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Well I have my fourth load of washing on the go now and all seems well…I was that close to buying a new machine this morning.

Cheers, Lee

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Re: Hotpoint 9949 Washer/Dryer Fault

It’s fixed 😀

I decided to have one last look before heading out to Comet/Currys and I removed the side PCB this time, instead of just pearing at it with torch, and found a dry joint – I think thats what you’d call it – behind the connector which runs the six white wires to the motor.

So I re-soldered the joints and put it back together and success.

Have now put the rest of the machine back together and put it on a short run to test.

But fingers crossed it’ll be okay for a while longer…plus it has a new set of brushes 😛

Many thanks for all you help and suggestions.

Cheers, Lee

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I have tested the continuity of the wires from the motor. The six white wires went to the side PCB and the other two went to the front PCB…all seemed fine.

What about inside the motor ? worth taking a look ?

Cheers, Lee

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It’s the second scenario Bob…is it fixable or worth fixing ? something I could atempt o would it require a service engineer ?

Cheers, Lee

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The old brushes did look worn with the new ones being twice as long as the old ones but I think they were still making contact.

Fuse is okay…and again nothing obviously wrong looking on that side PCB either.

Cheers, Lee

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Well I sourced some brushes locally and the problem persists.

I have also checked the wiring as best I can and none are borken and have checked the continuity of most of them.

No obvious signs of any problems with the front PCB but haven’t looked at the one on the side…maybe a relay has gone ?

Looks like I’ll be looking for a new machine…it’s over ten years old so probably not worth getting anyone in to look at it.

Cheers, Lee

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Re: Hotpoint 9949 Washer/Dryer Fault

Thanks for the quick reply 😉

Not 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} on the motor model number…just taken from a spares site I happened accross.

The motor has a small sticker on it with the following details…

UDZ 112 G 55
ND 082030 258 S2 0415
240v 50Hz Iskl.B/F AC-EL
Code 904 235 402
Made in Germany

Cheers, Lee

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