indesit washer/dryer wdg1195w

[faultyindesit]

can anybody help, my indesit WDG1195W has no rotation or spin cycle, is it bin fodder, or worth repairing?

I've checked the belt, all seems well there, i'm asking the forum for any comments, before the wife drags me onto the high street for a replacement.

 

[bathjobby]

How old, has it just happened, was it making any noises ? etc, etc.
Can you turn the drum by hand i.e. are the bearing seized ? If ok, slip the belt off and run (keeping fingers out), does the motor turn ? If not, check the motor brushes, they should be at least 5m+ and shinny on the ends, not pitted. If they are shorter than this and / or pitted, change them.

 

[faultyindesit]

about 20mm on the bushes, i swapped them around, even with no drive belt there is still no drive, i've checked for any blockage, nothing there. no strange noises prior to the unit failing, i've removed the pwb mounted at the bottom, no burnt out components and the fuse seems ok.

 

[ApplianceForce]

These are rubbish at best, cheap and nasty at worst, IMO.

There is a removeable eeprom on the board and this is the usual trouble when no drum action, however low brushes causing carbonisation on the armature, leading too shorting quite often blows the unit.

Do yourself a favour, ditch it and go buy a decent appliance.

AF

 

[Softus]

These are rubbish at best, cheap and nasty at worst, IMO.

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Do yourself a favour, ditch it and go buy a decent appliance.

AF

Do you have any particular favourite(s) AF?

 

[ApplianceForce]

I have a Bosch entering its 12th year which cost £450.00 all those years ago. I have replaced the pump (noisy) door seal(worn out) last year.

So I guess the saying you get what you pay for is relevant to my experience.

AF

 

[Softus]

Makes sense - thanks for that

 

[trap0001]

Never ever buy this brand - it is skip fodder out of it's box!

 

[Sleepyhead]

Indesit own Hotpoint, Creda, Ariston and Indesit brand names amongst others so it's not so simple as getting a different name machine. All of the above are skip fodder out of the box.

 

[sammyj]

I'd just like to say that I've had an Indesit washing machine WDG1195W for 11 years and it has only just keeled over (bearings I think).
11 years with no problems whatsoever - maybe I was lucky?

 

[whipping boy]

15 or 16 years with an indesit wn1263wg.
Brushes about 7 years ago, and now, reading the above, I suspect carbonisation has caused some motor fields to short. It's my own fault, I didn't clean the armature 7 years ago.
I will resuscitate it, because I read that modern day indesits are not as good.

Jim

 

[dwesty]

Never ever buy this brand - it is skip fodder out of it's box!

Well said! I couldn't agree more : )