Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

[Specialist01269]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

Diplomate wrote:Perhaps I don’t deserve your help and you should ignore me 🙁

Hi Diplomate: Don’t quite understand why you think your’e being ignored, the boys appear to have been quite quick in responding to your messages. Unfortunately we can only answer posts in between our normal daily work so sometimes it may take a short while to reply, if you still have a problem then please let us know & we will try to help.
As Martin has already said you have a Capacitor start induction motor so you don’t have to worry about brushes. 8)

HTH: Andy.

[Specialist01269]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

cockney steve wrote:

A bang.. burnt electrical smell

😯 you haven’t investigated? the “bang/burnt smell” is usually a short-circuit or track to earth…could be a number of reasons, but dishwashers being damp-prone and carbon-brush-dust being conductive…..has to be near the top of the list of “things to check”

There won’t be Carbon brush dust, it’s a Capacitor start Induction motor so there are no brushes. 😕

[cockney steve]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

There won’t be Carbon brush dust, it’s a Capacitor start Induction motor so there are no brushes.

😳

* hngs head in shame and scuttles off *……should have known that, i’ve pulled a few apart. 😉

[Diplomate]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

Specialist01269 wrote:

Diplomate wrote:
Perhaps I don’t deserve your help and you should ignore me 🙁

Hi Diplomate: Don’t quite understand why you think your’e being ignored, the boys appear to have been quite quick in responding to your messages. Unfortunately we can only answer posts in between our normal daily work so sometimes it may take a short while to reply, if you still have a problem then please let us know & we will try to help.
As Martin has already said you have a Capacitor start induction motor so you don’t have to worry about brushes. 8)

HTH: Andy.

I didn’t say I have been ignored, quite the reverse. It was myself recommending others to ignore me because I jumped to the conclusion that I had a faulty capacitor without investigating first.

[Diplomate]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

cockney steve wrote:

There won’t be Carbon brush dust, it’s a Capacitor start Induction motor so there are no brushes.

😳

* hngs head in shame and scuttles off *……should have known that, i’ve pulled a few apart. 😉

Don’t be too hard on yourself. I got the gist of what you were saying and thank you for that.

[Diplomate]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

I took the motor off the dishwasher and took the end off to have a good look at it. I found no burn marks in or around the motor, in fact not being used much it looked as good as new. I couldn’t find any signs of burnt components anywhere else so I put the motor back. I switched on the dishwasher and everything works okay.. machine fills, paddles rotate and machine empties. Intermittent fault.. damp or….???? Time will tell. Thank you everyone for your help. 😉

[Specialist01269]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

Sorry but it did seem that you thought you were being ignored & this isn’t something that we tend to do.
When you checked the machine were there any signs of Leakage / Seepage inside?
1 thing it would be advisable to check if you have a Multimeter, is the Earth continuity from the pin on the plug to any exposed metalic parts just to make sure you have a good Earth if there are any further problems, continuity should be a maximum of 1 ohm.

[Diplomate]

Re: Candy CD622… capacitor blown?

Specialist01269 wrote:Sorry but it did seem that you thought you were being ignored & this isn’t something that we tend to do.
When you checked the machine were there any signs of Leakage / Seepage inside?
1 thing it would be advisable to check if you have a Multimeter, is the Earth continuity from the pin on the plug to any exposed metalic parts just to make sure you have a good Earth if there are any further problems, continuity should be a maximum of 1 ohm.

No, I was certainly not ignored and am very grateful for the advise I have received on here from you and other experts.

There was no signs of Leakage / Seepage inside. I haven’t got a Multimeter but will bare in mind what you said and thanks again 🙂

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