[Nic Redshaw]

Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

Well – I have to take my hat off to you guys, again ! Full of scepticism (1.6Mohms to ground wouldn’t trip a 100mA RCD !) I bought a new element and removed the old one (this was actually much easier than I thought it would be).

Lo and behold, there was a part of the element that had been worn (presumably by the drum, possibly last time the bearings went !), and there was a tiny way through to the element. This must have been the fault, and reducing in impedance when on (as mentioned above).

I now have a fully functional washing machine again – will it ever die ?!

Thanks guys.

[Nic Redshaw]

Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – trips electric-OK if element disconnec

Hi,

Not sure what you mean about reading to ground – 1.6 mega-ohms means that it’s basically open circuit (to ground) and the 20 ohms between the terminals is about what I’d expect for a heater element ?

Thanks for the link – in light of the above, do you still think this will fix it ?

Cheers,

Nic

[Nic Redshaw]

Re: Hygena APL8224/3 – no water at all !

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your suggestion – I finally got round to taking it all to bits today (couldn’t really do it over Christmas !), and you were right – lower hose was blocked with the most disgusting slime you could imagine.

It looks like what was happening was that the ‘filler matrix’ (left hand side of machine) was not functioning properly as a consequence: the water in the float chamber, that operates the ‘stop filling now’ microswitch, was not emptying, and so hardly any water was going into the machine because the microswitch was either always closed or very close to being closed from the beginning.

All works fine now, so thanks guys for your help !

Nic

[Nic Redshaw]

Re: Zanussi WDJ1094 – program sticks – faulty heater element

Hi Penguin,

Thanks for your very quick reply. Now that I’ve finally got the heater element working, all is well !

Thanks very much for your help.

Nic

[Nic Redshaw]

Re: Hygena APL8224/3 – no water at all !

Hi Penguin,

Thanks for your suggestions – thought I’d update you on my progress !

I thought that I should check the water supply as you suggested before buying a new solenoid, and it was fine – however, I then connected the solenoid back up again and it started working ! The effect of me taking it to pieces and generally knocking it around (and potentially cleaning the contacts, though I can’t believe it was that) seems to have ‘fixed’ it.

I still have a slight problem though – the element gets very hot (lots of steam, smells hot) as if not enough water is being splashed onto it, and there doesn’t seem to be much water in the dishwasher. How is the water metering done – is there a level switch ?

Cheers,

Nic

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