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broken machine ya de ya de rant etc
amateur taking machine apart making things worse....
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:O)

By some miracle the machine is working. I figured if I left it be for 24
hours it would dry out (my kitchen is quite warm).
Fingers crossed it keeps working! It just completed a 'quick' cycle followed
by a normal cotton cycle - both bcak to normal
I kind of feel like taking some of my annoyance at Zanussi back - for the
circuit to survive an electrical short (or several) it must have been built
with a pertty good level of short circuit protection in mind. (assuming the
smoke was the conditioner burning off and not a power semiconductor -
fingers crossed)
Anyway - I'll see how much longer it goes till something else goes or the
pump jams again. I'll be tipping the thing in the other direction if I need
to get at the pump again.
Is it possible to obtain a circuit diagram of the controller? If the power
side does fail down the line due to the stress it's had, it would be very
helpful if I could get hold of the circuit diagram. Years ago I got one for
my panasonic ghetto blaster and manged to diagnose a failed power chip and 3
blown electronic fuses. Cost me £15 in parts but is still going strong 10
years on. I shouldn't really have tried hooking it up to the car battery
whilst camping... :O)
One last thing - does the power button on the front isolate the machine? I
want ot cut power to the controller module when I'm not around just in
case...
Massive thanks to everyone who helped me out - particularly Peter.
Matt