[pandrews]

electrofix wrote:2.1 is not bad

the 2 most likely parts to cause this are motor or heater

as a quick test, disconnect the main heater wires and try the machine to see if it trips

Dave

Interesting, I did what you advised – it’s not tripping.

Previously, as soon the water is filled I.e. prior to the heat up, it would trip.

Time to replace the heater? Where can I find the part number from?

Thanks

[pandrews]

electrofix wrote:its the reading to earth that matters

should be millions of ohms

Dave

Hi Dave, thanks for the info.

Have checked the heating elements to earth: 2.1M ohms

What does this reading indicate? If it’s defective, would this cause the rcd to trip?

Thx

P.

[pandrews]

Ok found the heating element which was accessible by removing the front cover.

Took reading

Heating element: 23.6
Heating sensor: 16.17 k

Any advice regarding the above readings?

[pandrews]

MANY thanks for your help.

Both ‘breather’ pipes and the Y connector were totally blocked with nice yucky stuff !

Machine now working – better than before as the draining is much quicker.

Cheers

[pandrews]

There’s only one hex bolt at bottom of door, and one torx at the drawer.

understand about brushes – when it spins up (eventually) it does spin very fast.

[pandrews]

Thanks – do anyone have links to disassembly of the machine or other tips? I see somewhere else they mention changing the motor brushes? Would I need to do this?

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