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Got an engineer in to sort it in the end.... Apparently the trip was caused by one wire (in a bundle of other wires) that was touching the top of the motor casing - it had slightly worn and needed replacing...£70 well spent NOT! If anyone has a trip problem check this bundle of wires...

Well I have tried it when everything else has bee switched off but no luck. Will try again though before forking out for repair/new machine. What is really annoying is that I have only had it for just 2 years now - they just don't seem to build things to last these days...thanks for the...

Excellent! Now I know what an RCD is! Thanks. The switch tripping is definitely one of the MCB's and not one of the large ones. I will check the interlock door switch tonight and give it a clean if necessary. I did contact Hotpoint already but they will charge me about £90 for the...

Happy New Year & thanks for your responses. I take it a MCB is the main circuit board? If so then the washing machine trips a switch on this for sockets in the living room. Don't know what a RCD is! Other sources have told me that there could be a variety of reasons for the problem including a...

My Hotpoint washing machine was previously tripping a breaker in the fuse box after finishing its cycle, i.e. when the machine switched off it would cause breaker to trip. Last night when I switched machine on for a cycle it tripped the breaker immediately...any ideas!?!?? :evil: