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Re: Idiot’s Guide to fixing a Hotpoint WD420G
Thanks for your help so far, think I’ll have to go back to Indesit and state what I’ve tested.
It’s not looking any better than getting that £100 engineer out!!!
My next plan is to take out the warranty, that will tie us over until we buy a house at which point I will get separate machines!!
Great website with a lot of resource – keep up the good work :tup:
Re: Idiot’s Guide to fixing a Hotpoint WD420G
Evening update!
After extensive testing…it seems that the dryer cycle is working ok as we could feel the hot air with the lid off and actually it is still well over halfway through it’s 30min cycle as I type this.
However, when the machine goes to pump out on either a quick wash, or a fast spin cycle, we did notice that the dryer fan started to whirr up on both cycles. (I’m not sure if this is normal or not so please confirm either way!!) The same error lights came on as the fan was present and the machine tried to pump again.
Just for your info I removed the Dryer NTC, cleaned it and it’s housing as it was a little grubby, re-seated the connecting wires, when replacing I ensured that the cables were not touching the dryer “vacuum” (can’t think of a better word!!). I also then re-seated the wires that plugged into the PCB board.
So my next question is this – does it look like a PCB error? The fact that it is telling the dryer fan to come on when it shouldn’t be?? If this is how it is meant to work, then how am I receiving an F13 Error message when the dryer is fine??
And as an aside note, when I phoned Indesit earlier they said that the singular repair work was covered by a 90 day warranty, how do all of you feel about this warranty period? Is it enforceable?? Surely the “part” not the “work” needs to have a warranty itself?? I wonder how this would sit with the Sale of Goods Act 1979 that states
If you have bought goods you have a right to expect that they should be as described, fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality
surely if the board is broken already after 9 months then it is clearly NOT fit for purpose and NOT of satisfactory quality???
Appreciate your industry experience on this kind of problem!!
P.S. when the Drying cycle went to do it’s final pump – the error appeared!!! 👿
Re: Idiot’s Guide to fixing a Hotpoint WD420G
Ahh – yes, that’s what we had done last time – he came out and fixed it for Circa £100.
Thanks for your input – I’ve seen an image of what this part looks like – if I take the lid off tonight I guess this will be pretty visible will it??? Or is it tucked away in some dark corner of the machine – accessible to only those £100 enigneers!!??!!
Ta
David
Re: Idiot’s Guide to fixing a Hotpoint WD420G
I’ll investigate the parts warranty.
Machine is no more than 2 1/2 years old…last time I contacted Hotpoint they never mentioned a parts warranty, and again there was no mention of it this time either.
Is this something that comes as standard or that you “purchase” when you buy the machine? It was my G/friend who bought it prob from curry’s/comet etc hence my grey area of knowledge…..
Re: Idiot’s Guide to fixing a Hotpoint WD420G
As far as I’m aware the board is ready to fit (I did edit the post, the board is from indesit) I have searched on the error code to try and pinpoint how to fix it – but maybe searching by model is a better idea.
If only we had more space in the kitchen for separate items – we live in a flat so don’t even own a washing line!!
And what is EMW????
Re: WD420 – Simply won’t turn on!
Super thanks…any advice/info on getting the fascia off and where on the PCB (Primary circuit Board???) I should be looking? Colour of switch etc?
Thanks Penguin!
