[paulbennett77]

Re: hotarius point Aquarius 1100 WM63

hi there,

thanks for all this info ppl, its helping me work through this bit by bit lol.

regarding the motor, i have already unplugged the multiplug to the motor & it still trips the RCD, power ‘on/off’ switch has also been tested and is ok.
Its proving to be a bit of a bitch so far, but i’m willing to keep trying things as and when u guys have the time.

cheers

[paulbennett77]

Re: hotarius point Aquarius 1100 WM63

hi guys,

thanks for the advice etc,

Im going to check the individual componets with my IR meter and go from there i think.
Regarding the PCB timer board, there are no visable defects on the tracks, the machine will stay powered on with all the multiplugs inplace except the black plug that feeds the water inlets and door switch,

As for the ‘shorting’ of the door lock, i removed the lock from the washer and connected the L with the C and bypassed the switch but this still had no effect.

Thanks Martin for the ‘text book’ answer to the electricity at work regs, I understand that live working is not exceptable at electricain level work, but i deal with voltages over 1000v were live working circuits are a daily routine for myself, not everything can be unplugged from a 13A socket and tested via insualtion resistance.
As for your assumption that I am not a competent electrician, i beg to differ! as i did say in my statement, i am in no way experienced on fault finding washing machines & hence this is why i came to this website for help.

Regarding the risk factor of ‘shorting’ things out and risk of electric shock, well i would say that a good electrical installation should consist of a split board with twin RCD trips at 30mA making a fatel electric shock in domestic supplies near impossible!

But you are quite correct in your statement that ‘Electricity can kill’

many thanks for your help on this guys!

[paulbennett77]

Re: hotpoint Aquarius 1100 WM63

hi there,

thanks for the replies, ive already done the plug each multiplug in one by one.

I have found that it only blows the RCD with the black multi plug connected. i have traced the wires and these goto the water hot and cold inlets and the door lock.

i have disconnect all connections on the inlets for hot and cold and it still blows the RCD, i then diconnected the door switch and bypassed it and it still blows the RCD, i’m not at a complete loss.

P.S i gather the door switch is just standard normallly open switch so i just connected the L to the L1, there is a neutral connection but i just left that alone.

any more ideas

many thanks

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