Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnected

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  • May 17, 2007 at 8:24 pm #27435
    Nic Redshaw
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    Hi,

    I’ve got an aging Zanussi WDJ1094 (I’ve replaced the bearings twice !), but now it trips the RCD whenever it starts. Fault finding a bit, I disconnected the live feed to the element, and all works fine (except the water won’t heat up obviously 😆 ).

    Corroded heater element you might say – but the funny thing is that the impedance between the two terminals is still about 20 ohms, and the impedance to ground is about 1.6Mohms from both terminals !

    Any ideas ?

    Thanks,

    Nic

    May 17, 2007 at 8:36 pm #213997
    helo_75
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    Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

    did i really read that?

    change the heater, ur not supposed to have any reading to ground!!!

    May 17, 2007 at 11:48 pm #213998
    Penguin45
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    Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

    Ask spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk for a 1240325-11/6 element and they’ll supply it for you pretty promptly. About £23 plus gubbins from memory.

    Regards,
    Penguin45.

    May 18, 2007 at 7:42 am #213999
    Nic Redshaw
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    Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

    Hi,

    Not sure what you mean about reading to ground – 1.6 mega-ohms means that it’s basically open circuit (to ground) and the 20 ohms between the terminals is about what I’d expect for a heater element ?

    Thanks for the link – in light of the above, do you still think this will fix it ?

    Cheers,

    Nic

    May 18, 2007 at 8:03 am #214000
    clivejameson
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    Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

    Nic Redshaw wrote:Hi,

    Not sure what you mean about reading to ground – 1.6 mega-ohms means that it’s basically open circuit (to ground)

    No it doesn’t….it means the resistance reading to ground has dropped from infinity right down to 1.6 megs! (this probably drops even lower when the element heats up) and is certainly low enough for the trip to respond.

    New element time.

    May 28, 2007 at 8:41 pm #214001
    Nic Redshaw
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    Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

    Well – I have to take my hat off to you guys, again ! Full of scepticism (1.6Mohms to ground wouldn’t trip a 100mA RCD !) I bought a new element and removed the old one (this was actually much easier than I thought it would be).

    Lo and behold, there was a part of the element that had been worn (presumably by the drum, possibly last time the bearings went !), and there was a tiny way through to the element. This must have been the fault, and reducing in impedance when on (as mentioned above).

    I now have a fully functional washing machine again – will it ever die ?!

    Thanks guys.

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