor that tells a washing machine how much water is in the tub, reading the air pressure trapped in a small hose that runs down to an air dome on the outer tub. As water rises it compresses the trapped air, and at the calibrated level the switch signals the control to stop filling.
What it means
A washer pressure switch is the sensor that tells a washing machine how much water is in the tub, reading the air pressure trapped in a small hose that runs down to an air dome on the outer tub. As water rises it compresses the trapped air, and at the calibrated level the switch signals the control to stop filling. A cracked hose or a blocked air dome makes the machine overfill, refuse to start, or stop with level errors, and on newer machines the same job is done by an electronic sensor reporting a frequency the control board reads.
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