I have the same problem and I found that water is leaking out of the seal at the back and dripping water onto the connector block for the motor, and tripping the main fuse in my house.
warren
January 2011
I'm not sure, but when you have too many appliances switched on for example electic heating simultaneously, your fuse maybe is too small.
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