Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin

Well, wadda y' know!

After the dripping sheets episode, I tried switching it off and leaving it for a few minutes, etc, all to no avail - when switched back on it still only agitated anti-clockwise and still didn't spin. So I unplugged it awaiting repair. It's due to be fixed Thursday.

However, yesterday, I realised I was running out of clean clothes, towels, etc, and since outside it was drier with not much rain, I thought I'd wash the most urgently needed items and let them dry on the line. While the first wash was going, I noticed it was agitating in both directions, and so wondered whether it would now spin, and, sure enough it did, and yesterday and today I've been able to catch up completely with my washing.

The problem is, should I cancel the appointment or not? What caused the failure? Water somehow splashed onto the control circuitry? A spider or insect in the works, literally a bug?* Will it recur? Only heaven knows!

I can't win either way. If I cancel the appointment, and then the fault reoccurs, whether in a few days or after the warranty expires, I'll curse that I didn't at least allow the bod to come up and see if there's some sort of discernible fault with it; if I don't cancel, I can already hear the sharp intake of breath when I explain that the problem has now 'fixed itself', and see the pitying look on the man's face as he thinks: "Got a right old fool here!"

• Belief it or not, the word 'bug' is used in computer circles because a fault in an early device turned out to be caused literally by a bug that had got inside the casing.

Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I have a similar problem with printing with W10 Pro - sometimes it just won't print and even restarting W10 does not cure it, but power cycle the whole PC inc mains and it always fixes it!

The 'bug' was was a moth that got into some relay contacts in a machine at Harvard in September 1945 - at least according to Wiki. However it is alleged that the term was first used on the Bombe Enigma decoder at Bletchley Park during WW2 when the rotors stopped turning again due to a large moth that got wedged inside the machine.

I did that, and anyway, this is not a router.

I did that, and anyway, this is not a router, and nothing to do with Sky.

Yes but ..... being less than 2yo it will have some sort of computational electronics in it and it can always get itself into a b***ers muddle!

a moth flew into a wire dimmer at school (mid-50s) and caused a blackout on stage. (It was the "Scottish Play"). The next line was said by the eponimous Scotsman - "Lead me to my Lord" (in a blackout). It brought the house down.

Oops, sorry for the duplication - I received a message from Thunderbird that the above one hadn't been sent.

I think I would've been tempted to ad lib: "Anyone got a shilling for the meter?!"

I remember a photocopier at work in the 90's that kept putting a black stripe on everything. I took a look at it and found a fly electrocuted on the corona wires.

SteveW

Possibly worn brushes. (And I dont know if yours isn't brushless, or the suggestion is otherwise silly.)

Siemens washer here, and the symptom was no spinning at high speed, but I ruled out the brushes because it agitated both ways. Went on a Treznal specialist forum, and they said: "99% brushes, dont buy the cheapest off eBay, don't buy the originals at $$$ either, swap em and it'll work."

And they were right. And the price advice was the same as I got at the local parts emporium...

Thomas Prufer