has been leaking water from front / bottom (!) so having spent a while on my face clearing out behind condenser element - I decided second time to tip dryer onto her back - --- loads of water came out - and now dryer trips fuse as soon as turned on.
I have unplugged!!
Do I just need to wait for ?? motor / connections / ?? to dry out?
was I doing the right thing ( got loads of gunk out - but still can not understand where / what blockage was causing leak - tubs at back are connected ok.
...working now - after drying and waiting an hour or so -
m
October 2011
thanks for that.
stripped out heater matrix ( damp... _ and dried with hair dryer...
Dryer was just tipped onto back - then back up = so cant see where else water can be - taken off side panels - no obvious sign of water. Have emailed hotpoint - as their manual makes no mention of problem if tipped over...
cant see why it is trill shorting - tripping rcd.
any ideas?
looks tricky to strip down further.
What else is vulnerable at back of dryer?
mikie
October 2011
hi mike,sounds like you have created a major problem , you should have just emptied condenser tank located behind front kick panel .machine will now need a full strip down to dry off all electrical components ,.you cannot simply allow to dry out by itself ,this will take too long resulting in damage to components ,if you have got water in timer/ main controll moduel ,then its probably game over ,good luck
killerdanny
October 2011
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