Washing machine stuck on final spin

Mrs_Arcanum

My Washing machine has decided to stick on the final spin. So much so I have to guess at the time it should be finished and manually turn the dial to stop this (on off button stuck years ago).

Only started today but any easy solution would be handy.

TIA

Hintza

Not an expert but at a guess PCB? Which if its a fairly old machine could be terminal. Try to find someone who can give you a professional opinion. Or blocked drain pipe or filter which you can check.

MIL had the man round last week £20 call out, told the machine was knackered, new Bosch on the way.

Mrs_Arcanum

Hintza wrote: »

Not an expert but at a guess PCB? Which if its a fairly old machine could be terminal. Try to find someone who can give you a professional opinion. Or blocked drain pipe or filter which you can check.

MIL had the man round last week £20 call out, told the machine was knackered, new Bosch on the way.

8 Years solid use and only one repair. Will check the filter.

muckybutt

If its on the spin cycle and it wont stop then it is certainly the programmer that is faulty, if it was a case of the spin cycle not working then could have been the motor - filter or pressure switch.

After servicing washing machines for 6 years with my FIL im pretty sure its the programmer.

Hintza

muckybutt wrote: »

After servicing washing machines for 6 years with my FIL im pretty sure its the programmer.

Is that part of the PCB or separate?

Mrs_Arcanum

muckybutt wrote: »

If its on the spin cycle and it wont stop then it is certainly the programmer that is faulty, if it was a case of the spin cycle not working then could have been the motor - filter or pressure switch.

After servicing washing machines for 6 years with my FIL im pretty sure its the programmer.

Is this worth repairing or should I start looking at a new machine?

muckybutt

Hintza wrote: »

Is that part of the PCB or separate?

Depends on the machine, some operate by just pushing a button which goes to a pcb, some have a rotary knob to select a programme which is all in one.

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

Is this worth repairing or should I start looking at a new machine?

Depending on age and whether its a pcb or complete unit, we used to use a company in Mansfield ( now moved ! http://www.emwelec.co.uk/ ) they sell the refurbished units and you send them the broken one from your machine.

Best course of action would be to have a word with a washer engineer or give the company above a ring on their tech helpline.

Mrs_Arcanum

muckybutt wrote: »

Depends on the machine, some operate by just pushing a button which goes to a pcb, some have a rotary knob to select a programme which is all in one.



Depending on age and whether its a pcb or complete unit, we used to use a company in Mansfield ( now moved ! http://www.emwelec.co.uk/ ) they sell the refurbished units and you send them the broken one from your machine.

Best course of action would be to have a word with a washer engineer or give the company above a ring on their tech helpline.

Mine has a button to switch it on (which hasn't worked for years) but a rotary programme selector dial which turns as the machine goes through the relevant cycle. This has become impossible to manually turn to an off part of the programme, so I have to switch the machine off at the plug.

The machine is 12 years old but stood unused for over 3 years (was used for around 6 months + prior to that).

muckybutt

It will be the rotary programmer that has gone kaput then, being as its 12 years old - personally I wouldnt bother replacing and get a new machine.
If had only been a couple of years old then I would have gone for a repair, thing is with the age of the machine if you replace the programmer at £xx a couple of months down the line whats to say the motor could go costing £xxx ?

Mrs_Arcanum

muckybutt wrote: »

It will be the rotary programmer that has gone kaput then, being as its 12 years old - personally I wouldnt bother replacing and get a new machine.
If had only been a couple of years old then I would have gone for a repair, thing is with the age of the machine if you replace the programmer at £xx a couple of months down the line whats to say the motor could go costing £xxx ?

My thoughts exactly. Still not bad service for a free machine that only cost one repair and a couple of replacement dials.