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My washing machine’s stopped working after a leak in the pipe behind it (the one that feeds the cold water) it’s making some sort of a clicking (sparking) sound when we try to switch it on. doesn’t trip any rcd’s or any other sort of problem- just doesn’t switch on. – the sound is like it is continually sparking
I’ve now looked underneath the machine the the place where the mains leads go to (think it’s called a module – looks like a PCB really) is sparking
any thing i can do??? anyone heard of this/similiar problem before?
is it cheaper to just get this replace (around £300) in the shops than to try and get someone to look at it?
the model is WIDL126S if it helps…
all comments appreciated.
Re: Washing machine not working making sparking sounds
Sparks usually fly from the motor and not the module. Therefore in a worst case scenario the cost of replacing the motor including labour and VAT will be around £150 (ish?)
Thanks for the quick response. I actually tilted the machine and switched the power on so that I could see what was happening since we could only ‘hear’ the sparks till then (or assume it was sparks that were making the sparking sound 🙂 )
What we saw was: it was sparking at the place where the mains lead goes into the machine. i.e.: mains wires are plugged into the plug on one end and the other end goes into the machine – the place where it terminates is (or looks like) a PCB. I trawled through a few spares sites today and gathered that it was a ‘module’.
the sparking sounds happen as soon as we switch the power supply on. the motor doesn’t come into play until a program is selected and run. am i correct?
thanks11 wrote:the sparking sounds happen as soon as we switch the power supply on.
Good heavens! Then may I suggest you unplug the machine immediately and get an expert in to check it out as that is potentially very dangerous(see link below for help) 😯
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