f*ck me...that is the washing machine tripping the RCDs ....more expense....any ideas where to look? ... I have replaced the brushes a couple of times....any ideas what it might be? ......
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bloody washing machine ....
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Element?
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I had the same but I bought a new washing machine as the washing machine was ancient by then. I also installed RCBOs to protect the rest of the circuitry from tripping.
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+1
Take the motor off and outside and put an airline on it. Might be best to wear a mask ...
Cheers, T i m
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Boron.
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Andy Burns pretended :
I agree, first port of call - element. Unplug/ disconnect/ isolate the element and see if it still trips. It might not be easy to replace though, if it is that.
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The neighbours will probably guess it's him, but if he does it elsewhere
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or motor
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Almost any electrical part. Disconnect what's convenient & insulation test em. Motor, element, filter, pump, etc
NT
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+1. They used to be not too bad to replace.
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thanks all ....I will try all that tomorrow when I get home from the caravan ........
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;-)
Joking aside though, I'm not sure if there would be any rules that might govern if a d-i-yer could blow something like that out into the atmosphere, without some sort of dust capture (specifically for a 'one off' etc)?
Cheers, T i m
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Unlikely to be the interlock itself but more that it then enables power to other things, like the motor. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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Hang on - what have you checked the resistance with? A simple multimeter most likely wont show a short at 240v.
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Mine old one showed a 3K L/E resistance when it started tripping stuff - I got the fault traced to the motor armature - I dismantled the whole motor to see that.
My friends cooker showed similar when THAT started tripping stuff on the grill - I replaced both elements..
In general earth leakage tends not to be non linear. It tends to be Ohmic in my experience and a straight multimeter normally shows it
I'd put my money on a faulty drum or pump motor if the element checksd out. Ty eelectrinics isn't noramally equipped with a path to earth.
Another possibility is a suppression filter with a leaky HV capacitor
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Any filter capacitors or some tracking on a pcb somewhere? Brian
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Yes motors do not just wear the brushes, but the comutator as well. Brian
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I'd put money on it being the element;!...
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Oooerr!
Agreed.
Do. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
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Our Hotpoint did the same thing; it turned out to be that the insulation on a wire inside the casing had chafed through and occasionally touched the casing.