Arfa Daily wrote:



"Jamie" t wrote in
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N_Cook wrote:

Arfa Daily wrote in message
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Anyone know of a free site UK-side, that archives service info for


domestic

appliances ? My Hotpoint WMA64 washing machine has gone belly up today.


Drum

motor doesn't run on wash, rise or spin. Probably just motor
brushes, but
the motor is right underneath, and I didn't have time to prat about
with


it

today. A basic wiring diagram might be handy, if it turns out to be not
directly related to the motor itself

Arfa




Beware of jagged metalwork , cover over/ tape down all such with
something,
before working inside it


Oh, those were the one's they laid off. The one's that cleaned up
those issues before assembly. Look at the money they saved!

Not to worry though, I am sure they have it written up some where
that only qualified service centers should work on the appliance, and
the service center has a big disclaimer on the manual indicating to
use gloves while servicing, there by, removing all liability from the
maker.

Jamie


As it happens, it is the brushes, and it's not too difficult a job to
replace them. Unfortunately, the place that I used to get such items
from locally, has closed its doors, so I have finished up ordering
direct from the Hotpoint online spares centre.

Arfa

It seems that brushed motors are being used more now, especially in
Europe.

The last unit I had my eyes on was a multispeed, exotic functional
washing machine. It was a variable speed AC motor with no brushes. The
drive control board had half of the output fets shorted in it. He told
me that it was giving them problems in starting and it finally gave up.

So after a bad motor was also found and a bad drive board, it got tossed.

Jamie