Hotpoint Wd129 Wash/dry Cycles Mixed Up
I have a Hotpoint BWD129 washer dryer. It has started getting some of the wash and dry cycles mixed up on the cycle selector. For example if I try to just dry or rinse, it starts a full wash cycle. It also fails to dry at the end of a wash/dry cycle, although I can get the dryer to work separately. Sometimes it will not complete the rinse at the end of a wash cycle, leaving the washing wet. It also does not now dry very well, although I have had the dry cycle checked and have been told by an engineer that it is reaching the right heat level. Is this a PCB fault? I am thinking of trying a new PCB as a last resort
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Hotpoint BWD129 programme selector likely out of sync rather than PCB fault
- The problem
- Hotpoint BWD129 washer dryer was selecting the wrong functions: dry or rinse could start a full wash, wash/dry cycles were not drying at the end, some wash cycles did not complete the final rinse, and drying performance was poor despite the dryer heating being checked.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply says this matches a known fault where the control knob breaks or comes loose and goes out of sync, so the pointer does not match the actual programme selected. A PCB fault was not supported by the discussion.
- What fixed it
- Check whether the programme control knob is broken, loose or misaligned and whether the machine completes a cycle with the knob not ending at the proper finish position. The advice given was not to guess at parts, particularly not to replace the PCB without stronger evidence. The exact repair was not confirmed in the thread.
- Checks to try
- Dry cycle had reportedly been checked by an engineer and was said to be reaching the correct heat level
- Observe whether the machine completes a cycle but the control knob does not finish on a finish section
- Check whether the control knob is broken or loose and out of sync
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
1 Answer
It sounds like the kind of fault we used to get when the control know broke or came loose and went out of sync so it wasn't showing the proper programme it was pointing to. The tell tale sign of that though was that if left to run the machine would complete a cycle but the control knob didn't finish on a finish section. That showed it was out of line. If it isn't anything to do with that I wouldn't start guessing at parts, especially something as expensive as a pcb
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