Hi - I have a 5 year old machine. It has issues, but it was still going. During the morning there was a massive 'crash' in my house - like a metal tray being dropped. Couldnt trace the source.
A couple of hours and a couple of washes later in the day, I suddenly detected smoke coming out of the washing machine - there had been a bit of electrical smell in the house earlier but I couldnt find a source. So, drained water out asap, switched off, removed fuse. Took out washing. Pulled it out, took off top, nothing obvious but it stank of burning.
Made the decision to ditch it - I have replaced the capacitor in April this year during lockdown. And it doesnt wash amazingly well, nor does the programme button work everytime - sometimes I have to move it on by hand. Also leaves a bit of brown sludge on washing sometimes.
So, have researched washing machines on line for 5 hours - there's always issues with one or other. Anyone any recommendations? I dont need one that puts the washing powder in for me, small to medium size. Bit horrified at the prices nowadays - easy to spend over £1k and I want one thats got a good guarantee - I've always gone for Bosch but my last 2 have been disappointing. Thought I might go for a Siemens / Samsung / Miele - there's so much to get right - must be LH hinge / pref 55 cms depth / not noisy / etc etc. So tiresome isnt it.
Anyway, as it was pulled out and ready to be ditched, I thought I'd just take the back off - just out of curiosity and was interested to see the following - best described in photos - and I wondered if anyone knows what it is and whether its worth thinking about getting it repaired rather than buy new. Obviously I know a call out will cost me minimum £60, plus parts, and any other labour - so could be £100 - £200, but even so.
So, theres this thing on the left which appears to have blown out - which was presumably the 'crash' I heard. Intrigues me why the electrics didn't blow and more to the point, that the machine kept working.
We were just about to go out for a walk, so Goodness knows what could have happened if I hadnt noticed the smoke.
Thanks everyone. Apologies for the long post - musn't have much else to do.
A couple of hours and a couple of washes later in the day, I suddenly detected smoke coming out of the washing machine - there had been a bit of electrical smell in the house earlier but I couldnt find a source. So, drained water out asap, switched off, removed fuse. Took out washing. Pulled it out, took off top, nothing obvious but it stank of burning.
Made the decision to ditch it - I have replaced the capacitor in April this year during lockdown. And it doesnt wash amazingly well, nor does the programme button work everytime - sometimes I have to move it on by hand. Also leaves a bit of brown sludge on washing sometimes.
So, have researched washing machines on line for 5 hours - there's always issues with one or other. Anyone any recommendations? I dont need one that puts the washing powder in for me, small to medium size. Bit horrified at the prices nowadays - easy to spend over £1k and I want one thats got a good guarantee - I've always gone for Bosch but my last 2 have been disappointing. Thought I might go for a Siemens / Samsung / Miele - there's so much to get right - must be LH hinge / pref 55 cms depth / not noisy / etc etc. So tiresome isnt it.
Anyway, as it was pulled out and ready to be ditched, I thought I'd just take the back off - just out of curiosity and was interested to see the following - best described in photos - and I wondered if anyone knows what it is and whether its worth thinking about getting it repaired rather than buy new. Obviously I know a call out will cost me minimum £60, plus parts, and any other labour - so could be £100 - £200, but even so.
So, theres this thing on the left which appears to have blown out - which was presumably the 'crash' I heard. Intrigues me why the electrics didn't blow and more to the point, that the machine kept working.
We were just about to go out for a walk, so Goodness knows what could have happened if I hadnt noticed the smoke.
Thanks everyone. Apologies for the long post - musn't have much else to do.
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