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Looked at a ‘Premium Appliance Brand’ BTD600 Tumble Dryer, made by Crosslee White Knight.
After about 15 minutes the drum starts to slow down and the machine sounds as if something is seizing/binding until the drum stops rotating altogether and just hums. If I turn the machine off then on again it refuses to start, the motor doesn’t even hum.
If the machine is left for about 1/2 an hour it will work again for another 15 minutes.If I turn the drum by hand it rotates freely so isn’t seizing.
The element has an earth fault of 8 megohms, the motor tests OK.
I have never had an earth fault on an element cause a motor fault so I am thinking it’s the motor that’s faulty.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Keith.
Re: White Knight T/D stops turning after15 minutes
Motor start capacitor?
Just a thought……maybe when it tries to reverse tumble the cap is not performing.might be nonsense but worth a shout i thought ❓
Re: White Knight T/D stops turning after15 minutes
trotter wrote:Motor start capacitor?
Just a thought……maybe when it tries to reverse tumble the cap is not performing.might be nonsense but worth a shout i thought ❓
Thanks for the suggestion but when under load the machine starts OK. If I try to hold the drum back it there is enough power to turn also the motor gradually slows and comes to a halt rather than not starting when reversing so I don’t think it’s going to be the capacitor.
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