Something fell out under Haier Washing Machine

erikborgo

The washing machine was happily washing and suddenly there was a loud bang and from then on, all I get is "Error 7", which according to the manual means motor error. I have replaced the brushes to no avail. But... I found this item underneath the machine, fell out, what IS it? Does anyone know and is this the source of the problem?
http://zenghsutton.co.uk/washing-machine-fallen-bit-IMG_1721.jpg

JohnB47

I did a search on the part number (21120372006) and came up with this foreign site (actually a pdf):

http://www.recambiosyaccesoriosonline.es/despieces/haier/hds1000txve/Haier_HDS1000TXVE_Despiece_2.pdf

It's a clip de filerie - which seems to mean a cable tie - clips on the framework and keeps cables in place. Have a good look around at all the places where a cable terminates. A connector could have become dislodged.

Page one of that pdf shows it near the top of the machine (part 33) so start looking up there. But the part could have fallen and been bashed and dislodged a connector somewhere further away. A cable might even have been severed.

erikborgo

Hey thank you for your post! IT LIVES!!!! But what a pollava fixing this machine has been! I originally won this machine in a raffle in 2005 and had speculatively resolved to change every component till I had a complete set of spares lol, because it was free and the sum of new parts would be about the same as a new machine, plus I'd have a whole load of spares, daft thought really. I'm in IT, what the heck do I know about washing machines? I had previously taken the control board off and tested a capacitor by scraping off the gel behind the panel, because it looked burned. Capacitor was fine, according to a multimeter, which I'm not sure of how to use, which I bought specifically to test the washing machine with. Control board was fine, probably, I thought. I have changed the big capacitor near the back, common fault apparently but not in this case. Changed the brushes but the generic ones I bought off ebay were utter rubbish - the graphite bit shot off into room somewhere the moment I opened the packaging - very poorly soldered. Soldered it, that brush still didn't inspire confidence so I went with the better of the old ones, but it wasn't the brushes, either. I was about to de-plumb it and throw in on the lawn for the scavengers but I opened it up AGAIN and had a really good look for where the heck this thing fell off from. I had found that PDF you mentioned by searching for the part number but had drawn a blank because all of the connectors were secure .... until ... I spotted a burn mark on the paintwork, right near at the top of the machine. This led me to a cut wire - A CUT WIRE?!!?!?!?!? No it wasn't sabotage, unless you count removal men as saboteurs, mine were. Heavy handed apes who threw items around like basketballs, broken printer, damaged amplifier and now I find they had dislodged this clip, which led to this wire being loose and vulnerable. Located where this clip is supposed to be placed to keep the wiring from being damaged by the mad spinning drum and rapidly vibrating springs. This particular wire led to some component which on the PDF seems to be "Collier", item 10. Mine has a heatsink on it and a solenoid of some sort, no idea what the heck it actually is or what it does but thank goodness the damn thing works! Thanks again, I quite probably would not have had another look if you hadn't posted.

Head_The_Ball

Has the enter/carriage return key on your computer fallen off too?

JohnB47

erikborgo wrote: »

Hey thank you for your post! IT LIVES!!!! But what a pollava fixing this machine has been! I originally won this machine in a raffle in 2005 and had speculatively resolved to change every component till I had a complete set of spares lol, because it was free and the sum of new parts would be about the same as a new machine, plus I'd have a whole load of spares, daft thought really. I'm in IT, what the heck do I know about washing machines? I had previously taken the control board off and tested a capacitor by scraping off the gel behind the panel, because it looked burned. Capacitor was fine, according to a multimeter, which I'm not sure of how to use, which I bought specifically to test the washing machine with. Control board was fine, probably, I thought. I have changed the big capacitor near the back, common fault apparently but not in this case. Changed the brushes but the generic ones I bought off ebay were utter rubbish - the graphite bit shot off into room somewhere the moment I opened the packaging - very poorly soldered. Soldered it, that brush still didn't inspire confidence so I went with the better of the old ones, but it wasn't the brushes, either. I was about to de-plumb it and throw in on the lawn for the scavengers but I opened it up AGAIN and had a really good look for where the heck this thing fell off from. I had found that PDF you mentioned by searching for the part number but had drawn a blank because all of the connectors were secure .... until ... I spotted a burn mark on the paintwork, right near at the top of the machine. This led me to a cut wire - A CUT WIRE?!!?!?!?!? No it wasn't sabotage, unless you count removal men as saboteurs, mine were. Heavy handed apes who threw items around like basketballs, broken printer, damaged amplifier and now I find they had dislodged this clip, which led to this wire being loose and vulnerable. Located where this clip is supposed to be placed to keep the wiring from being damaged by the mad spinning drum and rapidly vibrating springs. This particular wire led to some component which on the PDF seems to be "Collier", item 10. Mine has a heatsink on it and a solenoid of some sort, no idea what the heck it actually is or what it does but thank goodness the damn thing works! Thanks again, I quite probably would not have had another look if you hadn't posted.

Horrah for fixing things - even by remote!

90% of fixing anything is inspecting, thinking, inspecting, having a cup of tea while thinking then inspecting again and hopefully seeing something out of place, burnt, broken, cut or missing.

Solenoid suggests something like the door mechanism, or maybe water inlet. Although by 'solenoid' you could mean relay - which are often used to switch power to the motor.

Anyway, here's hoping you have many years of clean clothes.