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APP Lu  
#1 Posted : Monday, November 24, 2008 2:45:36 PM(UTC)
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Please help!

Washer not spinning with water still in the washer. Light
indicator on: Wash, and Door Lock.

The washer was able to pump out water when I move the timer close to final spin section. Still, won't spin. I opened the back and found the belt in excellent condition. Spin the motor w/ bell in place by hand and it spin o.k. so motor and tub spins freely by hand.

Found a 12A fuse on the circuit board on bottom left of the
washer and tested it with multimeter. It is open. Thinking I
found the solution so I purchased a new fuse replaced the 12A
fuse and tried out the spin cycle. Still no spin, no sound.
Tested the fuse and it is open again. Some thing is drawing a
lot of amps!!

Took the motor out and found 6 conductors coming out of the
motor. One ground, two small white (Tach), one black, one
blue, and one red.

Hoping the motor is not a 3 phrase type motor, I energized the
black and red, and later black and blue. Motor spins either
case. I used a clamp type A/C multimeter and measure the
current. They came out to be around 10 amps and 11 amps for
the two differnent connections.

Is it normal to have such high current without load?

I have not checked the door switch because I don't know how to
get to it, yet.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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APP Lu  
#2 Posted : Monday, November 24, 2008 4:11:31 PM(UTC)
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Just checked the washer without the motor connected, the 12A fuse still burns out. :(

It may not be the motor?

I look inside the washer and don't see any wires pinched. The controller circuit board looks good, no obvious signs of burnt.
APP Lu  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:18:16 AM(UTC)
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Took out the door lock switch and tested. PTC works (interesting, it works like a solenoid) , relay works, continuity works when relay energized.

Only two more items that can be wrong? Controller circuit board and timer?

Anyone have any comments?

Don't know what to test the timer.
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