A couple of days ago, our Hotpoint FDW80 started to refuse to accept that the door was closed.
The lock is working fine and, as I shut the door, I can hear a faint "click" just before the lock engages. I assume this is the trip switch.
By slowly easing the door shut, I've been able to fox the machine a few times and trigger the wash cycle. However, if I let the door close at full speed, the "door" warning would fire up again.
At the moment, it seems to have grown wise to my tricks and I can't get the dashed thing to start cleaning, which is annoying.
For what it's worth, I've cleaned the machine and removed the front panel to check the locks. What I -did- notice was that the fuse box attached to the lock seemed to be scorched.
Is there a chance that the fuse associated with the trip switch is blown? If so, why does the wash cycle work sometimes? And, hoping against hope, if the fuse -has- gone, is it easily replaceable?
Any help would be much appreciated.
The lock is working fine and, as I shut the door, I can hear a faint "click" just before the lock engages. I assume this is the trip switch.
By slowly easing the door shut, I've been able to fox the machine a few times and trigger the wash cycle. However, if I let the door close at full speed, the "door" warning would fire up again.
At the moment, it seems to have grown wise to my tricks and I can't get the dashed thing to start cleaning, which is annoying.
For what it's worth, I've cleaned the machine and removed the front panel to check the locks. What I -did- notice was that the fuse box attached to the lock seemed to be scorched.
Is there a chance that the fuse associated with the trip switch is blown? If so, why does the wash cycle work sometimes? And, hoping against hope, if the fuse -has- gone, is it easily replaceable?
Any help would be much appreciated.