Washing Machine Help Forum

Hi i have a Hotpoint Aquarius WF541.
Its causing some some pain as when we plug it in sometimes it trips the electric for the whole house , sometimes just the downstairs sockets sometimes it allows you to have it plugged in and turn it on without tripping then after a few seconds of it starting on any form of wash it trips again.

Please can anyone help or advise on where to start?

Start at the heater. Test if insulation reading is poor and if so replace.

Nige

ok thanks , when you say test if insulation reading is poor , how do i do that? i have a multimeter but no clue where to start if thats what you mean?

Time to get a meter out and look for an earth fault, heater is the usual culprit but could be a number of other things.

Plug out at all times while working on it

hi , i tried disconnecting the brown cable to the heater and it still trips. how do i test the heater with the multimeter?
there is brown , green yellow and blue terminals.

Please don't take offence but if you don't know how to use a multimeter or megger to do an insulation test then you REALLY should get someone who does know to have a look at it.

im after some basic help as im skint and cant afford to buy a new machine. or pay for an engineer. Thought that this place was for help.

stuart_faust wrote: Thought that this place was for help.

It is within the rules laid down HEREa
Better skint then electrocuted.

please could you tell me how to test the heater. i have a multimeter but am not sure what terminals to test and how. should i be testing shorts across the heater?

i get approx 30ohms from brown to blue. can i disconnect the heater completly and turn the electrics on and see if it trips. and if it trips its not the element?

Ive disconnected the heater element and the electrics in the house dont trip. the washing machine does not turn on at all , does this mean it should be the heater element that's at fault?
Any help would be great?

I have replaced the heating element and the washer still trips the electrics.
Any ideas?

stuart_faust wrote:Any ideas?

There is an issue with the moulded 13amp plugs on these machines going faulty. I would suggest you cut off and discard the plug and replace it with a decent quality 13amp plug.




Please ignore the 3amp (red) fuse in the illustration, you'll need a 13amp (brown) fuse

Ok thanks ill try that.

Tried a new plug , trips the second i plug it in.
Any other ideas anyone?
Does anyone know if the washing machine should turn on with the heating element disconnected?