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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 25/05/2019 09:17, Woody wrote:
On Fri 24/05/2019 21:07, Vir Campestris wrote: On 24/05/2019 19:21, Woody wrote: Hmmm. In that case why does the motor of our Miele washer do 15000rpm when spinning? It probably doesn't. Did you mean 1,500 rather than 15,000? No, confirmed from the senior tech who came to replace the belt under warranty that it does 15000rpm - probably why it whistles. I would believe it as well given the motor pulley is only about 3in across (if that) but the drum pulley must be well over a foot and the machine will spin at 1600rpm. Oops. My mistake. I read that as the drum doing 15,000, which would be going it some! Andy -- WTF is this thread doing in digital-tv? |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 20/05/2019 13:22, Java Jive wrote:
As per title, the latest in an alarmingly and depressingly long list of household item that have died or malfunctionned recently is a Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer which was last used about a week and a half ago and worked fine.Â* Turned it on this morning to wash some sheets, and it's not spinning, further during normal agitation the drum only turns anti-clockwise, whereas it should alternate directions, and AFAICR spinning is clockwise. Fortunately, unlike the late fridge/freezer, whose saga has already been told, it's still comfortably within its 2 year warranty, but until I have time to read the instructions, etcÂ* -Â* just now I have to go out unexpectedly to buy a new clothes line to hang my dripping sheets onÂ* - and/or can arrange for it to be repaired, has anybody who has experienced similar have any suggestions? Well, wadda y' know! After the dripping sheets episode, I tried switching it off and leaving it for a few minutes, etc, all to no avail - when switched back on it still only agitated anti-clockwise and still didn't spin. So I unplugged it awaiting repair. It's due to be fixed Thursday. 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. |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On Tue 28/05/2019 15:54, Java Jive wrote:
On 20/05/2019 13:22, Java Jive wrote: As per title, the latest in an alarmingly and depressingly long list of household item that have died or malfunctionned recently is a Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer which was last used about a week and a half ago and worked fine.Â* Turned it on this morning to wash some sheets, and it's not spinning, further during normal agitation the drum only turns anti-clockwise, whereas it should alternate directions, and AFAICR spinning is clockwise. Fortunately, unlike the late fridge/freezer, whose saga has already been told, it's still comfortably within its 2 year warranty, but until I have time to read the instructions, etcÂ* -Â* just now I have to go out unexpectedly to buy a new clothes line to hang my dripping sheets onÂ* - and/or can arrange for it to be repaired, has anybody who has experienced similar have any suggestions? Well, wadda y' know! After the dripping sheets episode, I tried switching it off and leaving it for a few minutes, etc, all to no availÂ* -Â* when switched back on it still only agitated anti-clockwise and still didn't spin.Â* So I unplugged it awaiting repair.Â* It's due to be fixed Thursday. 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.Â* 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? Â*Â*Â*Â*What caused the failure? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Water somehow splashed onto the control circuitry? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* A spider or insect in the works, literally a bug?* Â*Â*Â*Â*Will it recur? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Only heaven knows! I can't win either way.Â* 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: Â*"Got a right old fool here!" *Â* 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. Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I have a similar problem with printing with W10 Pro - sometimes it just won't print and even restarting W10 does not cure it, but power cycle the whole PC inc mains and it always fixes it! The 'bug' was was a moth that got into some relay contacts in a machine at Harvard in September 1945 - at least according to Wiki. However it is alleged that the term was first used on the Bombe Enigma decoder at Bletchley Park during WW2 when the rotors stopped turning again due to a large moth that got wedged inside the machine. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 28/05/2019 16:34, Woody wrote:
Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects I did that, and anyway, this is not a router. |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 28/05/2019 16:34, Woody wrote:
Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I did that, and anyway, this is not a router, and nothing to do with Sky. |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On Tue 28/05/2019 16:47, Java Jive wrote:
On 28/05/2019 16:34, Woody wrote: Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I did that, and anyway, this is not a router, and nothing to do with Sky. Yes but ..... being less than 2yo it will have some sort of computational electronics in it and it can always get itself into a b***ers muddle! -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
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Woody wrote: On Tue 28/05/2019 15:54, Java Jive wrote: On 20/05/2019 13:22, Java Jive wrote: As per title, the latest in an alarmingly and depressingly long list of household item that have died or malfunctionned recently is a Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer which was last used about a week and a half ago and worked fine. Turned it on this morning to wash some sheets, and it's not spinning, further during normal agitation the drum only turns anti-clockwise, whereas it should alternate directions, and AFAICR spinning is clockwise. Fortunately, unlike the late fridge/freezer, whose saga has already been told, it's still comfortably within its 2 year warranty, but until I have time to read the instructions, etc - just now I have to go out unexpectedly to buy a new clothes line to hang my dripping sheets on - and/or can arrange for it to be repaired, has anybody who has experienced similar have any suggestions? Well, wadda y' know! After the dripping sheets episode, I tried switching it off and leaving it for a few minutes, etc, all to no avail - when switched back on it still only agitated anti-clockwise and still didn't spin. So I unplugged it awaiting repair. It's due to be fixed Thursday. 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. Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I have a similar problem with printing with W10 Pro - sometimes it just won't print and even restarting W10 does not cure it, but power cycle the whole PC inc mains and it always fixes it! The 'bug' was was a moth that got into some relay contacts in a machine at Harvard in September 1945 - at least according to Wiki. However it is alleged that the term was first used on the Bombe Enigma decoder at Bletchley Park during WW2 when the rotors stopped turning again due to a large moth that got wedged inside the machine. a moth flew into a wire dimmer at school (mid-50s) and caused a blackout on stage. (It was the "Scottish Play"). The next line was said by the eponimous Scotsman - "Lead me to my Lord" (in a blackout). It brought the house down. harrogate three at ntlworld do -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 28/05/2019 16:44, Java Jive wrote:
On 28/05/2019 16:34, Woody wrote: Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects I did that, and anyway, this is not a router. Oops, sorry for the duplication - I received a message from Thunderbird that the above one hadn't been sent. |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 28/05/2019 16:52, charles wrote:
a moth flew into a wire dimmer at school (mid-50s) and caused a blackout on stage. (It was the "Scottish Play"). The next line was said by the eponimous Scotsman - "Lead me to my Lord" (in a blackout). It brought the house down. I think I would've been tempted to ad lib: "Anyone got a shilling for the meter?!" |
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Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer Doesn't Spin
On 28/05/2019 16:34, Woody wrote:
On Tue 28/05/2019 15:54, Java Jive wrote: On 20/05/2019 13:22, Java Jive wrote: As per title, the latest in an alarmingly and depressingly long list of household item that have died or malfunctionned recently is a Siemens WD14H421GB Washer-Dryer which was last used about a week and a half ago and worked fine.Â* Turned it on this morning to wash some sheets, and it's not spinning, further during normal agitation the drum only turns anti-clockwise, whereas it should alternate directions, and AFAICR spinning is clockwise. Fortunately, unlike the late fridge/freezer, whose saga has already been told, it's still comfortably within its 2 year warranty, but until I have time to read the instructions, etcÂ* -Â* just now I have to go out unexpectedly to buy a new clothes line to hang my dripping sheets onÂ* - and/or can arrange for it to be repaired, has anybody who has experienced similar have any suggestions? Well, wadda y' know! After the dripping sheets episode, I tried switching it off and leaving it for a few minutes, etc, all to no availÂ* -Â* when switched back on it still only agitated anti-clockwise and still didn't spin. So I unplugged it awaiting repair.Â* It's due to be fixed Thursday. 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.Â* 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? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*What caused the failure? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Water somehow splashed onto the control circuitry? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* A spider or insect in the works, literally a bug?* Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Will it recur? Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Only heaven knows! I can't win either way.Â* 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: Â*Â*"Got a right old fool here!" *Â* 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. Always remember, the first thing that Sky/VM do when you ring with a problem is to tell you to unplug the mains for 30secs/5mins/30mins and see if it corrects - which it always does. I have a similar problem with printing with W10 Pro - sometimes it just won't print and even restarting W10 does not cure it, but power cycle the whole PC inc mains and it always fixes it! The 'bug' was was a moth that got into some relay contacts in a machine at Harvard in September 1945 - at least according to Wiki. However it is alleged that the term was first used on the Bombe Enigma decoder at Bletchley Park during WW2 when the rotors stopped turning again due to a large moth that got wedged inside the machine. I remember a photocopier at work in the 90's that kept putting a black stripe on everything. I took a look at it and found a fly electrocuted on the corona wires. SteveW |
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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 |
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