Hotpoint fdw20p

[sce]

Hi hope you can help. I`ve read everyone elses contributions on these contraptions and I am a little stuck / need a bit of reassurance. Problem is d/w flashes up 2 and 4 = poss heater, p/swt connections etc.. as per list. This machine does not do this everytime, perhaps once in every 3 washes. I`ve mega`d the heater= ok, checked the wiring=ok, visually checked the pcb for dodgy solderings on the relay = no problem seen. Even so I think it is the pcboard but want to know what part c00142435 high pressure m/swt thing does embedded in a hose; what does this part do , any ideas? The machine sounds good on wash and everything works just fine but as I said 1 in 3 times the poxy machine does fault code 2 and 4 and I`ve been told that it happens mostly on the wash rather than on the last hot rinse but not always….weird……..or is it?

[iadom]

Re: Hotpoint fdw20p

Indesit and weird go hand in glove. :rolls:

PM me an e mail address and I will send you the manual. 😉

[sce]

Re: Hotpoint fdw20p

my thanks to Iadom for the manual.
Interesting update and a bit of a wild goose chase too: as you may have read the first post above this was a difficult one to pin point because there was nothing wrong with the element e.g mega ok etc….I changed the pcb yesterday in the hope it was that, it wasn`t, Bugger! I changed this part tested it for 2 washes and worked ok then the trip went off which it had never done before, yes you guessed it was the element. What has /been happening was the continuity of element coil was going open cicuit for 9 secs- a hot spot which a mega will not spot, which of course you cannot see- which was enough for the pcb to sense the element breaking down but sometimes it wouldn`t and the machine would work without a problem to the end; about 1 in 3 times. Now it has finally and permamently has gone o/cir; just needs a new element and the machine should now work; sorting it out next week. Shame the poxy thing didn`t pack up `normally` before buying a new pcb which cannot be returned and so a warning that despite testing to the contrary the 2+4 light fault code is spot on there was just no proof at the time of testing that the element was a duffy.

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