[BGJames]

Re: Smartdrive 058 starts filling ok and then slows to trick

Ok thanks. Do you have a part number for this? Or can describe it? (I’m quite new to this stuff but have replaced a few things RPS, controller etc)

Last night I swapped the wires on the hot and cold solenoids inside the machine and swapped the inlet pipes around and it’s working great, just can’t do hot washes. I do want to fix it correctly though.

[BGJames]

Re: F&P SmartDrive 058 Error.

Also this machine has had a new motor controller recently.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

ah I had put the wires around the wrong way! 😀

Anyway I put the machine all back together today for the repair man to collect tomorrow. And I just tried decided to try it to make sure I could describe the fault to him correctly and it decided to work! It did a full cycle without any problems… so I decided to put some clothes in and try another one but now it’s playing up again.

I read in another thread about corrosion. My one has corrosion on the outside of the stator, where there are rows of silver metal strips, the rust/corrosion covers over half of some of them. Or is the corrosion that is talked about on a different area? I’m not sure how to describe it. Would that be the possible cause of all problems?

Postion Sensor/OOB/Reed have all been replaced so should not be the cause. Motor controller was also replaced, and I’m assuming that’s what the repair guy will say again tomorrow since that was his original opinion after a quick assessment (he didn’t actually look inside the machine though, just run the diag I assume while he read things out of a book).

Hope you’re all enjoying your weekends!

Cheers,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Thanks for all the replies guys! Repair man cannot do any house calls until Monday so I still been playing with it a little bit.

Today I reinstalled the new rotor pos sensor under the machine. The valves seem to be fine Silver.

Now after I reinstalled the RPS it starts to fill as normal (no more pulsing!!) but the bowl is making a buzzing sound and trying to turn and just vibrating, and then it sometimes jerks and does a half turn etc.

I’m not sure about the wires connecting you mentioned silver. Are they yellow, red, blue (from the left) looking from the outside or the inside or the round thing? Maybe my wires is wrong which is why it’s not spinning?

The error codes is changed as well.

11010100 (slow + hold lit)
00101000 (med lit)

The others are all same as last post.

Any ideas Penguin or Silver?

Cheers!

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Thanks Silver and Penguin. I checked all the things you said Silver and they seem to be correct. I think I will get pro help, but I have the weekend to try and fix first. I also tested reed switch and it’s fine also.

New error codes are;

11000001 (slow + hold)
00100000 (med)
11010001 (med + hold)
10010000 (med + slow)
10000000 (med + slow + hold)
10101000 (fast) (flashes between first 2 lights from right)
11010001 (fast + hold)
10010000 (fast + slow)
11111111 (fast + slow + hold)
00000000 (fast + med)
00010000 (fast + med + hold)
01100010 (fast + med + slow)
00101000 (all on)

I’m thinking it could be problem with new OOB switch because machine behaves same with the new switch connected or not connected (I took it off again to see what happens with no switch and I just joined wires (yellow and white) together but if did same thing.

Thanks for your time,

Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Well I decided to have another go and I got some new parts.

I replaced the Rotor Position Sensor (420296P), which was very tight to get in place. And also replaced the OOB assembly (420313).

I tried to test the new OOB by pressing “tempdown + power” and then moving it and waiting for a light to show on advance, but nothing happens. I tried the wires around both ways as well.

These new parts have changed my problem from surging of water (2 secs on, then off, on etc) and surging when washing. Now it just pulses when filling and does that for a while then stops and beeps. Same with spin, it makes pulsing noises with nothing turning and then stops and beeps.

What would this indicate? maybe the position sensor is not installed correctly, or would it be because the OOB is not showing correctly when tested?

Thanks,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

silvercody wrote:hi silvercody here,the only two things that i can think of is might be the clear pressure tube & the liitle blue tube connected to the bowl might be bent from where it comes up from the top deck and connects to the motor controller, disconect it from the top and blow throught it to clear any thing.the second might be the oob swicth or micro swicth which is under the motor controller it might be worn out,make sure that the yellow wire pluged on the side of it & not at the end of it..that swicth can be tested by pushing that program i told u wash temp down ….ect……..when in the program stick your arm under the top deck and push back the little lever if a light comes on up where your advance lights r it means its works..

Thanks silver, but I think I’m going to have to give up on this machine.

I did what you suggested and they both seemed to be alright. But the top back on and tried to start a cycle.

It filled and started washing. But when it got to rinse stage it just stopped and did nothing more for a few mins then started beeping. Now I can’t get it to empty and if I start a new load it tys to fill more, even though it’s already completly full and nearly overflowing.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher and Paykel fill valve turning on/off

My machine has this problem as well. I got a repair guy to give me a quote and he said it required a new motor controller that is $280.

I managed to get the part for free from a friend and installed it, and I still have the same problem, so it must be the sensor as mentioned on here.

I’ve found while it is filling and turning off and on, if you open the lid and give the bowl a spin, after you shut the lid it will continue to fill as normal and the bowl will turn while it is filling (as it should). But then it won’t turn when it gets to the wash stage.

Is the only way to access the sensor from under the machine? and can this part be replaced easily?

Cheers,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Hi, thanks for your help Silvercody.

I tried what you suggested but I am still getting the same problem. The water still surges (1 sec on 1 sec off etc) when filling when I try to start cycle and the bowl does the same when trying to wash/spin etc.

What I did notice by accident though is if I press;

‘temp down’ + ‘power’ which causes the low led to be lit and then hold ‘temp down’ it fills like normal without doing the surging (while I keep holding temp down button).

I will mention this whole problem started one day after a load had come unbalanced a few times and the machine was making a banging sound, then it stoped and started beeping. We adjusted the clothes and tried to resume the cycle and then it started doing what I described the problem as.

EDIT: I will also just add that I filled it about half full then advanced it to rinse and it drains with out any problem (no surging as with the fill), and while it’s draining I can hear the bowl trying to turn and a dull clicking or slipping type sound, seems it is trying to turn it but can’t.

Cheers,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

ah I just needed to press it a couple more times.

This is the code I got (read from right to left) with slow+hold lit

00010001

I kept pressing up and wrote the codes for all the other options as well in case they are helpful, in brackets is what was lit.

00100000 (med)
11010001 (med+hold)
10010000 (med+slow)
11111110 (med+slow+hold)
01101000 (fast)
11010001 (fast+hold)
10010000 (fast+slow)
11111111 (fast+slow+hold)
01101000 (fast+med)
00010000 (fast+med+hold)
01100010 (fast+med+slow)
00101000 (all)

Cheers,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

😀 Thanks for that.

Hold down “Temp Down”, then press “Power”. Machine should beep, twice.

I did that bit and it beeped twice as you said.

Press “Spin”, until both “Hold” and “Slow Spin” LEDs are lit. Read off from right to left the LEDs lit on the wash progress display.

But for this part should I be pressing “Spin Up” or “Spin Down”, tried both but the “Hold” and “Slow” LEDs didn’t light up.

Thanks again,
Ben.

[BGJames]

Re: Fisher&Paykel Smartdrive 058 controller board help?

Hi,

Thanks for the replies. I did the procedure for the size setting (5.5kg) and activating the controller.

Now the machine seems to function correctly when selecting wash settings but when I press start the cycle is not working properly now.

It seems to do everything in pulses. eg. when filling water it will fill for a second then stop and then fill again.. similar thing happens if I advance to wash, it will make the motor turning sound then stop, start, stop etc.

I advanced it to spin and tried to look under the lid and it doesn’t look like the bowl is actually starting to spin at all, although it makes the normal sounds, it just stays in one place.

I’m not sure how bad this problem is, but would someone be able to give me the diagnostics codes to enter so I can post them?

Thanks for your help,
Ben.

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