Indesit IWD61450

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  • March 11, 2013 at 2:02 pm #74500
    ollyk
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    Hi folks I have the above machine with a main motor that can be heard to stall when trying to start up. Helping the motor turn while starting will get the thing running, however it doesn’t sound very smooth!
    The motor will also start up ok without load – i.e. belt removed.

    With belt inplace it buzzes a couple of times then cuts off, so either the machine is detecting a problem or it is part of the starting sequence?

    Now I have tried an insulation test and resistance readings on both stators and rotor coils and everything *seems* to measure within reasonable limits.

    As I do not readily deal with motors or washing machines I would like help determining if I have a faulty control board or motor!

    Thanks,

    Olly.

    March 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm #391822
    Martin
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    Motor brushes clapped out by the sound of it!

    March 11, 2013 at 2:32 pm #391823
    ollyk
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    Hi Martin, the brushes appear to be ok, they are a little scored but both extend about an inch when removed so I would have thought they had plenty of life left???

    March 11, 2013 at 4:23 pm #391824
    Martin
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    The commutator segments must show signs of blackening and arcing then I would have thought?

    March 11, 2013 at 7:43 pm #391825
    ollyk
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    The worst part of the commutator is shown in the picture below – I suspect there is an issue with one or more windings?

    March 11, 2013 at 7:48 pm #391826
    Martin
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    So do I, that motor is well sick! 🙁

    March 11, 2013 at 8:25 pm #391827
    ollyk
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    So I am, just over a year old and seems a replacement motor is going to cost nearly as much as a new machine, and I assume the free parts offer will be worthless unless I get one of their techs, who no doubt will charge as much as it will cost me to purchase a motor 🙁

    Our previous hoover did 9 years with two babies before the drum fell off its mount – it had one set of brushes and that was after 8 years!

    Are Indesit generally reasonable or is it more a lottery these days?

    March 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm #391828
    iadom
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    ollyk wrote:

    Are Indesit generally reasonable

    You are having a laugh aren’t you , mind you Hoover are no better these days either. 😥

    March 13, 2013 at 9:24 am #391829
    ollyk
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    Re: Indesit IWD61450

    ok motor came this morning straight in and the machine is happy now – I am going to replace the 3 motor control relays on the control board with some proper branded jobbies, as the chinese blocks in there look a bit cheap, I should imagine they might have suffered as a result of the motor failing…

    Thanks for the help!

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