Fuse trips on spin cycle
I have a zanussi zwt71401 WA and when it gets to the fast spin it trips the main fuse.
All the cycles work fine until it gets to spin..
Any ideas or help please?
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Zanussi ZWT71401 WA trips electrics on fast spin
- The problem
- A Zanussi ZWT71401 WA washing machine works normally on wash cycles but trips the main fuse/electrics when it reaches fast spin.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply says the fault is difficult to diagnose without specialist equipment. The most strongly supported possibilities mentioned are a wire chafing and touching the cabinet when the drum moves during spin, or the motor sparking excessively.
- What fixed it
- No confirmed repair was provided. The accepted advice was to look for any visible wiring catching on the metal casing as the drum bounces around, and to check whether the motor is sparking excessively. If nothing obvious is visible, further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
- Checks to try
- Check for any visible wire chafing or wiring catching on the metal casing when the drum moves on spin.
- Check whether the motor is sparking excessively.
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
Hello Gill. Unfortunately this is one of the faults that is extremely difficult if not impossible to diagnose without proper specialist equipment. However, if it only trips on the spin it could be something like a wire chafing and touching something when the drum bounces around. Check out my article here Tripping electrics
so unless you can see something that may be catching on the metal casing when the drum bounces around, or unless the motor is sparking excessively (which is another possible explanation) there's little you can do except to get an engineer.
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