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Could it be a rectifier? Does the machine have a brake? It could be to release a brake. No brake release, high motor current.

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I did say the pump was ok and the pipes were clear so the fault must be some where else.

Hello My whirlpool awm 5145/5 will go through a cycle but not spin. The drum is still full of water so I think the problem is the pump is not coming on to drain the drum. The pipes are clear and the pump is ok any ideas?

I don't know if it will help but it seems GEC motors are now part of Brook Crompton motors. They might help. http://www.brookcrompton.com/pages/history.htm

A word of warning. The question refers to a GEC motor, the british company. The link is to a catalogue for GE the American company. Not the same companies.

Is that a Mentor drive, it looks familiar

The two core flex is probably a thermistor which should be incorporated into the stop circuit. It's purpose is to stop the motor if it overheats.

SWA cable can be cut to lenth using a hacksaw.

I resent that, I am a maintenance electrician I would never leave a bus bar chamber open like that. A stiff bit of card should do the trick.

Ah, the memories come flooding back. I would have thought with a bit of TLC those oil filled switches will last for years, built to last.

They are Ellison breakers. The one's in the picture were just a few of dozens in the textile mill I used to work in. It closed in 2004 and all the switch gear was scrapped a couple of years ago, there was some nice old stuff. Some more for the history buffs.

The brass tubes are oil filled dash pots. There is a piston inside the dash pot with a rod attached to it, the rod passes through a coil at the top of the switch, the more current flowing through the switch the stronger the magnetic field in the coil and the further up the rod is pulled until it...

I used a portable tv with my generator there was a little "snow" on screen but it worked ok. Other devices are a bit more fussy about the quality of electricity supply, as I found out.

I used one of those little generators for a 500W heater. It was a bit noisey and a little smokey but it did the job ok.

It's a Coram shower and tray. There were two sealers mentioned on the instruction sheet but I coudn't get them.The Coram instructions on the tray said 794 was the one to use for the waste area as did the Mcalpine waste instructions. I thought if it was good enough for the waste it would be good...

Thanks for that but a neutral cure silicon was specified as a acetoxy cure sealer would cause cracking to the surface of the tray.

Hello The makers of my new show tray recomend a neutral cure silicon sealant. One they recommend for the trap area is dow corning 794, as it was ok to use there I thought it would be ok to use else where on the shower cabinet. The thing is after several days the stuff is still sticky to the...

Yes your right, the thought of the plug of ice shifting and all that water over my nice new flooring made me decide that the syphon is the way to go.

Of course! Thanks for your help. Just as a matter of interest would the arctic freezing kits work on 22mm - 3/4 pipes?

Could you explain that please