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Hi,
My washer dryer has suddenly stopped doing anything. Close the door, select program, switch it on: nothing. Everything was fine a couple of days ago, and no smells of smoke/burning.
Reading around the forum it seems the interlock may be at fault – I unscrewed the two screws at the front thinking it would ‘fall out’ forwards, but now of course it’s floating around inside the casing !
My questions are:
1. Does this sound like an interlock problem ?
2. Can the interlock be bypassed to prove it is at fault ?
3. What is the likelihood that the PCB has been fried (that gets mentioned quite often) ? What gets zapped normally ?
Thanks in advance,
Nic
Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 dead – faulty interlock ?
Hi Nic,
Answers below…
nicredshaw wrote:1. Does this sound like an interlock problem ?
Yes, a very common fault with the three and four tag door locks as we call them, the one you need is HERE
nicredshaw wrote:2. Can the interlock be bypassed to prove it is at fault ?
No.
nicredshaw wrote:3. What is the likelihood that the PCB has been fried (that gets mentioned quite often) ? What gets zapped normally ?
Unlikely on these TBH, possible I guess but not at all where I’d be looking first. It’s usually just the door lock that goes on these and electro-mechanical bits.
HTH
K.
Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 dead – faulty interlock ?
Thanks very much – it indeed turned out to be the interlock, so my earache is now beginning to subside !
:o)
10 minute job yesterday – might be worth noting for others reading this in the future that you get access to the interlock by peeling back the rubber door seal. There is an electrical connection and a rubber hose at the bottom (for ‘full of water’ detection), as well as the ‘locked’ light.
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