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Re: Miele W842 flashing rinses light -> PCB failure. Cause?
Martin, Thanks for reply. I must say I’m baffled by the carbon brushes market. Replacement brushes are available for my machine at many price points from £5.99 up to £58.99 for the Miele branded parts, so a factor of 10 in cost. All the non-Miele branded parts (of course) claim to be “quality replacements”. What is the poor consumer to make of this? Are the replacement parts good enough to do the job without (a) wearing out fast, (b)not working properly, or (c) causing harm to the motor commutator? Are Miele just taking the mickey by asking so much for such a simple looking part?
Rob
Re: Miele W842 flashing rinses light -> PCB failure. Cause?
Hi Martin, Thanks for reply and offer of board repair. Unfortunately I had already sent the board off to a repairer I found on eBay before I saw your post. I have just got the board back and installed it in the machine, along with 2 new Suspa shocks which I bought on Amazon shipped from Germany for less than one seventh of the cost of the Miele branded parts listed on UK spares sites. The difference in resistance between the old and new shocks is remarkable! I have tested the machine with light/moderate loads and all seems well, with spinning seemingly more effective than before the failure.
Although I don’t think it was the problem in my case, the board repairer put a note with the repair saying that, as a condition of the repair warranty, the motor brushes should be replaced and “Genuine Miele Motor Brushes Recommended”. However, once again the Miele branded brushes are eye-wateringly expensive and non-branded alternatives are available around one tenth of the price. Any thoughts on the differences? Am I risking my (very expensive!) motor by using cheaper brushes?
Thanks again for your help!
Rob
