Hi everyone,
My washing machine is tripping the house RCD whenever it is plugged in! Not when I'm trying to use it, or during the cycle, but the moment it's connected to the wall socket, whether the door is open or closed. it suddenly started doing this last night.
Other appliances are working fine from the same socket, so that's not the problem... It must be the machine itself. Also, everything is hunky dory in the house when the washing machine isn't connected.
The machine was working fine before... No sign of any problems.
I've unplugged it for the moment and pulled it out into the middle of the kitchen as I read that moisture could cause problems... But there is no sign of any leak anywhere. Don't laugh at my girly efforts... But I changed the fuse on the plug and even got my hairdryer and blew some cool air in there to try to dry anything that might be wet, but it didn't do any good,
What might be causing this? I am asking because the machine is a cheap one (Beko) about five years old, and I don't want to end up paying more calling someone out for a repair than it would cost to buy a new machine... I know these things have a finite life span. On the other hand, it is January and I'm strapped for cash after Xmas... So if I can have it fixed cheaply, I would be very happy!!
Thank you for taking the time to read this..
Xxx
My washing machine is tripping the house RCD whenever it is plugged in! Not when I'm trying to use it, or during the cycle, but the moment it's connected to the wall socket, whether the door is open or closed. it suddenly started doing this last night.
Other appliances are working fine from the same socket, so that's not the problem... It must be the machine itself. Also, everything is hunky dory in the house when the washing machine isn't connected.
The machine was working fine before... No sign of any problems.
I've unplugged it for the moment and pulled it out into the middle of the kitchen as I read that moisture could cause problems... But there is no sign of any leak anywhere. Don't laugh at my girly efforts... But I changed the fuse on the plug and even got my hairdryer and blew some cool air in there to try to dry anything that might be wet, but it didn't do any good,
What might be causing this? I am asking because the machine is a cheap one (Beko) about five years old, and I don't want to end up paying more calling someone out for a repair than it would cost to buy a new machine... I know these things have a finite life span. On the other hand, it is January and I'm strapped for cash after Xmas... So if I can have it fixed cheaply, I would be very happy!!
Thank you for taking the time to read this..
Xxx