HOTPOINT WD640G GONE BANG!!

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HI CAN ANYONE HELP, CUT A LONG STORY SHORT THE FAN MOTOR WENT IN THE DRYER THE GUY CAME, TOOK THE OLD PART AWAY AND ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO USE THE WASHER OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO, I TOLD HIM NO, BUT I DID, MY BIG MISTAKE, WITHIN 5 MIMS OF WASHING IT WENT BANG AND A SMALL SPARK AND A SLIGHT BURNING SMELL CAME FROM THE FRONT BOTTOM LEFT SIDE, I CALLED THE GUY BK AND HE said AS I TOLD I WASNT USING THE WASHER HE LEFT SOME WIRES LOSE BUT NOT TO WORRY IT HAD PROBERLY JUST SHORTED OUT SOMEWHERE, HE CAME THE NEXT DAY AND SPENT AN HR ON THE MACHINE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND PUT IT DOWN TO THE POWER SUPPLY HAD BLOWN? A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THERE IS A FUSE IN THE POWER SUPPLY THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN AND MAY JUST NEED REPLACING, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT AND WHERE I CAN LOCATE THAT FUSE?
ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFULLl AS IVE SPENT 90.00 ON IT SO FAR AND AM ABOUT TO WRITE IT OFF AND BY A NEW ONE WHICH I CANT REALLY AFFORD.
 
he had left the fan wires off and has blown the pcb up ,no fuse on the pcb .new board cost 80.00 plus it needs a smart card and reader to prog it which he wont have .its gonna cost you more money .you should have called hotpoint out all in charge 99 inc parts labour. :(
 
oh no, so it really has gone bang then and died. Well thanks for ur reply, id better get looking for a new one now :(
 

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