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Hello all. Wonder if anyone can answer a quick query regarding an intermittent RCD trip out issue I’m having which occurs only when I press the on/off switch on my Samsung washing machine.
The trip out only occurs when the washing machine is switched on. After then re-setting the RCD the machine then behaves completely normally and there are no interruptions to the wash cycle.
I’ve had my electrics checked out by a professional and they have been given a clean bill of health.
I then had a washing machine engineer out to look at it it and after I described what was happening he confidently stated that the heating element needed changing. So he changed the heating element and guess what? The trip out issue continues to persist on an intermittent basis.
Don't want to now throw good money after bad unless I know what the problem actually is.
Could it be the on/off switch that is responsible for these intermittent trip outs? Or something in the pcb board? I’m pretty certain it isn’t the motor, as the machine is only 6 years old and a direct drive model. Would like to know if the on/off switch could be the culprit. Thank you.
The trip out only occurs when the washing machine is switched on. After then re-setting the RCD the machine then behaves completely normally and there are no interruptions to the wash cycle.
I’ve had my electrics checked out by a professional and they have been given a clean bill of health.
I then had a washing machine engineer out to look at it it and after I described what was happening he confidently stated that the heating element needed changing. So he changed the heating element and guess what? The trip out issue continues to persist on an intermittent basis.
Don't want to now throw good money after bad unless I know what the problem actually is.
Could it be the on/off switch that is responsible for these intermittent trip outs? Or something in the pcb board? I’m pretty certain it isn’t the motor, as the machine is only 6 years old and a direct drive model. Would like to know if the on/off switch could be the culprit. Thank you.
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