Hi there,
My sister's 21 year old (she says she bought it in Dec 1998, but can't find the receipt) washing machine has finally shown its FIRST fault.
It's a ELECTROLUX Premier 1000E. And it still looks as good as new.
However, it just developed the following fault, that I'll decribe as numbered items.
NOTE: The drum bearings are quite, the drum can be turned easily by hand, and I've had the top off, and the belt is in place and not damaged at all. Under the cover it is as clean as a whistle and looks like new, just as it does from the front exterior.
1). The manual programme selector switch doesn't turn itself any more. That is, you can select any programe, wash, rinse, or spin, but the selector switch doesn't move on from where you set it.
2). The water fills perfectly ok, and if you select rinse, the pump empties the machine perfectly ok.
3). No matter which position on the selector switch is chosen, the drum oscillates back and forth, but does nothing else. You can hear power being applied to the motor, as the drum begins to rotate, but then it sounds like the power is cut, and the drum just spins freely. Each time it reverses direction of rotation, you hear a surge of power as the drum begins to turn and accelarate, but then the power seems to be cut and the drum just rotates freely, until it reverses direction, and the cycle repeats. It does this indefinitely unless the machine is switched off or the the selector switch is moved to another postion.
4). It seems to be most noticeable on any of the Spin cycles. When a spin cyle is selected, the pump drains the water, and then as the drum begins to turn, the power is cut as described in point 3) above. So the Drum never reaches speed, and it continues to reverse itself too, which it obviously shouldn't do on a spin cycle.
I'm baffled. Is it the motor, the selector switch, a circuit board, or a sensor?
I feel it is a realtively simple fault to fix -- if you know how ---. But unfortunately I don't and she can't afford to pay for an engineer only to be told buy a new machine.
So I figured that one of the dedicated experts here is the best place to ask for advice.
Here are some pictures of the facia. I also have a video of it in operation, showing the oscillating drum, but I don't remember how to upload a video.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks very much in advance.
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PS. If I can't fix it simply, is it of any interest to someone here? It has been such a good reliable machine, and looks in such fantastic condition, that it seems a shame to see it dumped and destroyed.
My sister's 21 year old (she says she bought it in Dec 1998, but can't find the receipt) washing machine has finally shown its FIRST fault.
It's a ELECTROLUX Premier 1000E. And it still looks as good as new.
However, it just developed the following fault, that I'll decribe as numbered items.
NOTE: The drum bearings are quite, the drum can be turned easily by hand, and I've had the top off, and the belt is in place and not damaged at all. Under the cover it is as clean as a whistle and looks like new, just as it does from the front exterior.
1). The manual programme selector switch doesn't turn itself any more. That is, you can select any programe, wash, rinse, or spin, but the selector switch doesn't move on from where you set it.
2). The water fills perfectly ok, and if you select rinse, the pump empties the machine perfectly ok.
3). No matter which position on the selector switch is chosen, the drum oscillates back and forth, but does nothing else. You can hear power being applied to the motor, as the drum begins to rotate, but then it sounds like the power is cut, and the drum just spins freely. Each time it reverses direction of rotation, you hear a surge of power as the drum begins to turn and accelarate, but then the power seems to be cut and the drum just rotates freely, until it reverses direction, and the cycle repeats. It does this indefinitely unless the machine is switched off or the the selector switch is moved to another postion.
4). It seems to be most noticeable on any of the Spin cycles. When a spin cyle is selected, the pump drains the water, and then as the drum begins to turn, the power is cut as described in point 3) above. So the Drum never reaches speed, and it continues to reverse itself too, which it obviously shouldn't do on a spin cycle.
I'm baffled. Is it the motor, the selector switch, a circuit board, or a sensor?
I feel it is a realtively simple fault to fix -- if you know how ---. But unfortunately I don't and she can't afford to pay for an engineer only to be told buy a new machine.
So I figured that one of the dedicated experts here is the best place to ask for advice.
Here are some pictures of the facia. I also have a video of it in operation, showing the oscillating drum, but I don't remember how to upload a video.
Hope someone can help.
Thanks very much in advance.
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PS. If I can't fix it simply, is it of any interest to someone here? It has been such a good reliable machine, and looks in such fantastic condition, that it seems a shame to see it dumped and destroyed.
