Indesit WD12S trips mains – leak?

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  • April 25, 2006 at 7:07 am #17363
    Babbler
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    Hello all,


    Our washer dryer (Indesit WD12 S) seems to trip the main house electric trip switch – it has done this twice and so am not using anymore.

    We opened it up and found that there is, where you cant see under the drum, a slow leak which has been dripping on the motor (I think its the motor its dripping on). Having felt inside it seems that a ‘screw’ has sheared? and the water is dripping through there. Could it have been holding a washer or something?

    Can it be fixed easily? Can we just seal it somehow? Cant get to the ‘screw’ as its under a metal ‘bar’. When feeling with a finger (obviously with the electric off!), it does feel like a sheared screw.


    It is 3 years old.

    Thanks in advance.

    April 25, 2006 at 7:17 am #173956
    Martin
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    Re: Indesit WD12S trips mains – leak?

    It’s a common failure with these machines the fixing bolt of the drum support plate 🙁 Difficult to access and often damages motor beyond repair. Drum not accessible and replaced as a complete assembly. Most machines are scrapped at this point 😥

    May 3, 2006 at 9:09 am #173957
    Babbler
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    Thanks. It was checked and according to the engineer it was a screw that was in the wash that punctured the drum causing a leak. Thats apparently what we could feel. Not sure how true it is but anyway – we have bought a new one now…

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