Re: 50 hz timer motor

Ron,

What is your repair experience with the system board (called power card
on the Brandt BR1000) where the cycling motor modules, speed potent
module, extra rinse module all converge, on a washing machine? Have
you needed to replace it? Wonder if the 50hz/60hz issue would affect
the electronics.

Ron(UK) wrote:
On that type of timer, the timer motor is usually wired through a
pair
> of the timers own contacts so that the timer pauses during the first
> part of the fill - and on some machines, the initial part of the water
> heating. The pressostat (water level switch) and/or the thermostats are
> responsible for re applying power to the timer motor to move it on past
> the pause state. The water is heated to a given temperature until the
> thermostat closes, then the rest of the heat cycle is a timed event.
> The drain cycles are just a timed event once the pressure switch opens.
> If the water hasnt gone when the timer comes to move on, most machines
> will stop. I am of course relating to UK machines here, I imagine a
> machine for the French market will be the same.
>
> I think neither of these things have any relevance to the machines problem.
>
> Ron
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