Indesit IWC125
MY Indesit , IWC125 Yesterday My Machine worked Perfectly But today when I Plugged it in to the Mains I filled it up with dirty Clothes as I Plugged it in all the Lights Came on but within 7 seconds the Lights went out: The Main Trip clicked off all the Electricity to the House so I reset the Fuse Box and tried to switch the Machine Back on: the Same thing Happened again where it Cut out at the Main Box again: It was what one would call a Direct Short where all the Power to the House went off I'd reset the Trip switch But the Machine this time Did not even light up when I switched it back on again where the lights did not come on the Trip switch Blew the Fuse.I'm lost to Know what to do. Has anyone else Had this problem: I Tried to get a Repair Guy out but the Cheapest was £114 call out where I'd have to pay extra for Parts
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Indesit IWC125 trips household electrics shortly after power-on
- The problem
- The Indesit IWC125 powered up, then within about 7 seconds all lights went out and the house electrics tripped. After resetting the consumer unit and trying again, the same immediate trip occurred. On a later attempt the machine did not light up before tripping/blowing the fuse again.
- Likely cause
- A direct short or serious electrical fault within the washing machine was strongly suggested by the repeated immediate tripping of the house electrics. The exact failed component was not identified in the discussion.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that the machine needs an engineer to trace the cause of the electrical short. No specific repair procedure or replacement part was confirmed.
- Checks to try
- Observed all machine lights coming on initially
- Observed house electrics tripping within about 7 seconds of plugging in/switching on
- Reset the fuse box/consumer unit and retried
- Observed repeated tripping and later no machine lights before fuse/trip operated again
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
You need an engineer to trace the cause of a washing machine tripping the electrics
Sadly it seems the days of repairing washing machines are almost at an end after a long slow decline over the last 25 years. The only hope you would have is finding a local engineer but there aren't too many left. Most of the online repair companies are run by big money people who pass the work onto 3rd party engineers and take a big cut. Most of the big repair people and even manufacturers operate insurance based repairs where the minimum repair charge is over £100 and sometimes a lot over £100. They offer to guarantee the whole machine for a year but basically they are just charging you to take an insurance out on top of the repair. The fixed repair companies can only operate by charging everyone a lot of money even for a minor repair. Again, most will quote over £100 and that's even if it turns out to be a 5 minute job. It's a great shame but it's been driven by declining prices of new appliances and increasing prices of labour and spare parts.
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