Thread: Bah Humbug, who knows washing machines?

Originally Posted by ivery819

Ron
Soooo! it would appear to first infect those with the most exposure !

Is that why she tries to avoid bodily contact with me?

Originally Posted by 87County

guess at this stage you're stuck with friends/rels/local laundromat (probably in that order )

if it's under warranty a replacement computer will take a week or two at present I guess

F&P have a 1300... or 1800... help line thatt I have had to use and parts are readily available ex-factory

not much immediate help I know but it's thta time of the year...

Unfortunately it's older, probably about 6-7yrs ish

Originally Posted by rick130

There is a reed switch on the RHS of the cabinet that open circuits when the lid opens, this is a known fault in that they will stay open circuit and so the machine acts dead.
The out of balance micro switch is on RHS of the main board at the rear and can also be faulty. Be careful as it's held in by a couple of plastic tits and they break very easily.
It can also fail or the retainer breaks, the switch moves and again, the machine won't operate.
To see if it's either of these just use a meter or short them out.
If they are OK it's probably a board and F&P do a changeover service on them.

Thanks, I'll check that.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Have you turned it off at the powerpoint and pulled out the plug for a while?

That was the first one I tried, coz it worked last time

Originally Posted by dm_td5

I suspect you are right and its the control board. Its reasonably easy to unscrew the top panel and look at the boards. Make sure its unplugged and you will also find the circuit boards are probably enclosed in sealed plastic box behind the panel. Our last FP died this way and when I opened it up the board had a couple of scorch marks on it. It was 10 years old so we bought a new FP and its now 7 years old.

You can get new or refurbished boards, but I suspect being Christmas that may be a little difficult.

I had both the control box and the switch box open and couldn't see any scorch marks in either


Thanks for all the suggestions, hopefully it'll turn out ok.

Get a multi meter on your powerpoint too. These direct drive jobs need the full 240volts, although its a longshot its shut down due to that as its not that common. I was a Simpson area manager for 12 years and these came in the last few years I was in that industry.

Our electrolux front loader died a few months ago,door switch took out the PCB.Took a week to get the parts

I am glad i took out the 5yr extended warranty,as it was 3yrs old

Yeah, only trouble is it was second hand when we bought it, so I suppose it's had a good run.

Haven't got time to look at it for a couple of days, so it'll have to wait.

try your luck here UK Whitegoods - Domestic Appliance Help, Advice, Repairs & Spare Parts. I solved a few problems with help from this forum. If you search the site you'll find out how to run the onboard diagnostics system and that will lead you to the root of the evil. Don

Update: Went shopping this morning, one mob had 7kg front loader samsung's advertised for $399, went to another mob and they did us a deal on an LG 7.5kg front loader (RRP $867) for $399 coz it was slightly sunbleached!

SWMBO is happy again!

So this is where I got my luck from......

Christmas Eve and our Electrolux EWF-1087 front loader has an E20 error

a net search reveals that E20 means a failure to drain -
I know that coz it's FULL of water and soap.

I've drained it through the little drain tube, tried again, same
drained it through the little drain tube, tried again, same, power off, reboot, same
drained it through the little drain tube, tried again, same, reboot,
Mmmmmm, now what

Annette is at the laundromat, and not happy....

anyone, pleeeze