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Re: Hotpoint Aqualtis AQGMD 129
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For anyone else that came to this thread via a search engine: Our AQGMD 149 just had this f13 problem and it was this sensor on the drier side.
I originally came across this thread and saw this was the likely cause, however when I pulled it out, tested it with my Fluke and dunked it in hot water it seemed to be working so, suspecting it was the computer, we called out an engineer who changed it anyway and the fault cleared.
What also threw me was the fault was occurring on ALL cycles, even the ones that don’t involve drying, so I suspect the machine does a self-test every so often and throws a wobbly if anything is out if the programmed parameters.
The part number (new? I didn’t notice the colour but it looks bigger than the old one) marked on the bag is 290251. I don’t know how much they cost elsewhere but in Croatia it was 60Kn (about 8€), which is cheap enough to try changing without throwing money away.
To get to it you’ll have to take the top of the machine off – pull the plug out of the wall first!!! The top is held on by 2 small phillips screws on the back. The sensor is on the right of the metal duct across the top right of the drum near the front. Take the top off of the heating duct, which held on with a load of small torx screws around the edge (the engineer also removed the top counterweight for clearance, which is just held on with 3 screws) and cut the cable tie at the front. There are a few connections but I think they’d be hard to confuse (if in any doubt take a picture of it first). The sensor will not just pull out as it is trapped between the two halves of the duct.
Hope that helps someone!
