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Our AEG Lavatherm 61275AC dryer (bought new 6 years ago) seems to work but after a short period will stop mid-cycle. About 10-20 mins later it will continue again but then keep starting and stopping until eventually it shows E50 in the display and beeps continously. When this happens, we have to switch it off and back on again to restart (it starts immediately again without having to change programme).
I’ve tried disconnecting from the mains for a few mins but this doesn’t make a difference. The manual doesn’t say what error code E50 is and the dryer has also started making a kind of low squealing sound when the drum is turning, like metal is rubbing. I’ve uploaded a 10 second clip of the sound to https://sndup.net/53gz, the odd knocks and bumps you might hear are just the laundry turning in the drum but you can hear the other high pitched noise too.
Dryer was repaired last year when the filter clogged even though we clean it after every cycle and it gets used heavily so don’t know if this is a fault or something that has worn out. Can anyone help diagnose what the problem might be? I’ve contacted a few engineers who all say different things:
– can be fixed
– can’t be fixed, software problem
– can’t be fixed, needs specialist AEG diagnostics hardware
– not economical to fixHave already tried searching the forums for e50 but it says “The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search: e50”.
Thanks for any help.
Dark Horse
E50 is main motor problems. The fault code E50 is shown to customer but the engineer can access the software and narrow it down
could be as simple as a motor capacitor going. If you put smaller loads in does it still fail ?
Dave
Hi Dave,
Thank you for the reply, it’s much appreciated. I’ll try a much smaller load tomorrow and post back although we rarely put in a full load anyway so the clothes have space to tumble and dry properly. With a half load, it still fails as described.
Does the noise of the dryer that I provided a link to sound like the motor failing?
Regards,
Dark Horse
I put in a much smaller load of just one T-Shirt that needed drying and it went all the way through without stopping, finishing the cycle in 30 mins. Then I put in three damp towels and it stopped and started a few times but eventually finished the cycle without showing code E50. Waited 30 mins and then did a final test of damp bedsheets which is about the same volume as three towels but less heavy, and this one also completed without stopping and starting or showing any E50 codes. In all three cases, the dryer is no longer making the squealing noise either (or it’s much, much less). Looks like the dryer behaves with much lighter loads of less than a half.
Does this mean it’s the motor? Is it a problem that can be fixed?
hopefully the motor capacitor which would make it a cheap fix
problem is you have to change it to find out
Dave
Just took a quick look and there are two capacitors in there:
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Would both need changing or just the larger one rated 7 F which is the one furthest away in the picture with two spade connectors?Thanks again for the help, it’s much appreciated. There’s a YouTube video of someone who had a similar problem with the exact same dryer and he changed the larger 7F capacitor so hoping it’s just a quick and easy fix.
[video=youtube;86r-DclfXwU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86r-DclfXwU[/video]
yes i would swop the larger one
Dave
Thanks.
Also found this post on the forum so just linking here as it seems to be the same problem for the exact same dryer:
Quick update on this, I received the new capacitor and tested both old and new on a digital multimeter (20k ohms) however I get the same result of 1.
Don’t know if this means the new one is a dud (it briefly changed numbers for half a second before returning to 1 the first time it was tested) but I have fitted it for now and will post back once we have enough washing for a normal load. Fingers crossed.
when you put a multi meter on the ohms scale on a cap it charges up with the voltage in the meter. this leads to a low resistance reading that get higher as it charges
does not tell you a lot really you need a capacitance meter to get any idea if its lost value
Dave
Yeah, my multimeter doesn’t have capacitance. Other option is to charge the capacitor with a battery but I think it’ll just be easier to try it out on the dryer. Will post back with results hopefully sometime this weekend.
A quick update; did three normal drying loads today on different settings and the dryer was good as gold. Each cycle completed properly and the dryer didn’t stop once or show any error codes; even the squealing noise has gone. Have also noticed the dryer starts quicker and sounds a little different, less tired if that makes sense. Hopefully all is good now.
Many thanks Dave for your replies and help
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