Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

[robodoc43]

Machine has just been moved. Allegedly was working before. Now it will start a program, water goes in drum moves a couple of times and then just sits there. Time counts down but nothing else happens. Can move manually to drain and will pump out. Heater checks out OK. No error codes. Anyone have any thoughts?

[gandh1]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

what does it do when you try spin only ? and are you trade ?

[robodoc43]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

Hello gandh1, same sort of thing – makes an initial couple of spins but then just sits there and no I am not trade just a frustrated grandfather trying to sort out granddaughter’s machine. Any help greatly appreciated.

[gandh1]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

if it has been trolleyed during its move id be looking for damage to wiring around the motor area, rear bottom edge of indesit carcasses lend themselves to pivoting on the base of a trolley, causing front edge of narrow widthed trolley lips to swivel up and hit motor. sounds like a tacho or tacho cable fault on motor. under no circumstances inspect this whilst the appliance is live. i.e plugged in and power on. you will need a multimeter to check the motor / wiring looms

[robodoc43]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

gandh1 thanks for the suggestion sorry I did not pick it up until now. I’ll get a look at the machine later in the week but one question – should I not be seeing an error code?

[gandh1]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

its an indesit, if the electronics worked properly, half of them with this kind of issue wouldnt have been scrapped…

[madangler1]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

Is it three phase machine by any chance? I have found a very odd thing on the later Arcadia Indesit boards. If the tacho signal is missing it will start, tumble a few times then stop and count down. On the older stuff the motor would just rev but on the new stuff it tumbles just a few times then stops. Also the tumble speed is a little quicker than normal. I spent hours on one doing this one days and found the tacho wires were damaged at the motor. Have seen it several times since.

Check the motor wiring.

[iadom]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

Almost 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} certain it’s a brush gear motor. 😉

[madangler1]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

Worth checking it anyhow Iv only seen it on the 3ph machines but it’s not to say it won’t be the same on brushed motors.

[robodoc43]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

yes its definitely a brush machine and they are OK. I’ll take a look at the wiring tomorrow. Thanks for the continuing interest.

[robodoc43]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progressing through cycle

checked out the motor and tacho and associated wiring.all OK. looks like its the controller unless somebody out there has any bright ideas.

[robodoc43]

Re: Indesit IWD7145s not progresatesing through cycle

update: got a replacement board and fitted it last night. Started a program which got as far as the spin and stuck.program will progress with no spin in cycle but a spin in the cycle seems to block it-no error code but will not count down. able to empty by moving to that setting then tried to get it to spin. drum turns but not at spin speed and timer does not progress so something is blocking the spin phase. anyone able to help?

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