Oliver Jetson
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 03:40 PM |
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Washing machine's gone pop!
Any plumbers in here?!
Turned on t'other day, went bang.
Fuse on the plug is fine, I take it there are fuses inside the machine that cud have gone? It's a Servis M6011 by the way.
Cheers,
Oli
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 03:51 PM |
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The favourite thing to go in washing machines are the brushes. And they can go with a bang when they wear right out. Put loads of sets in. You need to
take the top off the machine and take a look. They are easy enough to get to, and cheap enough.
It could of course be something else, but its a good place to start.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Lotusmark2
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 03:56 PM |
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does everything light up as normal and the drum just not spin or is there no signs of life
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Oliver Jetson
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 04:09 PM |
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Absolutely no sign of life, light doesn't come on or anything!
David, numpty question but what are the brushes?
Cheers,
Oli
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flak monkey
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 04:12 PM |
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Sorry, the brushes in the motor. Little carbon things with a wire in, usually in a little plastic holder on the opposite end of the motor to the
shaft.
Though from your last post that nothing works at all, it could be considerably more serious than that simple fix.
If the controller has died, you may as well get a new machine as they cost a fortune to replace! (or at least they used to)
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 04:12 PM |
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Carbon brushes in the motor. If it's not doing anything at all it doesn't sound like them. Time to go shopping or get a repair man in,
sorry.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 05:04 PM |
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Sounds like the controller has gone if nowt happens.
Have a look inside could be something simple also.
Not meaning to be funny. Is there power at the socket? I know someone that had a repair man out for a similar thing and it was a wire gone in the
wall.
[Edited on 2/11/05 by Danozeman]
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 06:20 PM |
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have a sniff at the controller(behind programe knob),if it smells burnt get a new machine,happened to me some months ago and everyone on here
recomended a bosch...wicked machine
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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ayoungman
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 06:26 PM |
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Try this site. Its a white goods forum. Give the symptoms, and you'll get a diagnosis from an expert. I've used it for my cooker when it
er went bang !
www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/
I've also used another site that has a forum and sells the parts but I can't find/remember it. I'll keep looking
I'm a dumb arse, this site does both !
[Edited on 2/11/05 by ayoungman]
"just like that !"
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ReMan
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 07:35 PM |
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Ooooh SERVIS 
Back panel off , see if the drum case has rotated taking the wires with it and pulling them against the belts/pulleys.
www.plusnine.co.uk
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dave1888
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:03 PM |
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As Reman says or could be the on/off switch that had a habit of frying IIRC.
just realised its one of the newer models most likely the controller that has gone.
[Edited on 2/11/2005 by dave1888]
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Oliver Jetson
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:15 PM |
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Cheers for the comments guys, seems it mite be expensive
Managed to get thru to Servis service section (that was a mouthful!), and the guy said take off the top and follow the power lead into the machine and
apparently there's a fuse in there that cudda blown. Not got my socket set with me tho coz theres 2 6mm hex heads holdin it on - bugger!
I'll still try that ukwhitegoods site thanks.
Cheers,
Oli
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britishtrident
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| posted on 2/11/05 at 08:18 PM |
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We gave our Service washer/dryer the deep 6 it was trouble from the day it came out of warranty, After two controller boards were fitted we
discovered the controller board has fancy electronics that detect excess out of balance wouldn't let it start unless the drive belt was way
over tightened --- much to the detriment of the bearings. It just managed to last 3 1/2 years -- replaced it with a Hoover 5 1/2 years ago that has
only needed condensor cleaned out twice due to fluff build up.
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