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This machine does everything it is supposed to do but the motor doesn’t spin. If I set a program, water fills the drum, the knob rotates, the water empties, fills, empties (like rinsing)…but no motor. Earlier in the day a load of washing came out wet so I cleaned a big pile of muck out of the filter and started it up again to find the ‘no motor’ problem.
It’s been trouble free until now, no vibration, no leaks. I clean the filter reasonably regularly (not quite enough I guess). I haven’t opened it up yet to check for power getting to the motor, look for fuses etc.
The only possibility I can think of is that running the dryer part with loads of water around (because the draining wasn’t so good) has made something too hot/wet and tripped a safety device.
I can’t find the manual and I haven’t had any luck online either.
Any ideas..?
Re: Hoover HW130M UK Washer Dryer – motor not running
Check the obvious first – is the belt on? Failing that a check of the carbon brushes in the drive motor would be the next step. Good info here:
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.p … ge&pid=156Power off when working on the machine, please.
Penguin45.
Re: Hoover HW130M UK Washer Dryer – motor not running
The belt is on. I can see both brushes but I can only see where one of them touches the commutator (the other is too far under the motor for my torh and mirror arrangement to work). The brush I can see hasn’t got a nice square end – it’s worn into a fairly steep angle.
Just to run the idiot check, I started the machine up again and the motor ran for a few seconds, but I noticed alot of sparks from the commutator end of the motor and some crackling noises. Once the motor had stopped, all the sparks and crackling stopped.
I don’t know exactly where this leads me. I’m tempted to guess the brushes are shot, order a new set and commutator cleaner and replace them, including cleaning the communtator. I’ll need to remove the motor anyway to eyeball the other brush. I don’t want to just do the obvious thing just because it’s something I can do though – it might not be the fault.
What do you think..?
Re: Hoover HW130M UK Washer Dryer – motor not running
If it ran briefly and sparked, it’s the brushes. You’ll find that they have worn to a couple of millimetres – they start out well over an inch long.
Power off when pulling the motor.
Penguin45.
Re: Hoover HW130M UK Washer Dryer – motor not running
So I replaced the brushes (bought from the store on this site), cleaning the commutator as I did so (with the comm stick from this site) and the machine is now happily washing away. I took the opportunity to clean the filth out of the condenser so hopefully the drying efficiency will be restored also.
Thanks for your help – the parts cost me less than a call out fee!
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