Thread Number: 54755
AEG L75470FL failed heater? |
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Post# 771511   7/17/2014 at 10:51 (3,542 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Hey guys,
I've moved in with my parents for two months after moving back to lincoln. I've been back all of two days and cleaned my mothers machine to find it was unusually dirty for someone who uses powders and regular 60 degree cycles regularly. (Grey slim around door seal) So I ran a cycle and kept pausing and putting my hand in the water to discover it is stone cold even at the very end. It's out of guarantee but being elux it could be electronic but I'm not sure where to start before admitting defeat and calling out service force. Any advice? Also does anyone know the current call out fee for elux group? Darren |
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Post# 771517 , Reply# 1   7/17/2014 at 11:09 (3,542 days old) by electron1100 (England)   |   | |
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Blimey your only home two days an your breaking things :-)
If you have a Multi meter and are ok using it, you could remove the wires from the heater (make a note of where they went) and on the X1 or X100 scale measure the terminals on the heater to see if it is open circuit, if it is open circuit then that is the problem If it is not open circuit (this is where it can get buzzy) set the meter to AC volts anything above 240volts. now with the heater wires reconnected set the machine on a wash as usual, after about 5 minutes check to see if the mains voltage is reaching the heater just be very careful doing this for obvious reasons. if not the problem is else where. If the heater has a built in thermistor this could be faulty, these change resistance with temperature so switch off the machine at the wall again you could disconnect the wires to it and measure across the terminals on X1 to see if there is any continuity. That's marr two penneth worth You could always take a picture of the rear of the tub where the heater is (I think) Also a puzzling thought has occurred, machines with heaters generally wont advance through a program until the required temperature has been reached, hmm could be a shorted thermistor or if the machine uses them a stuck thermostat sensor DSICLAIMER I did not write this. Signed Bodgit & Leggit |
Post# 771561 , Reply# 4   7/17/2014 at 17:23 (3,542 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia)   |   | |
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Our Electrolux dishwasher recently stopped heating.
Turned out to be cracked solder on one of the parts of the control board. In our particular model (DX302), a known fault and someone had posted 'how to' instructions to save calling a service.
A small investment of $10 on a very cheap soldering iron and a some solder had ours and 2 others owned by friends all heating the water again. |
Post# 772248 , Reply# 6   7/21/2014 at 04:36 (3,538 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I ran it uninterrupted on a super quick 95 and it drained with ten minutes because it thinks it's on the cold cycle!
They haven't replied. They have until this afternoon before I follow up. I think it's pretty poor considering my best friend had a beko that washed for a family of 4 and did cotton 40 with 1400rpm at lease twice a day without fault. My parents machine only washes for them and me when I come to stay. Darren |
Post# 772453 , Reply# 9   7/22/2014 at 09:15 (3,537 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Henene4: I "concluded my theory" by running several different cycles and sitting there while it operated! Also my mother said that stains weren't coming out and it smelled. She washes at 60 2 out of 3 loads with bio powder!
And if there twitter representative has done what they say they will they will be getting back to me shortly on the matter. Darren |
Post# 773146 , Reply# 11   7/26/2014 at 02:46 (3,533 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 773451 , Reply# 13   7/27/2014 at 16:11 (3,532 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 773809 , Reply# 14   7/29/2014 at 15:02 (3,530 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Ten minutes and it was repaired for free! Below is the scaled up heater!
Darren
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Post# 773810 , Reply# 15   7/29/2014 at 15:02 (3,530 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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Post# 773814 , Reply# 16   7/29/2014 at 15:41 (3,530 days old) by mrwash ()   |   | |
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Why is it so scaled? This could be a heater from the Calgon commercial. |
Post# 773817 , Reply# 17   7/29/2014 at 15:59 (3,530 days old) by logixx (Germany)   |   | |
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Post# 774055 , Reply# 19   7/30/2014 at 07:47 (3,529 days old) by newwave1 (Lincoln, United Kingdom)   |   | |
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I will buy some water softener. I live in a very hard water area. Dosing is always as the box and bottle advise.
Incidentally service forex called regarding the cost of the repair and I've forwarded them the e-mail chain between myself and electrolux that stated the repair won't cost me anything! Darren |