Hi All,
I have a Siemens washer dryer model number:wd14h320gb/02. Not sure how old it is but i’d say at least 4 years.
I noticed a faint burning/electrical smell coming from it – having taken it apart there is smoke coming from the motor when under load, particularly on a 1400 spin with a full load. The motor feels really hot.
I stripped the motor down but couldn’t see anything obvious wrong with it – brushes had plenty of life & the windings measured 1.9ohms or so (possibly low – not sure)
I don’t really have any experience repairing appliances – Is it likely it is just worn out & needs replacing? It still seems to work fine, it just smokes. and its not a lot of smoke, but enough to give a really bad smell in the room.
The markings on the motor are as follows:
Model no: 129.60260 J1 (embossed in aluminium tab at top)
Additional number: 9000804594 (in black text on front)
From my limited research it is shared with the Bosch WVH28420GB, and probably others.
Anyone have any ideas where I could source a replacement one from – are there appliance reclamation places out there?