Washing machine tripping rcd

[paulthe spark]

Hello chaps,
going to a job on monday where the clients washing machine is tripping the rcd during its cycle, never came across this problem yet just wondering if anyone had any pointers

 

[The Truth]

get an appliance engineer to sort it out.. or a new one. its hassle

 

[paulthe spark]

so it doesn't sound like a wiring fault then?

 

[sparkdog]

Could be various things in the machine like water getting into the motor,heating element or carbon dust from the brushes causing leakage.

 

[thepurple1]

one of my jobs after being made redundant a few years ago was working for Hoover-Candy as an engineer.
With the door shut and and the on button swiched on Do an insulation test across the plug top if its down to earth its usually the heater or the noise filter or the motor. If it trips after say 5 minutes it could be the heater, If it trips when the drum turns it could be the motor. If it trips straight away it could be the internal wiring but uasally the filter.

 

[sparks1234]

Not a sparkies job

 

[thepurple1]

Not a sparkies job

Most of the engineers at Hoover, were electrically qualified ex sparkies

 

[Doomed]

I had this once, removed cover of machine and found a mass of cobwebs, removed these and problem went away!