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hi,anyone know why my hotpoint w/dryer has suddenly started to trip the main fuse box i have no electrical faults until the washer is turned on,someone suggested a faulty heating element and to try a spin cycle so element not on but it still tripped any help welcome or is this going to be a costly repair.all the best hank. 😕
regardless of whether the machine is on a spin, if the heater has an earth leak, it will trip the electric
the only way to be sure is to either disconnect it, or test it properly with a megger
if you choose to do either, make sure you unplug the machine before doing any work
theres only usually 4 reasons for blowing a fuse!
1 > broken wire somewhere (v v unlikely)
2 > wash heater down to earth
3> dryer heater down to earth
4 > motor down to earthlike i said, power off if investigating
Re: hotpoint aquarius wd420 washer dryer
hi,me again found wire had broken off heater element so disconnected other wire isolated them out of harms way and washer powered up with no tripping,so was it just the wire or shall i replace element anyway,also what reading should i be looking for on my test meter if known,thanks for the help so far.hank 😮
a broken wire off the element wouldnt cause it to trip
it more than likeley needs an element to be honest
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Re: hotpoint aquarius wd420 washer dryer
ok was going to change it anyway have asked for a price already no answer as yet .cheers hank. 🙂
Re: hotpoint aquarius wd420 washer dryer
hi, if the wire had come off the element it can short onto the heater box, had it several times!
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