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About 1998/9 vintage, serial # 803272060
On the face of things works fine: fills, drains, spins, clothes come out mostly OK. Except it has bugged me for a while that at times it seems to fill, clicks for a while, then drains without the drum turning. This is 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} the case on the rinse and fabric conditioner phases: water fills to about 1″ up the glass. The timer clicks away for a few minutes but no drum turning whatsoever. Then (in rinse phase) 4 minutes later the pump starts draining and the drum does the slow turn, then spin.
In wash phase drum turning (?agitating) seems very limited: rather than spending 20 minutes (or whatever) agitating there is the occasional 2 revs or so. Towards the end of the wash phase there is a final top up of water, no drum turn before 2 minutes later the drain pump (and drum revs) start!
Have cleaned out the pressure pipe, and checked the motor PCB (Remco-5525) and not seen any obvious faults.
Any help appreciated.
Re: Indesit WG1030 does not agitate during rinse
Awkward one to call….. The module suffered from dry/burnt joints around the relay, also burning on the solder pads where the edge connectors push on. This can cause erratic running on the low voltage/current stage of the cycle (ie wash speed). The extra umph required for distribute and spin can complete the circuit.
If none of the above apply and you have done the obvious check of the drive motor carbon brush gear, you are probably looking at a timer fault. The module is a digital type, so rather than the timer controlling every action of the motor, it sends a signal to the PCB which effectively says “wash”. No signal = no motor. Your comment that it is somewhat intermittent does point to the timer.
Power off, if investigating further.
Regards,
Penguin45.Re: Indesit WG1030 does not agitate during rinse
Thanks for the response.
The behaviour is consistent over the past year (when I inherited the machine with the house), so not intermittent from that point of view. Which is why I have discounted brushes – it always does the final spin perfectly.
What do you mean by module – the PCB at the back/bottom/right of the machine (Remco 5525)? That seemed to be mostly resistors, 5 diodes, 1 zener, 1 IC, a transistor and one or 2 capacitors. Certainly no significant relay. The edge connectors on that PCB were OK (as far as I could see with a magnifying glass! Based on searching previous threads here I had a serious look/prod for dry joints as well! The only remarkable observation was a large (2W?) resistor had slight signs of superficial heat damage.) Is there any circuitry/relay on the motor itself?
I feel there is a mode for the motor, call it wash speed, that is plain broken, whereas other modes (slow turn while draining and several speeds of spin) are fine. But as a washing machine circuit novice I haven’t a clue where to find the broken bit!
Re: Indesit WG1030 does not agitate during rinse
OK – I am pretty sure this must be something to do with the thermostat. I started this line of thought after doing a 90 degree cleansing wash and noticed that after a hot fill the machine spends more time tumbling.
The machine has both hot & cold fill hoses. For 40 degree wash it only uses cold fill. If I set a 40 degree wash, but connect the cold hose to the hot supply, it then spends a lot more time during the wash phase tumbling.
So question – where is the thermostat? And can I disable it (for a trial) – force it to report temp is OK? And what kind of price/job is it to replace (myself).
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