Glugger wrote:
What a story of woe !!!!

I am in the midst of completely refurbishing my kitchen and to keep my lady
sweet (always a good idea) have moved the washing machine & tumble drier out
to the shed so they can still be used...ok so far !

However.....transpires that the washing machine, which has been working
perfectly indoors on a hot & cold fill...has a blown heating element and
won't heat up, the now cold fill only, in the shed.

So....Plan B...

Friend at work says 'ah, I have a washing machine in MY shed'...you can
borrow, its nearly brand new ! An AEG 74630, cost over £600

Excellent, result !...unfortunately......

Got that into my shed, cold filll only so at least that's no
problem...however :-)

The blasted thing doesnt work...

What it does is....

Switch on...(any programme at all)
Tries to drain...does this for about 3 minutes
Then the Start/Pause light flashes

Thats it, no more...it can sit like this all night...

Tried every combination...AEG website no help, if the machine has an error
it should display 'Exxx' in the display but it doesnt, just displays the
estimated time to completion (and sits there).

Needless to say, electricity & water supply ARE ok, have whipped the lid off
and checked the water inlet solenoids....they work ... checked all cabling,
all looks good, reseated all cable contacts...

Obviously I don't want to spend 'any' money as its only a temporary thing
:-) So don't want to call an engineer.....

Anyone got ANY idea where to go from here ? Is there a resident AEG expert
out there ? (vain hope ! lol !)

Many Ta's

Glugger


If its been kept in shed perhaps moisture has got into the electronics
and damaged them.

If its been kept in shed perhaps moisture has got into the electronics
and damaged them.

It's probably a water level sensor in the new one clogged up. Some of them
use plastic tubes which are prone to blocking.

You could also try fixing the element in the old one. It isn't usually a
massively difficult job and the element will cost about 20 quid.

Christian.