"RedOnRed" wrote in message
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Hi,

Our Bosch washing machine broke down yesterday. As luck wouldn't have it
the 5 year warranty
expired on the 12th and the machine on the 13th. Guess they call that the
law of Sod.

It's completely dead - no lights or anything. I've checked the plug and
socket which are OK. Any ideas
as to what sort of fault it could be?

Cheers.

First thing to do would be to check any internal fuse if you're sure the one
in the plug is ok. If there is one it should be close behind where the power
cord goes in. If not then the primary board could have blown which is
probably not cost effective to replace. Most other faults would at least
leave some lights on I think.

Not wishing to hijack your thread but it's made me wonder how old my
Hotpoint is now which is still going strong apart from a broken plastic
settings knob. I just switch it on with pliers now. I can't exactly remember
when I bought it but I hadn't been in this house very long and I do remember
the car I had to collect it with and looking up my records I ran that
between mid 1989 and mid 1991. Call it 19 years old. Mind you it only gets
used once a week or so and a family with kids could be doing washes twice a
day or more. On that basis it's barely 18 months old. Somehow I don't think
it'll last another 40 years though.

Modern ones have too much expensive crap inside them to last a decent time
just like modern central heating boilers. I think mine is all clockwork
inside. No circuit boards at all or at worst just rudimentary ones.
--
Dave Baker