Hotpoint Hvl 211 Won't Work After Fuse Tripped
Hi there,
Last night a fuse tripped in my fuse cupboard.
Reset it, checked everything was working (i.e. fridge, freezer etc), but noticed that the washing machine had stopped in the wash cycle.
I removed the clothes, and have emptied all the water from the hose and filter, and switched the machine on/off countless times from the mains.
When trying to put the machine into a new programme, all the buttons work, all the lights work, but when the cycle is due to start, nothing happens, no spinning, no water, no noise.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Paul
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Hotpoint HVL 211 dead at start of cycle after trip; burnt door interlock found
- The problem
- After a fuse/MCB tripped, the Hotpoint HVL 211 stopped mid-wash. The drum was emptied manually, and afterwards the machine powered up with buttons and lights working, but when a new programme was started nothing happened: no fill, no spin and no noise.
- Likely cause
- Strongly supported diagnosis was an electrical fault in the door locking mechanism/interlock area. The original poster reported the door lock looked burnt out. A forum reply said there had clearly been a poor connection causing excessive heating, and warned the short may also have damaged the PCB. Earlier advice also noted the initial trip may have been caused by an internal fault, with other possibilities including motor-related faults, but these were not confirmed.
- What fixed it
- Recommended action was to replace the door interlock and the damaged connector block, cutting back any heat-damaged wiring before reconnecting, and to have the machine properly tested because further damage was possible. The original poster did not confirm a repair; they replaced the washing machine instead.
- Checks to try
- Fuse/MCB was reset after tripping
- Clothes removed and water drained from hose and filter
- Machine switched off and on at the mains multiple times
- Buttons and indicator lights checked and found to work
- Internal visual inspection found the door locking mechanism appeared burnt out
- Parts or tools mentioned
- door locking mechanism/interlock
- connector block
- insulation test meter
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
5 Answers
It may be the fault on the washer initially caused the electrics to trip but now the faulty part has just stopped working. It could be a motor fault, maybe even worn carbon brushes, but it could be other things too. You really need an engineer to test the machine with a proper insulation test meter to find out what caused the problem, which could be lots of different things.
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Hi Andy,
Thanks very much for your reply.
I had a look inside and found that the door locking mechanism seemed to be burnt out.
Do you think buying a replacement part will do the trick?
That looks nasty. It's probably worth a try though it's possible the short could have damaged something on the pcb. There's clearly been a poor connection which has caused excessive heating so both the interlock and connector block would need replacing. The wires would need cutting right back to get rid of all the hard baked wire and reconnecting with a replacement connector so it depends how much extra wire you have in the harness as to whether that can be done easily. Some wires can be re-routed to give extra length. The connector may be hard to find as a spare part though.
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thanks a lot for all your help, ended up buying a new one after all that!
No problem, at this time of year especially you can't mess around when it comes to the washing machine. Let's assume you made the right decision and if you'd tried to fix it it would have dragged on for weeks waiting for parts to come only to find it had blown something in the main pcb.
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