Hi All,

So, when I blew the carbon out of the washing machine motor and
stopped it tripping the RCD I noticed that they were pretty worn.

I have since run it a couple of weeks and picked up a set of Qualtex
Carbon Brushes "to fit: AEG, Creda, Hoover motors (Car48)" (ours is a
AEG Lavamat Digitronic 6100)

So I take the motor out today and go to change the brushes .. and
guess what .. ah, you have .. yest they were the wrong ones ;-(

So I popped up the local parts shop and their database suggested the
same brushes, but I found on the rack a set of brushes for a Bosch
machine called Car93 (I think).

The ones I bought were 5.99 (market) and the shop ones were 18.99 (so
I left them). ;-(

Now before you say "it serves you right for buying from the market' it
looks like without the old brushes in hand the 'shop' would have given
me the same (incorrect) ones (but at 3 times the price).?

So, I've put the motor back in (it'll last another week) and the
market man is going to get me the correct pair.

Anyone care to explain how a 'Bosch' motor brush seems a better match
for the brushes in an AEG machine (apart from they were possibly both
made in Germany) please?

All the best ..

T i m

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T i m writes:
Hi All,

So, when I blew the carbon out of the washing machine motor and
stopped it tripping the RCD I noticed that they were pretty worn.

I have since run it a couple of weeks and picked up a set of Qualtex
Carbon Brushes "to fit: AEG, Creda, Hoover motors (Car48)" (ours is a
AEG Lavamat Digitronic 6100)

So I take the motor out today and go to change the brushes .. and
guess what .. ah, you have .. yest they were the wrong ones ;-(

So I popped up the local parts shop and their database suggested the
same brushes, but I found on the rack a set of brushes for a Bosch
machine called Car93 (I think).

The ones I bought were 5.99 (market) and the shop ones were 18.99 (so
I left them). ;-(

Now before you say "it serves you right for buying from the market' it
looks like without the old brushes in hand the 'shop' would have given
me the same (incorrect) ones (but at 3 times the price).?

CPC supplied me with replacement brushes (Hotpoint parts sealed
in Hotpoint wrappers) and ISTR they were under a fiver.

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Andrew Gabriel