Washing Machine Help Forum

[alastairbell]

My Hoover AAA160 washing machine has decided to not rotate the drum... It started out as an intermittent problem. Anyone have any ideas? Do these machines have a brush type motor? Could that be the trouble?

thanks,

Alastair

[Martin]

Yes indeed, most likely the Motor Brushes have worn and need replacing

Martin

[alastairbell]

Thanks Martin. Are these available throught the shop? The full model no. from the ratings plate is AAA160-01.

Thanks!

[Martin]

The Motor Brushes are Part No 97916670 and yes, should be available in "Shop@"

Martin

[alastairbell]

I've had a look at the motor and brushes and they seem to be ok. There is about 1" or so of brush in the holder and they seem to touch the armature quite firmly. I'm now lost for ideas... any one else got any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Penguin45]

Electronics........... Engineer time!

Check the Directories section, or pop up your post code and someone should pick up on it.

Regards,
Penguin45.

[alastairbell]

Yeah I sort of guessed that. I do have a good grounding in electronics but in the abscence of a circuit diagram it makes it a bit tough to fault find! I have a sneaky feeling it may be the motor relay or control but as this is all mounted on a circuit board its a bit difficult to track any further... Postcode is LA1 2DB though....

[Dave_Conway]

Alistair, if you follow the link below, it will take you to our directories section listing some engineers in the LA postcode area.

http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/search/fi ... ineer.html

Dave.

[alastairbell]

Hi all,

After a bit more playing around I found the problem (decided to have one last go before junking it and buying a new one)... The brushes were fine (as expected) as was the electronics (phew!). In the end I tracked it down to a faulty thermal cutout on the motor. Bypassed the cutout so all it needs now is a new motor. I have no idea why the cutout gave up as the motor doesn't get hot at all. So next question... how much and what is the part no. for a new motor?

Thanks!

Alastair