[Jay123]

Hi Andy

It’s the second type of heating element (C00268319) and is still out of the machine. There’s surface rust, but no splitting, swelling or peeling. It looks like the early stages of rust.

Soldering is outside of my comfort zone for this. I would be concerned that I could inadvertently create a fire hazard.

Going into this, I had absolutely no idea that this is a 14 year old machine (it’s in such immaculate condition and was still working flawlessly).

​​​​​​I’m going to accept that it’s dead and replace it with another Indesit/Hotpoint.

[Jay123]

So I spent more time on it this evening. There’s a slight pinch from that clip, but nothing that looks like it would cause a problem.

I read the NTC from the control board end of the cables and couldn’t find a problem there either.

Could the F13 error be misleading?​​​​​​

[Jay123]

So I went back and really tried to find a problem with the cables. I took some pictures as they run through the machine and this one was by far the most notable:

https://ibb.co/Z88H7FN

The discolouration is very obvious under direct LED light, and none of the other connector cables have discoloured in this way…

Does this look normal or shall I try and replace the connector cable?

[Jay123]

So I had another look at it this evening; couldn’t find any damage to the cables.

Are there any other multimeter checks that might help me narrow this down?

Will Hotpoint tell me how to program it? I couldn’t find instructions when I Googled…

[Jay123]

Hi Dave – Yep! It was the dryer thermistor I replaced with a new and genuine part. It worked for one wash cycle then went back to F13 when I run any subsequent cycles.

Is there a way to confirm the new thermistor isn’t defective?

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