Washing machine blowing electrics

[Ashley123]

I'm quite far from stoke, over an hour!

 

[telectrix]

so you'r down in yam-yam land?

 

[PEG]

Thank you all for your replies. I will try plugging into a different socket tomorrow and see if it works!

Hi,just a thought,but make sure you pick a socket which is also RCD protected.

You already may have a machine,with a fault,so choosing a socket which is not protected by an RCD,may do two things,it may allow the machine to appear to be working,and dependent on the fault,allow the machine to become hazardous.

Just a tiny worry,if you were to plug that extension in to a garage socket which someone has wired straight to the power station

 

[static zap]

a) Washing machine motor may have taken offence over size of load
..permanent problem
b) Extra steamy ,in cold weather / small leak ..may dry out with some warmth ..leaving not much to find , when it dries !
c) Other !

 

[telectrix]

my washing machine will never trip a RCD. she don't even know what one is.

 

[Ashley123]

Hi,just a thought,but make sure you pick a socket which is also RCD protected.

You already may have a machine,with a fault,so choosing a socket which is not protected by an RCD,may do two things,it may allow the machine to appear to be working,and dependent on the fault,allow the machine to become hazardous.

Just a tiny worry,if you were to plug that extension in to a garage socket which someone has wired straight to the power station

Thanks...it's a fairly new house with no garage/alterations. I'll plug extension into another kitchen socket. Thanks for the warning!

 

[Ashley123]

so you'r down in yam-yam land?

Not far, but I'm no yam yam

 

[Ashley123]

Thank you all for your help and advice....problem resolved with a new washing machine!

 

[Spoon]

Thank you all for your help and advice....problem resolved with a new washing machine!

Thanks for the feedback. Always really nice when we hear the outcome..

 

[Bernyj]

Thank you all for your help and advice....problem resolved with a new washing machine!

Hi, might be a late question since your problem happened a few years go.

Did you plug your new washing machine to the same plug?

 

[PEG]

Hi, might be a late question since your problem happened a few years go.

Did you plug your new washing machine to the same plug?

Hi...are you in Cornwall,by any chance?

My late mother-in-law,asked a Cornish roofer,for a quote on her porch.....he come round 2 years later...i kid you not...to ask if it still needed doing

"....tomorrahs nort touched,my larver..."