Washing machine fault

Completely dead, no sounds, no lights.

The mains cable looks ok, and there is still power out of the widget on the back. There is a widget near the programme dial which has an empty spade as well as four wires and a tube, but no detached wire nearby.

Useful though the word widget is, it doesn't really help in this case, have you (or are you able to) traced the voltage going into the back of the machine?

-- Ian Tilley Ex-Kirklees Domestic Engineers

Yes, there are volts into the back of the machine, and from first component inside, to which the mains lead attaches.

If you're saying that it is completely dead when you're pushing back under the worktop, then it sounds like some sort of loose connection to the wall socket or plug or a cut / break in the cable at the machine end of the flex.

Can you plug it in to a different socket or heavy extension lead and then push it back under the worktop to see what it does.

i have had nothing but trouble with my Hoover washing machine and dryer that i bought at the same time last year. no less than 6 call outs, mostly to the dryer but the washer had probs with loose bolts. its got a loose drum now, and intermittently acts odd. i will never buy a Hoover again.

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Control board blown - I guess I disturbed the remains of the motor brushes too much and some drifted up there.