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not a fault i have had before

frame on back of motor has brushes and tacho coil

have you checked brushes as it may just be bad brushes

also turn motor and listen for clicks of raised commutator segments

Dave

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have you always unplugged this or switched off at the socket between uses ?

Dave

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well in normal operation the water in the tray should evaporate with the heat of the motor

if this is getting to the point of overflowing then moisture is getting into the fridge ( poss door seal) and its no way normal

tell them to take a jump. its not normal. if water overflows it could get on the electrics and cause a fire

you can start putting pressure on the retailer for a product thats not of merchant quality.

Dave

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it will be a leak

remove the lower outer door wrapper

remove the kick strip at the bottom

this will gove you access to a metal cover held on with 2 torx 20 screws.

remove this and look for water in the base

mop this out and the unit shouls run

now run the unit with the covers off but watch with a good torch and look around the base for leaks

Dave

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yes know the area
am based north liverpool live in Maghull

Dave

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if test worked it would be a head scratcher

Dave

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well see if the board can fire either valve first

dont forget if one valve has lower flow it wont go into right section so it could still be a faulty valve

Dave

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sounds like a loose connection on the board . caps dont normally fix with a bang

are all lights flashing because fault codes show on progress lights while all the rest flash

Dave

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put it into service mode and see if water goes in softner compartment

have emailes files in 2 emails

the second one is 18M so not sure if you will be able to get it

Dave

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sharp dryers are built by Vestel

get the long serial no and manuals are on ASWO

Dave

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73 is the top one so you looking at the one in the tank

they are talking about in and out of the drum

Dave

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cut my teeth on valve
still got a 50w valve amp uptairs, 2 KT66 in push pull

great little amp. I say little but it weighs a ton lol

Dave

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on the simple side there is often a seperate fuse for the microwave section. sometimes these can fail for no apparant reason so its worth checking

keep away from the magnetron and high voltage circuits

Dave

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ok the fact you have a hum does sound like the tranformer may be energising

this transformer has an output of about 2500V this arrives at the magnetron at about 5000V DC

really is not something you want to be messing with unless you know how to discharge the capacitor. Under fault conditions there can be lethal voltages in the unit long after it is switched off

Dave

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thats the front NTC temperature sensor

detects heat not moisture. it can be use to detect moisture by measuring temperature differences between the front and rear temp sensors

Dave

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