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Re: hoover OPHS 612 supply voltage
Allsorts wrote:Get a transformer that also alters the Hz as well as the voltage
It would need a bit more than just a transformer to alter the frequency.
Re: Hotpoint WDL520 "stopping"
As a follow up to this, I removed the triacs from the control board and checked them out but they seemed fine. Checked whatever else I could practically check on the pcb (transistors, electrolytics and such like), but all seemed ok.
In desperation I sprayed all the edge connectors and plugs and sockets with some contact cleaner and put it all back together. It has since been running for the last few weeks with no problems!Re: Hotpoint WDL520 "stopping"
Checking and changing motor brushes is the one job I have done many times on washing machines. This one isn’t actually much more than 2 years old and gets very light use. My son lives on his own, only does one or two washes a week and rarely uses the dryer function. (He’d rather bring his washing and ironing round for his mum to do for him!)
Re: Hotpoint WDL520 "stopping"
I had a look at the brushes when I was cleaning the filter out. I shouldn’t think they are even a third worn.
Can’t help thinking that a triac would normally work or not work. I suppose it’s possible that it could be breaking down after a few minutes running. I’ll take the pcb out and have a look anyway. Perhaps it could just be contacts. As I remember there are an awful lot of wires going to the board that could give a dodgy connection, and the edge connector fingers on the board aren’t exactly high quality gold plated contacts.
I’ll post back if I have any luck.
Re: Hotpoint WDL520 "stopping"
Thanks for the prompt reply. I must have read the page mentioned above wrongly as I got the impression that when reading off the binary fault code that the bottom light was the most significant bit rather than the LSB.
Anyway, Perhaps all is not lost. I’ll pull the control board out and see what type the triacs are and remove them and check them out, just so long as they’re not encapsulated in a resin block or something similar!
Thanks for your help.
