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  • February 22, 2011 at 1:05 pm #61233
    oilyboy
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    my Servis 1600 washing machine has suddenly started to trip the breakers in my consumer unit. ❓
    It has worked fine for the past two years.

    Do I need to bin it or is this a known fault.

    Thanks
    Oilyboy.

    February 22, 2011 at 1:10 pm #345377
    Martin
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    oilyboy wrote:Do I need to bin it or is this a known fault.

    A known fault only once the electrics within have been checked as there can be many and various reasons why the breaker tripped. If you are unsure how to proceed it might be better to get a local expert in to test if for you.

    Click HERE to see if there is one such expert listed in your area? 😀

    February 22, 2011 at 4:47 pm #345378
    oilyboy
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    I now know that the fault is intermittant, sometimes it trips the rcd sometimes not.
    Is this a clue.

    Oilyboy.

    February 22, 2011 at 5:03 pm #345379
    Martin
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    oilyboy wrote:Is this a clue.

    Not in the least I’m afraid. Intermittent faults sometimes even harder to find. I refer you to my previous advice on this problem. 🙂

    February 22, 2011 at 6:14 pm #345380
    pearce_jj
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    Is it tripping an MCB or an RCD?

    February 22, 2011 at 7:28 pm #345381
    oilyboy
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    On the consumer unit.
    There are brown switches. RCDs?
    There are two red switches. Main switch.
    there is one Blue switch.
    It throws the blue switch.

    Oilyboy 😕

    February 22, 2011 at 7:43 pm #345382
    pearce_jj
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    RCD’s have a button labelled “test” on them in addition to the switch… MCBs don’t.

    February 22, 2011 at 7:51 pm #345383
    Specialist01269
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    The small Brown switches are normally the MCB’s, as you said the 2 Red switches are normally your main isolators in a Split load consumer unit, which from your description sounds like what you have in your property.
    If it is throwing the Blue RCD / RCBO then you have an Earth fault.
    Do you have access to a Good Multimeter or Preferably an Insulation tester & know how to use them? If not then please leave well alone & call a local Engineer.

    Remember: POWER OFF & PLUG OUT, BEFORE delving in. Getting :zap: will ruin your day.

    February 23, 2011 at 10:21 am #345384
    oilyboy
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    Thank you very much, I will take your advice.

    oilyboy :tup:

    February 23, 2011 at 10:29 am #345385
    Specialist01269
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    Hi Oily: Good choice mate, Electricity really takes no prisoners. I would hate to be reading of you getting electrocuted, please come back & let us know what happens.


    Andy

    February 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm #345386
    oilyboy
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    I decided to bin it and get a new one.

    Thanks to everybody for your help.

    Oilyboy

    March 22, 2011 at 10:32 pm #345387
    pilotwebley
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    Re: Servis 1600 washing machine

    most of these machines are known to develop a leak on the soap dispenser, this falls on to the drum and in turn follows the curvature of the drum on to the motor,
    so sometimes it would blow the fuse and sometimes not, over the years several times we would be called out for this same intermittent fault, and if you watched teh machine long enough you would then see it leaking.

    March 22, 2011 at 11:40 pm #345388
    Allsorts
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    oilyboy wrote:I decided to bin it and get a new one.

    Thanks to everybody for your help.

    Oilyboy

    Hi Oilyboy,

    Never bin the machine .. alway try to keep it out of landfill .. I’m sure an engineer near you would be very happy to take it off your hands and save you the tri to the tip.

    George

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