Our washing machine has stopped working. The drum does not turn and error E50 is displayed. Does anyone know what this means (apart from the fact that the motor is not turning th drum!)? Any help or suggestion as to where else I might look for help, would be much appreciated. Thanks.
I am now trying to find a parts list or diagram for this washing machine (AEG Lavamat 76810) but can't find one anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where I might find one? Thanks.
This seems to suggest that the E50+ codes are generally motor related, and the usual cause is worn brushes.
If the machine is more than three years old, that sounds like a good place to start...
Thanks for replying. The machine is just over 3 years old and it has an induction motor, so no brushes. It looks as though it is probably the electronic circuit that controls the motor that is at fault, but I can't find pcb's for this available anywhere. I think we'll have to pay to have it looked at. Boo!
Hmm. the only thing I've had to fix on an induction motor was replacing the start capacitor.. could be worth a try, but at a tenner or so it's an expensive stab in the dark, unless you know enough to test the existing capacitor yourself.
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Progress! I've now taken the motor out and lo & behold it DOES have brushes! (Don't ask where I got the idea it was an induction motor .......................... !). The brushes are worn and I'll replace them and hopoefully that will solve the problem. BTW thanks for pointing me in the direction of the UK Whitegoods site, which is excellent.
That's good news. FWIW I've only found induction motors in dishwashers, not washing machines - probably because I only buy pikey washing machines ;-)
I do have induction motors on my drill press and bandsaw though - although not the tablesaw which is a horribly noisy beast :-(
Some of the very cheap Indesits used to have induction motors, but the fastest spin was 650 rpm. They lasted years though, and were much loved in pubs and rest homes, being preferred to the commercial ones because of reliability and cost, but this was 25 years ago, things have changed a lot since then.
It wouldn't be possible to have the wide variety of speeds and high torque at low speed needed by washing machine programmes, by using an induction motor.
Well, it's not completely impossible. My parents had an English Electric washing machine they bought in 1962, and that used an induction motor, but it had a sodding great gearbox on the output with several large (and very noisy) solenoids to change gear, to get the different speeds. I still recall the loud clucks at every gear change as some solenoids pulled in and others dropped out, to affect the required gear changes. The cost of producing such a gearbox nowadays would be enormous, verses the cost of a microcontroller/triac based speed control for universal motor.
If you have an electric lawn mower, that's somewhere else you really want an induction motor. (Most cheap mowers have a universal motor though.)
My current mower is a more expensive Flymo which I believe has an induction motor - it's certainly a lot quieter than it's shortlived predecessor.
I got it free as a year old 'spares or repair' from Freecycle as well. Hooray for living on the edge of a posh area where people would rather give expensive stuff away than have it fixed :-)
It needed five minutes to get inside it and replace a chafed cable. Good as new now. It also required me to get a new set of screwdriver styler TorX drivers - so it's a double win. Any excuse for a new tool...
The brushes arrived, I fitted them and it works. Hurrah! Thanks to those who helped.
replying to kent, sergio wrote: Our washing machine has stopped working. The drum does not turn and error E50 is displayed Model 72810. Does anyone know what this means (apart from the fact that the motor is not turning th drum!)? Any help or suggestion as to where else I might look for help, would be much appreciated. Thanks.
replying to kent, sergio wrote: Our washing machine 72819 has stopped working. The drum does not turn and error E50 is displayed. Does anyone know what this means (apart from the fact that the motor is not turning th drum!)? Any help or suggestion as to where else I might look for help, would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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I suspect that most people here use a relatively small number of news servers (NIN and Eternal September, mainly?) so a relatively few admins could block the traffic to here.
Doesn't stop our posts being monetised, but would reduce the level of irritation.
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replying to kent, Ivaylo wrote: Hi Kent would you able to tell me can I order The brushes please. Thank You!
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