[Elbasani]

Re: hotpoint wm62 washer

to your ps: turning the knob by hand the machine goes through all the cycles and does what it should. It just won’t cycle on its own. Water level comes up to snuff, drains properly, spins, but just keeps doing the action that the dial is turned to. ron

[Elbasani]

Re: hotpoint wm62 washer

Sorry guys, the holidays are taking my time away, but I must get this job done quickly now. She needs the washer! Here are the latest answers:

Inside the door:
Model: WM62P
No. 39147788

Pictures (thanks for the directions!):

Is there a way of confirming that the timer is correct?

Can’t confirm if door switch got wet or not, but under trial, it locks and unlocks as it should, the light comes on and goes off as it should too. Isn’t that all?

The missing plug cannot be found. Should I make a bridge? It looks easy enough. Advise. There is nothing connected to the TEMP.

You can see on the picture above that there is a burned track on the back, but it is directly opposite the burned diodes shown on the other side. No other physical defects are noticed on the board. So, it looks like there are a lot of components blown by something else.

If you advise once again, I will track down a door lock and install. Cost isn’t that much of a problem. I have to get it back working quickly!

Well, we assume that we did find the cause of the original timer blowing, with the burned out heater. Next step? Also with the PCB came the water level sensor which I tried also, but without success.

The heater shows a closed circuit between ground and the leads. Nothing was observed as being physically wrong with a visual inspection, except that there was a dark ‘hotspot’ on it, an inch away from the rubber seal.

Well, thanks again. I hope the pictures link to this letter. If not I will include another letter with them on it by themselves.

Yours in deep despair,
Ron

[Elbasani]

Re: hotpoint wm62 washer

Thanks iadom,
you have a lot of questions, and I will answer them in order.

-yes, the machine worked fine for over a year

-the washer is in an area that I suspect often has low voltage and we will have a voltage stabilizer on it in the future for this lady. I can’t verify the voltage at present since she is a half hour away…. It should be 220v

-when it arrived, it had the transit bar in place, in the original wrapping. It was new and showed no damage, nor does it today.

-the replacement timer looks the same physically, with the following differences I noted:

-advice on why the control unit has blown: there was a hole in the door seal, I suspect from not leveling the machine (tilted forward). I suppose water could have shorted out the door switch. Should it be OK when dry? Or is there a test for it? I see no chafing on any harness or elsewhere. Mounts appear in good condition.

– how do I post a picture of the old timer? Drag a jpeg to this letter? the tag on the timer is a white one, numbers are
513 227
097
904 2425 01 rev.

the new one is a red tag:
513 267
308
904 2425 05 rev.

– no evidence of water, except as noted above that the door seal is rubbed through at the top, probably from not being levelled. No dampness is noted in their house, in any case all protection was in place.

-now will there for sure be a wiring connection on the bottom of the board closest to the motor? Like I said I didn’t take it apart and no one knows anything about it and the old card doesn’t show any scratches on it. But a repairman (where we bought the newer board) asked where a blue ended harness was…. The schematic shows something on it, but doesn’t show where it hooks up to on the other end. It doesn’t appear to connect to the motor, no place to hook it to that I see. I do have a connector (don’t know if it came from the old one or new one), but can’t see where it connects. What’s up? Do I need to find something? Bummer.

-the heating element doesn’t show any rubbing or damage to it and the bearings seem to be in good condition to me. Appears to be just one of those failures.

Thanks for your advice Jim, sorry for the long answer…. but we are narrowing things down!
ronjavascript:emoticon(‘:)’)

[Elbasani]

Re: hotpoint wm62 washer

OK, thanks for the advice, and I did find that I have the wires connected properly. It still doesn’t work. What should I look for now?

[Elbasani]

Re: hotpoint wm62 washer

Wow, you guys are quick.

Twoten- the original problem was the smell of smoke. Upon opening they found some diodes burned on the board, underneath the where the clock is attached. We bought a used part (we live in Albania….) as this seemed like the best bet, besides waiting eternity for a new part. Before hooking up this newer board, we found that the heating element was burned out. We replaced that and can’t get it to cycle. This newer board doesn’t have any physical signs of burning or damage on it and came with a ‘guarantee’.

what other faults should I check for? Motor works, pump works….

Martin- there are 2 different two wire plugs (green head goes to pump, purple head to temp indicator by element), and one 3 wire one (blue head, goes to economy/super rinse buttons) that can fit on several different positions on the board.

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