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We recently acquired a Hotpoint WMA35 (for free) to conviently replace the knackered Hoover. On first appearances it looks and appears to be working fine. I’m just concerned about Hotpoint’s legendary poor build quality and just wondering how long it will last temporarily. It said under the lid, the manufacture date in between 2001-2002, but i have heard about bearing failures on the WMA range. What does the powerstream feature do?
i think Jim might be of usefulness here 😕
theyre nowhere near as bad as the new merloni range, thats for sure
bearings were the common culprit on those, but if its that age, and they havent gone yet, maybe itll be ok
might be worth just checking the brushes, they do tend to blow the pcb when they wear downothe than that, they really aint anywhere near as bad as that pile of poo theyre turning out now
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Powerstream, aquarinse, jetsystem and any other daft name you want to call it. Thankfully Hotpoint never went down the route of certain manufacturers by having a little jet of water spraying onto the clothes or trickling into the drum fed by a separate pump. If all these so called ‘features’ were removed from the machines the user would notice no difference in performance whatsoever. IMHO of course. 😉
At that age, if its sounds nice and quiet when you spin the drum there is a 75{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} chance the drum or rear half has already been changed under warranty.
If you can check on the motor, try and ascertain if it is a Bosch, FHP or Ceset. The latter two don’t seem to cause problems but the Bosch one often blows the PCB if the brushes fail. When you look at the motor check the wiring harness to the motor, heater etc to make sure it is routed well away from the lower large concrete balance weight, chafing in this area often leads to module failure as well. A new door lock would be a sound investment as well.
Jim.
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How do we get into the machine, the back and sides, how do they come off?
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Access is somewhat restricted. Top, small lower back panel and the whole front panel is removable. The best way to check on which type of motor you have is to tilt the machine back against a wall and have a look underneath, you can also check the wiring harness from there, with the plug out of course. 😉
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I dont think that it would need a look, since it has been used previously before we acquired it, as it is around 6-7 years old, the damage should already have been done if it were about to happen wouldnt it?
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It would depend very much on how frequently it was used. It could quite easily still have the original brushes if it wasn’t hammered.
Tip it back against a wall, shine a torch onto the motor, if the brush holders are white then you have the Bosch motor. I would be removing the motor to check/change the brushes. If the brush holders are black then I wouldn’t worry about them but I would definately replace the door lock which is quite a simple job.
The motor is rather awkward to remove and refitting the belt is also tricky.
However as you well know Adam, expert help is only a click away via the link in this post. 😉
Jim.
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