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Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
Ive checked and cleaned out the brushes.
THe machine seems to work ok but I’m not convinced that a full cycle is being completed – clothes left warm, wet & soapy. I presume an effective rinse and spin cycle.
I’ve selected to run spin or rinse by iteself and although water is input on the rinse cycle, the motor doesn’t always turn. It’s now working but seemingly erratic.
Could this be programmable-controller or still the motor?
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
To my knowledge, no the machine has not been abnormally noisy recently.
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
I’ve located and removed the motor brushes and there is still some travel on the spring loaded carbon brushes. There’s about 3mm of travel on the LEFT brush and about 5-6mm on the RIGHT. Not sure what the standard is?
The motor does apparantly turn normally after initial fill but does nothing afterwards.
Does this still seem a brush problem?
Any further guidance?
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
I see that the cold inlet valve is a double valve (whereas the inner hot valve is a single type). Judging by the wiring, the outer half of the cold is marked FABRIC and the middle valve COLD.
How do I electrically test this before I remove it?
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
I’ve just tried MARTIN’s suggestion to retry the 60degree wash programme but with the HOT stopcock OFF. He’s absolutely right, the machine doesn’t take in cold water and makes an sound like a stuck motor – I guess the solenoid valve is broken?
Can this be gotten to work? Any suggestions? JM
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
Thanks, I will try to eliminate the cold feed symptom by trying your suggestion.
My wife tells me that the when she last tried the machine, the MCB for the kitchen blew and had to be reset – the washing machine is mid cycle at this point but although the timer ‘completed’ its cycle, clothing had not been washed.
In respect to water ‘draining away’, the washing may have aborbed most of the water but a ‘pool still remains. I assumed that water may have drained away but this may not be the case.
Given that the washing machine may have tripped the supply, does this shed any light on the matter?
Re: WASHING MACHINE IS DOING SOMETHING STRANGE!
Thanks for reply.
No, it stops very early into the cycle, just after the fill. The rinse cycle comes later – it doesn’t get that far.
Actually, the soap tablets remain soggy in their bag, come to think of it.I don’t think this is the cause? JM
