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Hi, I am so glad I found this forum, hoping that the cure may be on this
Forum, are you sitting comfortable, this is the story !!!
I had the LG WM14445FDS from new and worked well for 4 years, then last
April my wife pushed the power button and nothing.
So I checked the usual plug fuse with a meter, fuse good.
So we checked around and found a rated engineer from Trust a Trader.
He came, checked the machine out and found the heater element had broken
but it also blew the fuse in the main power board at the bottom.
In fact the fuse on the board had blown, but get this !!! you cannot change the fuse?? no LG coated the whole PCB sealant, you have to replace the board!!! @ £150.00 ea. + new heater element.
Well I had no choice and gave the go ahead to the repair man, he fitted the parts and all worked, parts had 12 months warranty.
Three months later no power, so called him back and he was a bit lost
what the fault was and he was unable to return the board as the fuse blew
again. He told me he could offer any more repairs and refunded the cost of the board.
I looked at the old board and found I could repair it by digging out the sealant and soldering a fuse holder to it, the I can just change the fuse
when it blows again without spending £150.00, really what a joke, who put a fuse on a board like that???I now have two repaired board one in the machine and a spare, just to put you at ease, my son repairs laptops and I have engineering experience and we both have soldering skills.Part 2,
The machine kept randomly blowing fuses, worked for a while then no power, so I decided to contact LG who uses a company for there repairs,
that was a big mistake, the guy was sloppy, smelt of B.O. and gave a quick check and said its all good.
Fuse blew again, called them back but sadly sent the same guy, made him check everything and the noise seems to be on rise cycle, got him to check both pumps and all hoses for blockage, he checked pumps, said they are o.k. checked direct drive motor, looks o.k. then he struggled to re-assemble the machine, putting wrong screws back and mixed everything up,
could have done better myself.
So used the machine for a while, the fuse blew did this a few times knowing that there must be a short.
I decided to open the machine and check myself, got to the pumps, the drain pump was not fitted correctly in the housing, remove both pumps and housing, cleaned everything even took the pumps apart and cleaned them, found the sprayer at inside the top door seal blocked, cleaned that
and pipes from it and all pump pipes.
put it all back changed fuse and it worked good for a while but now fuse
blown again, so wondering if the pump or pumps are not working correctly and are overloading and blow fuse, will to change both pumps, but after this I really cannot find the fault,,, so over to you !!!
Thanks for readingRe: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Hmm a story of disaster, bad luck. With regards to the 2 pumps. 1 is of course the outlet pump and t`other is the recirculating pump. The latter was never a good idea. What MIGHT have happened is that the hose that goes to the door seals jet spray nozzle gets blocked up with lint this causes the circulating pump to pump against a blockage and then that pump short cicuits due to o/heating and blows the pcboard. Same dire set of affairs happens to Elux/Zannusi and AEG contraptions too. Have a real good look at the pump windings and compare the circ pump to the o/let pump- you might beable to see duff winding though the pumps both have, usually and from memory, a cover that might be a challenge to remove without breaking them.
Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Hi,
Yes I cleaned out all pipes connected to the recirculation side
including the spray jets in the drum that the pipe connects to.
But im thinking the pump has been damaged so I am going to order
2 new pumps and changed them as not expensive to buy.
I am now very experienced in dismantaling LG washers 😆
Tell you one thing, will never buy another LG washer, funny I had a
Zannusi for ten years on had minor problems with it.
If the pumps dont cure it, then its going to get scrapped !! 😆Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Let us know the out come please. I have very little faith in any of this appliance lark so I can see where your coming from! All the best.
Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
O.K. I will,
Ordered 2 new pumps from Whitgoods websight today so should be fitting
them Friday evening.
I wish i could remeber how to put the machine in selftest mode,
I did now years ago but fotgot.LG washer WM14445FDS self test mode???
Hi, I did know a few years ago how to put my machine in selftest mode
but I cannot remember.
I would like to run this after I replace the pumps.
Also any link to repair manual would help.Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Hi, Need help, put new pump, powered on O.K.
Selected 30min quick wash to test, push play, bang fuse bows on
power PCB, I am really at a loss now.Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
That seems odd.
The pump wouldn’t be energised at that point, either drain or recirc so it logically appear to implicate something else.
The logical choice would be the door lock as, that the first thing that’d get powered up.
K.
Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Hi, Thanks for reply,
Is it common for the door lock to cause this fault???
When I took the machine apart I did notice some black colouring on
the white connector, not all over it just at one point.
Its odd as the fault can be very random when its working, can run for a week and then blow the PCB fuse randomly??
Is there a way of testing the door lock with a meter??I am now at a loss with this, I dont want to keep throwing money at it,
but I would like to fix it for my self satisfaction. 😥Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
I’m not familiar enough with them to call that one.
It is really strange though.
K.
Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
O.K. thanks for you advise,
Anybody Please, I really need to fix this”!!! 😥
Re: LG WM14445FDS (the story so far)
Udate to my LG washer story,
Friday evening took it apart to try to find any fault,
Checked heater eliment, that was fine, checked cable from mains for short,
all o.k and to the power board all o.k.
Found the door lock switch connector showed sign of heat on one terminal,
and the same on the switch itself on the same terminal.
Traced all the wires with a meter, the terminal that shows heat mark goes
to the power board at the bottom of the machine.
So cleaned the connector terminal and door switch was dismantaled and teminal cleaned of black and re-assembled.
I was lucky to have a spare power board from the first part of my story,
so i put that back and removed the old board.
So but it all back together and power on, that was fine, selected 30min wash, push play and it works 😆
Did two wash loads and all went o.k., but still not convinced yet, to early to tell.
Just one other thing I found, the rubber pipe from the recirculation pump to the jet in the top of the drum had collapsed causing it to very restrict the water flow, this pipe should have been made with a moulded bend in it, as it can bend to the left and cut the water, I cut a bit off and its working fine.
So is there a fault with the doorlock switch??? can water fall on it from the soap tray above?? i would like to know how it got burnt.
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