Hotpoint Wt400 No Lights
Hello, I hope a kind soul can help with an issue I'm having with my washing machine as I'm a bit skint. The lights on my hotpoint wt 400 top loading hybrid washing machine no longer illuminate, it appears as there is no power. The washer came with the house I bought and worked a treat. It has a feed for hot and cold but I now only have cold supply so I put in a Y piece. The Y piece had a slight leak so I turned off the cold water supply until I found time to fix it. My cousin turned on the machine whilst I was out, when she came back the next morning it was dead, I've checked the fuse and outlet, but they are good. Another problem is I can't get access to the electrics or control panel at the back of the washer, the side panels come off easy, but this washer is a bit more complicated than any others I've opened before.
In a nutshell, please can you tell me....
1. What the most likely fault is?
2. How do I get access to the electrics and control board?
I've attached a picture
Thank you
Jay
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Hotpoint WT400 completely dead with no lights
- The problem
- A Hotpoint WT400 top-loading washing machine became completely dead with no indicator lights and no programme operation. The owner reported the mains fuse and wall outlet had been checked and were said to be good. The fault appeared after the machine was turned on while the cold water supply had been shut off due to a leaking Y-piece on the inlet arrangement.
- Likely cause
- No confirmed cause was established. One suggestion was a failed inlet water valve if the machine had been run with no water supply, but this was only proposed for a machine that was dead on wash and might still spin. The owner then confirmed it would not spin and was completely dead, so the exact cause was not identified.
- What fixed it
- No documented repair was provided. The discussion only advised checking the standard no-lights basics and, if those checks did not identify the fault, getting an engineer in. The exact repair was not confirmed.
- Checks to try
- Fuse checked
- Wall outlet checked
- Confirmed that none of the programmes worked
- Confirmed that spin also did not work
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Inlet water valve
- Y-piece
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
3 Answers
Does it work on spin by any chance? If the washer was on with no water supply the inlet water valve could have failed so it is dead on wash. If so it should still spin though?
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Hello Andy, no, none of the programmes work. It is completely dead. It appears as though there is no mains power, could it be the filter or terminal block? Problem is I can't get access to bell it out. Thanks
It was a long shot but worth mentioning. The only thing I can suggest is checking my article washing machine not working - no lights which covers all the basics after which I advise getting an engineer in sorry.
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