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Hi,
Thanks for the detailed reply. Would worn motor bushes have any impact on the machines ability to drain? I still don’t understand how they could be connected. Each time I tried a cycle it would get to the bit where it should drain and spin, but it just through up that drain fault with the lights and the 3 sets of 4 beeps.
I did check the brushes (well one of them, the one you can get to without taking the whole motor off). It still had an inch of brush left. I’m not sure if that is a lot, but I am assuming that is plenty still.
I’m at the point of just sucking it up and buying a new machine, as this one is 13 years old. I feel like I am just chasing ghosts in the machine now 🙁
I put the original control board back in, and it is definitely dead. Looks like I might be able to return the replacement board and pump and get some of my money back.Hi, thanks for your reply. Yes, the flyback IC was melted on the corner, one of the resistors was burnt out too. So some strong current must have flowed through the board. I bought a secondhand one, fitted it and it turned on again. The motor works as it manages to rotate the drum during the wash and rinse cycles.
I have not yet checked the motor, and to be honest if there is anything else wrong with it then it is time to go, as you say there is a point at which it doesn’t make economical sense to repair anymore (arguably I have already passed that).
I will check the brushes just in case; I hadn’t yet as the motor turns the drum and I didn’t see a connection between the big motor and the drain pump (perhaps I am missing something). Plus the error lights I get are these, hence me focusing on the drain side of things:
Thanks for the advice!!
EDIT: I take that back, I double-checked and it was actually just thick black soot. It was all over the corner of the IC, the capacitors near it, and then on the other side of the board around the coil (inductor I think) and diodes, not resistor. I wiped it off and actually nothing looks damaged. But clearly the board didn’t work and the replacement sorted out the power issue.
