Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Machine

[mjhamilton]

My control panel PCB for a WIE 157S UK washing has failed… I can do a full wash cycle but it is cold and the display is stuck on 4:08 throughout.. also I cannot access any of the other setting like spin or temp settings… it is almost like it has fallen into a default ‘just about working’ profile.

My part number is 001456 43/03 SW rel 0.25 so I really want one of these for direct swap…

However my local spares group are offering a non refundable replacement which has a different part number for the same machine.. this may be a superceed but does anyone have any advice??

Also looking at my current PCB there is no removeable EEPROM but you can get boards with no EEPROM.. any advice would be great!!

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

Control panel PCB + display is p/no C00096999. It has no EEPROM.

The module in the bottom corner is p/no C00091907.
The EEPROM to fit it is p/no C00119100.

All electronic components are non-returnable to us professionals, so you won’t even get a guarantee, let alone sale-or-return as an amateur.

An email to spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk with the part numbers if you would like them pricing up.

However, I would say that there is far superior product available for not a great deal more than the purchase cost of your Indesit.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[mjhamilton]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

I am a bit cofused.. the board I have has all the IC’s welded and installed.. there does not seem to be a removable EEPROM so I am not sure where the chip actually resides…. normally EEPROM’s are fitted into a quick release slot…..

I am confident that this is the problem and everything else checks out and works fine…

Also I have a quote for a replacement board for around £96,.. does this sound right.. also would this require all I need

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

Problem is MJ, that an IC mount costs money……. Given that The Indesit Company costs engineers its products down to the fraction of a penny, they have chosen to solder it to the board. The good news is that it’s easy to spot, because it isn’t on the replacement :rolls: . You either unsolder the old one and transfer it across, or buy a new one and solder that in.

Will it cure the problem? I can’t give you an honest answer to that. The display board at the top is the one that is not responding? It is possible that that board is the problem, or even bad cabling.

I’m not trying to be negative about this. You might like to use the Search facility – type “Indesit” into search on this forum only and stand by to be appalled. The current Ariston range are the same machines. The list runs to pages and the same problems come up over and over again.

If it were my own machine, I’d cut my losses and buy something better. It’s not difficult, either.

The price quoted (eSpares?) is perhaps a little high – use the spares@ link above for an exact price.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[mjhamilton]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

wow.. that is an eye opener.. I am a pretty competant electronics engineer.. but without blueprints it is going to be impossible for me to see if it is the EEPROM or board…. bummer.. 🙁

From the issue I am having i am going to assume it is the EEPROM… it would appear to have lost its program and defaulted to a lesser or default setting routine (just a hunch)…. 😯

If the new board on order does not come with the chip in it then I may risk buying a new EEPROM on its own and fit it to my current board.. all the lights and stuff work it just seems to have lost its way…. kinda like Matt Damon in the Bourne Identity.. altho it hasn’t started to kill people yet (or washing 😆 )

Hmmmmmm.. what to do.. the board it £90 and the EEPROM is up to £50 depending on the loaded firmware…….. 😉

Why does it have to be so hard… and what company would seriously expect a washing machine technician (no disrespect to you guys by the way) to have a fully kitted antistatic setup to allow them to desolder and solder an IC??… this is not a job to be attempted without the correct environment and tools…

[Penguin45]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

And I have to try and do this all day, 6 days a week. Their tech support is appalling. Experience helps, but there is still a small amount of “guesstimation” involved.

Dearest EEPROM is about £30 from memory. Still expensive for a £2 chip that’s been flashed.

Good luck,
Penguin45.

[mjhamilton]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

Don’t envy you my friend… when I do any form of electronics I use a pretty clean environment.. good lighting with a rail of antistatic precuations in my lab at work or my garage at home… to do this with a housewife with 2 screaming kids on the kitchen worktop in an unknown environment must be a challenge………… 😳

Not sure what to do now… machine is 3 years to the day old… been great apart from a broken wire on the speed sensor connector that I fixed about 12 months ago (see my previous post)… new machine is going to cost £300 plus and I could get a new prom and board for £150 or less……… 😈

Machine works and sounds fine.. bearing are good.. motor is good ad all the other bits are sound… can start a wash but have no idea what is happening… it goes through a cycle in normal time even tho the display shows 4h08m all the time…… also I cannot change the spin speed or temp as these button do not respond… gotta be the board (maybe a blown cap or resistor feckin up the timin circuit or the EEPROM has failed and reverted to a default config that does not support this machine..

What a dilema…………………………….. let’s see what the wife thinks………. the costs now go from £40 – £90 – £130 – £300 +……………

Guess I should do EEPROM then board and if that fails cut my losses and buy new machine

[iadom]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

I replied to your other post in the Spares forum before I saw this one, the eeprom is NOT on the display PCB, it is on the main Control/Power module in the base at the back.

Jim.

[cessna]

Re: Indesit superceeded parts advice for WIE 157 washing Mac

Might have some good news for you.
I think this is an evolution model.
If so you can phone indesit and pay just one fixed price around £90 to repair and parts are free upto 5 years.
Just tell them it’s an evolution model it carries 5 year parts and fixed labour gtd.

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