elec kinda scares me... what should i do

[turbokinetic]

In reply to post 13

Sorry if it seems that I contradicted you. If so, it wasn't intentional.  Probably haste on my part.  I saw the original post and replied what I thought happened without reading through all the previous replies. 

 

[anthony]

same thing

happened to me recently. A relatively new washer had the tell tale smell of burning .Over here in the UK the socket is usually hidden in a cupboard as mine is .Once i found the faulty plug i cut it off and replaced it[and the socket] with a replacement and now all is fine