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Hi, The voltage is never at 240v. When the heating symbol comes on the voltage does 'skip' about on my meter but only shows a few volts. There is no current flowing at any time, although it is possible that a very small current is flowing but not showing on my clamp meter. As soon as I go to...

thanks for that, I haven't got around to measuring the voltage yet so will do that next

I have a Zanussi ZWF 14280W which has a problem with the motor I have isolated the problem to only occur when the machine is in any setting other than spin. The element reads 28 ohms when disconnected, and then 27.4 ohms when connected. What should I be expecting here? Also there is no...

I have a Zanussi ZWF 14280W which has a problem with the motor not able to drive the drum. I runs fine with the drum belt off, but when the drum belt is back on it doesn't want to turn in either direction. Read more: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=279581&highlight=#ixzz1SelPu68r...

Ok Thanks very much for that heads up.

Thanks for the advice, I don't see why the motor runs fine if not under load, how would the brushes work differently when under load?

I have a Zanussi ZWF 14280W which has a problem with the motor not able to drive the drum. I runs fine with the drum belt off, but when the drum belt is back on it doesn't want to turn in either direction.