Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

Somethings not right that’s for sure.

Overloading can cause it as can opeing the door before the cooling down period at the end.

More likely though there is a heat control problem or the air is not being circulated quickly enough.

May be time for an engineer ?

Dave.

[spoonz]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

anyone know engineer in sheffield or surrounding area? not keen on yellow pages.

I might try another fuse coz the missus put about a lorry full of towels in on a 90 min dry. Cant have helped.

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

spoonz wrote:anyone know engineer in sheffield or surrounding area? not keen on yellow pages.

Yep, DAR in Rotherham (kheath on here ;)) use repairs@ and he will get the call if you need one 😀

spoonz wrote:I might try another fuse coz the missus put about a lorry full of towels in on a 90 min dry. Cant have helped.

😯 Indeed it won’t have 😯

[spoonz]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

email sent, ta Dave (again)

[Penguin45]

Spoonz,
The reasons could be:

Insufficient airflow.
Faulty control stat.
Earth fault on element.
Failed condenser feed (trickle of cold water.

The other thing that does it is Mrs opening the door half way through “to see how they’re doing”, instead of running the cooling down step first.

If you’re going in for another look, don’t forget the plug.
Regards,
Penguin45.

[spoonz]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

cheers mate,

actually i seem to remeber you cant open door, as it looks for couple of mins, but you can move it from hot to cold bypassing the warm down and then wait 2 mins.

I guess it is time for someone who knows what they are doing to look at it!

[Kenny]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

Not done a hotpoint yet but i have an indisit.(Several) Found fluff blocking the air flow becouse no filter is fitted.
Warm air is taken from near bottom of drum It is sprayed with cold water to cool it down. It then passes over the heating element and back into the drum. 😀
Somewhere in here I recon you will find fluff built up stoping the air flow over the heating element so blowing the thermal fuse 🙁

[spoonz]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

sounds feasable.

these indeed have no filter which i found weird when i bought it, Ill take the back off abd have a look.

Any where in particular I should be looking for fluff?

[Kenny]

Re: Hotpoint WD62 Washer/Dryer

Sorry not replyed sooner

When you take the lid of youur machine you should notice a lage plastic conaiter going from the bottom of the machine to the top. This feeds into the air heater mounted on top of the drum. There will also be a water inlet into this plastic container.

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