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just can't decide
Hi, not strictley woodworking but associated.....
I have an as new washing machine...(literally just 5 cycles)....have known the machine from new....Mother inlaw.....
anyway......
plug it in switch on and straight away it trips the RCD......did this 3 times......
took off what panels I could to look for broken/chaffed shorted wires.....non found.....
so before the fourth try I unpluged the motor connections....now the RCD stays in.....
.......
have taken the motor off looking for burns etc.....found nothing.....no bad smells either.....
have tested with an ohm meter (not really sure what I'm looking for, the meter reads zero and beeps if the two probes are touched together) directley on the brush holders and no short, the figure on the meter was 4......
on the photo u will see the wire holder/connecter.....
so have tried the meter between each wire and earth and no dead short......all connecters read between 4 and 5......
what else can I look for.....
I do need another washing machine as the old one sounds like it ready to die.....
......
the red and the black wires go directley go to the brush holders...
2 yellows...is that a rev counter....?
the orange, blue and the 2 whites look like they go to extra windings.....
.........
lastley if I connected a live and neutral to the brush holders would that be ok.....?.....have heard they will spin up and destroy itself (over speed) because theres no load....
many thanks......
I have an as new washing machine...(literally just 5 cycles)....have known the machine from new....Mother inlaw.....
anyway......
plug it in switch on and straight away it trips the RCD......did this 3 times......
took off what panels I could to look for broken/chaffed shorted wires.....non found.....
so before the fourth try I unpluged the motor connections....now the RCD stays in.....
.......
have taken the motor off looking for burns etc.....found nothing.....no bad smells either.....
have tested with an ohm meter (not really sure what I'm looking for, the meter reads zero and beeps if the two probes are touched together) directley on the brush holders and no short, the figure on the meter was 4......
on the photo u will see the wire holder/connecter.....
so have tried the meter between each wire and earth and no dead short......all connecters read between 4 and 5......
what else can I look for.....
I do need another washing machine as the old one sounds like it ready to die.....
......
the red and the black wires go directley go to the brush holders...
2 yellows...is that a rev counter....?
the orange, blue and the 2 whites look like they go to extra windings.....
.........
lastley if I connected a live and neutral to the brush holders would that be ok.....?.....have heard they will spin up and destroy itself (over speed) because theres no load....
many thanks......