Hotpoint Ultima Tripping Electrics
First off hello all. Ive got a Hotpoint Ultima washer WT960 that was tripping as soon as you turned it on. So i did the usual disconnect the motor...it tripped....re attatched wires disconnected the element it ran.
I located the new element through Espares (it even had a video below the product on how to fit it). As ive only just bought it from an add in the paper and im skint i decided to let the program run with the element wires disconnected and taped up to make sure there was nothing else wrong. Ran for a while then came up with the F03 fault number.(Washer thermister open or short circuit)
Im guessing its because ive disconnected the three wires and the block with the 2 blue from the heating element.
Can anyone put my mind at rest and tell me that its just because ive disconnected the element. or its back to handwashing until i can afford a new washer
Many thanks
Sye
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Hotpoint Ultima WT960 trips electrics; F03 appears with heater disconnected
- The problem
- Hotpoint Ultima WT960 was tripping the electrics as soon as it was turned on. The owner disconnected the motor and it still tripped. After reconnecting the motor and disconnecting the heating element, the machine ran, but later showed fault code F03 with the heater wiring disconnected.
- Likely cause
- The strongest supported diagnosis is a faulty heating element or an insulation fault in that circuit causing the tripping. The F03 fault is consistent with the heater/temperature circuit being disconnected, but the discussion notes the exact failed part was not conclusively confirmed without proper insulation testing.
- What fixed it
- Refit the heater wiring correctly and have the appliance properly tested with an insulation test meter to confirm whether the heater is faulty or whether another component disconnected at the same time was the real cause. If the fault remains, further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer. Scrapping the machine was also suggested if repair is uneconomic.
- Checks to try
- Disconnected the motor; machine still tripped
- Reconnected the motor and disconnected the heating element; machine ran
- Machine later displayed F03 with the heater wiring disconnected
- Parts or tools mentioned
- heating element
- insulation test meter (megger)
Safety: Do not rely on running the machine with heater wiring disconnected as a repair. Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
2 Answers
If the element isn't working because it's not wired up then the washing machine will detect that the temperature of the water isn't rising, and will abort with an error code.
Tripping the electrics is a fault that needs a proper insulation test meter (megger) that puts 500 volts (dc) through the appliance to properly test the insulation. Trying to fix it by disconnecting parts is a pretty crude method, although it's the same way an engineer could test for the fault except he'd disconnect parts until his meter shows the fault has cleared and then confirms it by testing the individual part in question. If the fault was caused by the heater you need to correctly refit the wires to test it. If it's still there then possibly when you disconnected all the wires you also took something else out of the circuit that was the real culprit. If the fault remains I'd get an engineer in with an insulation meter or scrap the machine.
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