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    Well after the Drive belt snapped on the Tumble driver.. I fitted a new one...

    All spinning around fine!!....

    But now the heating element will not work...

    So now ive got to take it out and see if its blown or if i disconnected it some how...

    Thing like this never happen in the summer do they lol

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    Poor planning imo .................. .........................

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    thermal cut out ?????

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    Quote Originally Posted by ditchp View Post
    thermal cut out ?????
    not sure.... going to take the back off 2moro... im hoping its going to be obvious as hell as it needs fixing quick1

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    Not accidentally removed some of the wiring from the control panel and put it back in the wrong place ??

    Did this the other week with the dish washer (serves me right for fixing the dishwasher at 10 pm after a couple of stella's .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diet1985 View Post
    Well after the Drive belt snapped on the Tumble driver.. I fitted a new one...

    All spinning around fine!!....

    But now the heating element will not work...

    So now ive got to take it out and see if its blown or if i disconnected it some how...

    Thing like this never happen in the summer do they lol

    That will be the thermostat cutting itself out so that its doesn`t catch fire.
    Take the back off to the thermostat and heating element and you should see the one or two thermostats about the size of a one pence piece.
    One of them will have tripped and instead of being convexed(curved outwards) in will be concaved (curved inwards) or popped in,in simple words. Take it off and hold about 1 foot from a hard surface and throw at the floor,this will pop it back out and bobs your uncle,put back together and that will work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesGTB View Post
    Take it off and hold about 1 foot from a hard surface and throw at the floor,this will pop it back out and bobs your uncle,put back together and that will work.
    I like it

    Carefully remove thermal safety device and lob it at floor, replace and test, if it still insists on preventing house fire, remove offending device and repeat the first step until a state of mutual compliance is reached..... You have now repaired your appliance

    Reminds me of the unofficial ink jet printer repair guide

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    Quote Originally Posted by Birchy63 View Post
    I like it

    Carefully remove thermal safety device and lob it at floor, replace and test, if it still insists on preventing house fire, remove offending device and repeat the first step until a state of mutual compliance is reached..... You have now repaired your appliance

    Reminds me of the unofficial ink jet printer repair guide


    It does actually repair it as it only trips because the belt snapped which will stop the air passing aroud the machine so it gets too hot and trips,its not a bodge just to get it working again,it is safe to do but i obviously recommend that you buy a new unit at £50 and then pay a experienced electrician to do the work,even though he will do the same trick i use and then sell the new unit on ebay

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    All fixed...!!!

    I opened the top and bobs ur uncle.. one of th eplugs inside had disconnected...

    OOpps lol

    cheers all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diet1985 View Post
    All fixed...!!!

    I opened the top and bobs ur uncle.. one of th eplugs inside had disconnected...

    OOpps lol

    cheers all
    Fair play,a nice simple and cheap fix.

    Worth remembering the old thermostat trick though as its alot cheaper than a sparky to come do it

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