On Tue, 28 May 2019 15:54:24 +0100, Java Jive wrote:

However, yesterday, I realised I was running out of clean clothes,
towels, etc, and since outside it was drier with not much rain, I
thought I'd wash the most urgently needed items and let them dry on the
line. While the first wash was going, I noticed it was agitating in
both directions, and so wondered whether it would now spin, and, sure
enough it did, and yesterday and today I've been able to catch up
completely with my washing.

The problem is, should I cancel the appointment or not?
What caused the failure?
Water somehow splashed onto the control circuitry?
A spider or insect in the works, literally a bug?*
Will it recur?
Only heaven knows!

I can't win either way. If I cancel the appointment, and then the fault
reoccurs, whether in a few days or after the warranty expires, I'll
curse that I didn't at least allow the bod to come up and see if there's
some sort of discernible fault with it; if I don't cancel, I can already
hear the sharp intake of breath when I explain that the problem has now
'fixed itself', and see the pitying look on the man's face as he thinks:
"Got a right old fool here!"

* Belief it or not, the word 'bug' is used in computer circles because
a fault in an early device turned out to be caused literally by a bug
that had got inside the casing.

Possibly worn brushes. (And I dont know if yours isn't brushless, or the
suggestion is otherwise silly.)

Siemens washer here, and the symptom was no spinning at high speed, but I ruled
out the brushes because it agitated both ways. Went on a Treznal specialist
forum, and they said: "99% brushes, dont buy the cheapest off eBay, don't buy
the originals at $$$ either, swap em and it'll work."

And they were right. And the price advice was the same as I got at the local
parts emporium...

Thomas Prufer