Washer tripping electrics on wash cycle
Hi, my electrics have tripped twice in a week and I've realised that the only common denominator has been the washer. It's a Bosch Classixx 7 and has always worked fine for the past 3 years. It trips about 30 mins into the wash cycle as far as I can tell, when the water is heating up. When I put the electric back on, the washer lights are off, and the only way I can get it back on is to pull it out, full of water, and reach behind and switch the plug socket off and back on again, always works. However, switching the 'washer' switch above the worktop does nothing, the washer has to be pulled out and the socket below the worktop which the plug is in switched on and off. Until I get it repaired, do we think it might be a heater element fault and also if I wash things on cold, without the element being used at all, do we think it might stop the electrics tripping? Obviously that's what I'm going to try, but I'd feel better if someone agreed with me, it's no fun trying to pull a washing machine full of water and heavy wet clothes out whilst trying not to let the feet rip the vinyl flooring. Thanks.
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Bosch Classixx 7 intermittently trips electrics during wash
- The problem
- A Bosch Classixx 7 washing machine was intermittently tripping the electrics, reportedly about 30 minutes into the wash cycle, around the time the water would be heating. After the trip, the machine appeared dead until the plug socket behind the appliance was switched off and back on. The fault had happened roughly four times over ten months and not on every use.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply did not confirm a specific failed part. The strongest supported diagnosis was an intermittent insulation fault causing the trip. A leak was suggested as a possible cause because it could vary with load size or selected programme, but this was not confirmed. The original poster also suspected the heater circuit, but this was not verified in the discussion.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that this was beyond DIY because the fault was intermittent and required tracing with an insulation test meter by an engineer. No confirmed home repair or part replacement was documented.
- Checks to try
- Fault occurs intermittently, not on every wash
- Tripping reported about 30 minutes into the programme
- Machine only powers back up after switching the socket behind the appliance off and on
- Accepted advice was to use an insulation test meter to trace the fault
- Parts or tools mentioned
- insulation test meter
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
2 Answers
Hello. Unfortunately the fault you have is beyond DIY help. Particularly because it is intermittent. What would be needed is an engineer with an insulation test meter to trace the fault. These are specialist meters, and quite expensive. They put 500 Volts (DC) through the washing machine and its parts and can detect any insulation faults.
An intermittent tripping could be caused by a leak. A leak could be smaller or larger depending on what loading is in the machine and or what wash cycle is selected. It might be something else though. I do have an article that is worth reading although it essentially says that you need an engineer. However, there are some tips on what might be causing it - Washing Machine Tripping or Fusing
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I should add that it doesn't happen every time I use it, it's done it maybe four times in the past ten months.
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