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Thanks for the advice. I am torn between replacing the belt again, or replacing the machine. I don’t like the idea of replacing the belt only to find I’ll need to do it again in a couple of years time. Incidentally the pic shows where the belt was when I opened it up. I removed it back to the right before closing it up again but I doubt it will last very long given how narrow it is now along much of its length.
Re: Very sick control board from Hotpoint WMA36P
PPS Actually just remembered we did get gas man in not long after we moved into our first house to check out the gas fire as there was some discolouration of the decor around it.
Turned out that visit potentially saved our lives as it transpired that the previous owners had installed this gas fire on an internal wall with no flue of any sort whatsoever. 😯
Re: Very sick control board from Hotpoint WMA36P
Took the safe option and got the Hotpoint man in. He’s changed the motor as well as the module and door lock which were indeed included in the free 5 year replacement guarantee for the parts, so certainly the right decision. Thanks for the advice. 😀
Postscript – Thats only the second time if I recall correctly in some 25 years that I’ve had to “have an engineer in” to repair something like this, the other being when the Sky digibox went belly-up within its 12 month guarantee period.
We did get an “engineer” in one other time when the Central Heating broke. He decided that what we really needed was to rip the whole lot out and put in about 4 grand’s worth of new stuff which would have swelled the coffers of British Gas quite nicely I expect. I found that a £50 replacement pump did the trick pretty nicely and no need to redecorate the house afterwards. 🙂
Re: Very sick control board from Hotpoint WMA36P
Thanks. I have put up a picture of the damaged module at http://www.wrights.me.uk/malcolm/WMA36P{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}20module.JPG if anyone is interested.
I’ve had a look at the door lock and it appears to be fine. On the lock, connector 2 – 3 measures about 1K, presumably a solenoid. connections 3-4 measure open circuit normally and short circuit in the locked position. Nothing appears overstressed.
The wiring to the motor etc is intact – it is strapped well away from the concrete block and appears in good condition, although I can’t unplug it from the motor to check right to the end.
A simple DC resistance check for the motor itself shows about 0.8ohm between X1-6 and X1-10 and also between X1-7 and X1-10 (1.6 ohm between X1-6 and X1-7). Also about 200ohms from X1-4 to X1-5. All other combinations between X1-10, X1-9 … X1-4 show open circuit. The 3 pairs of wires to the heater etc show 13K, 170 ohms and 30 ohms, and none of the wiring shows any leakage to ground.
Actually I have now discovered that there is a 5 year free replacement parts guarantee on this machine (it is about 3-4 years old), so perhaps I should just get the Hotpoint engineer it to fix it. Wonder how much the callout fee would compare with the cost of the module if I replace it myself?
