washing machine without a pcb

aliEnRIK

penrhyn wrote: »

Failing that a dolly tub and mangle.:D

PS Mum had one of these:

My mum had one too

MilkyJoe

Ha ha. I remember those. I remember trying to mangle my fingers but never had the bottle to see how far I could get them in. I was young...

Hammyman

Nilrem wrote: »

I think the fact that they seem to be less reliable, and much harder to fix.:)

Thats all in your head.

We stuck with a brand of washing machine that kept to mechanical controls for as long as possible, most of them lasted years and were finally retired when they suffered mechanical breakdowns that were more expensive to fix than replace (the last one was replaced when first the drum bearing went, then the seal, and finally the pump).

Were any of them bought in the last 25 years? If so, they had a PCB.

Even the fact that electronic timers should be simpler to replace/use across a number of models (one PCB should be usable with different connection sets and a fairly simple change of EEPROM in theory), doesn't hold up - it took the engineer nearly a month to get a replacement board in as it wasn't available, instead you're stuck waiting for a much more expensive part.

He wasn't an engineer. He was a fitter. An engineer could have fixed it to component level. He merely fits parts.

thescouselander

Hammyman wrote: »

Thats all in your head.


Were any of them bought in the last 25 years? If so, they had a PCB.



He wasn't an engineer. He was a fitter. An engineer could have fixed it to component level. He merely fits parts.

Indeed. We had the control board go on our washing machine - it was under warrantee so Bosch sent someone round to fix it, they just swapped the component.

I had a quick look at the board he took out and I reckon I could have fixed it - it appeared to be a fairly straight forward design. Unfortunately he wouldn't let me keep the old one so I didn't get to try.

DCFC79

You cant get a wm with no pcb OP, the pcb is what makes it work,

diable

DCFC79 wrote: »

You cant get a wm with no pcb OP, the pcb is what makes it work,

The PCB doesn't load the machine and press the button to turn it on, there is still need for a human ;o))))))

Lil306

What is the make and model of your washing machine?

Have you tried espares?

DCFC79

diable wrote: »

The PCB doesn't load the machine and press the button to turn it on, there is still need for a human ;o))))))

yes i obviously know that but without the pcb i bet it wouldnt work, it would be good if the loading and unloading was done by a machine

Richie-from-the-Boro

penrhyn wrote: »

A world without printed circuit boards, what would that be like?


OP Go buy a Bosch, Siemens or better still a Miele.

Failing that a dolly tub and mangle.:D

PS Mum had one of these:

- you were posh .. .. we had a ' poss / tub & mangle '

tub poss
and we had to fill it with a stirrup pump from the well

asbokid

penrhyn wrote: »

PS Mum had one of these:

One of those sold for £1100 on David Dickinson's Real Deal.