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Re: Strange rotation problem
Thanks for your advice, Martin.
Even though it gets only 3-4 loads a week it sounds like I’ve probably had my money’s worth from it. I was going on my previous machine which was second hand when I bought it and lasted me 10 years before it’s first fault and I kept it going another couple of years by repairing.I bought the Beko mainly for its small capacity – 5kg (to prevent running out of clean underwear before I have a full load of one type to wash) – and lack of ‘bells and whistles’ – I only ever use 3 of the settings anyway.
Searching online for a new machine, information about how many cycles a machine is built for never seems to be listed in the specs. Or am I missing something?
Seeing as my very cheap Beko lasted 5 years, I’m wondering if it’s worth forking out 4 times as much for, say, a Miele that’s bigger and more complicated than is useful for me. I can’t see any machine lasting over 20 years or repair parts being available beyond 10 years these days.
Are there any simple quality machines for very small households out there?
I don’t like it but it seems the most cost efficient option (for me but not the environment) is buy cheap, replace often…Antonia
Re: Strange rotation problem
Thanks for your suggestion, Muv
If the spider suddenly cracked in two that would fit the bang I heard and if a small piece of metal was flung off, ricocheted and hit the drum it could explain the dent. A broken spider arm could also explain the stopping if the imbalance it causes is great enough to make the ‘out of balance’ protection to kick in – even on a wash cycle.
However, wouldn’t there also be noise/bangs each time the drum rotated and wouldn’t there be movement I could feel between the inner and outer drums? There are neither of those…
I feel loathe to give up on the machine as it isn’t even 5 years old but if it’s the spider, it looks like it’s only available for this model as part of a “welded tub assembly” for £100!
Antonia
