On Sep 9, 9:47 pm, "Booty" wrote:

The handbook also says 'The machine is fitted with a special electronic
device, which prevents the spin cycle should the load be unbalanced'.
It goes on to say ' If the fault should persist contact a Hoover Technical
Assistance Centre'. They would no doubt make arrangements for an engineer to
call.

On an entirely different brand, there's a spring on one side of the
drum, holding it away from a microswitch on the other side. The reset
process is to find the spring which has fallen into the bottom of the
machine, and put it back. Or if the spring has broken use some hat
elastic as a temporary measure.