Hotpoint thermostat question?

hotpoint wt960 clothes are always hot when emptying even on cool wash

blincoln
August 2008

Thanks for the quick answer, daz, when the stat is cold it`s all open
circuit, I heated it like you said, then it`s all closed circuit, ie. all three
terminals are connected so it looks like it`s kaput.

Chris

Chris
June 2008

Try testing the thermostat with the meter (on resistance ohms) on the centre tag plus the outer ones in turn.

I think that you should get a short circuit on one tag , and open circuit the other way.

Then heat the themostat up (with a hair dryer or drop into scalding water) then retest, and the opposite should happen as the thermostat switches at the hotter temperature.

If it doesn`t then change it.

daz
June 2008