Do-it-yourself Bosch washing machine repair fuse replacement

In detail: do-it-yourself Bosch washing machine repair replacing the fuse from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

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Few people think that a washing machine, like other serious electrical appliances, may also have a fuse. If a malfunction occurs with an electrician, some masters, having checked the network wire, immediately begin to dig into the control module. This is wrong, you must first find out if the washing machine has such a part as a fuse, if so, then you need to check it and make sure it works, and we will discuss how to do this within the framework of this article.

Before proceeding with the repair, you need to ask yourself whether the washing machine has a fuse at all, since it is quite possible that your model of the machine does not have one. In this case, it is not even the model of the car that matters, but the place where it was made, but first things first. The fact is that all washing machines manufactured in Europe for the EU market have fuses. You cannot sell electrical appliances without fuses there.

On the contrary, in the CIS countries, and of course in Russia, there are no such requirements, which means that we can sell cars without a fuse. According to our masters, only on some models of Indesit and Samsung automatic washing machines of Chinese and Russian production can you find fuses, but this is rather an exception to the rule.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, if your car is made in China, there are no fuses in Russia or Ukraine. It's another matter if you own a semi-automatic washing machine manufactured before the 2000s or at the very beginning of the 2000s. It most likely has a fuse on it. And it will not be difficult to find it.

For your information! Some novice masters confuse the mains filter of the washing machine with a fuse. In no case should this be done.

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Let's start with the fact that there are a great variety of washing machine models. One and the same manufacturer in different models of washing machines can "cram" the fuse in different places, therefore, in order not to guess, look at the electrical diagram of your unit. If problems arise with the search for the electrical circuit from your washing machine, it does not matter, we will try to act "by the scientific poke method."

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The washing machine fuse should look similar to the picture above. You can remove the top cover of the machine and visually inspect the insides to look for something similar.

Pay attention to the places where such a fuse is most likely to be installed:

  • at the base of the power cord inside the body of the washing machine;
  • directly next to the control board;
  • inside the power supply;
  • at the end of the power cord inside the plug.

If you carefully examined the "bowels" of the washing machine, and did not find the cherished fuse, it may not be there. But just in case, it is better to activate and find the electrical circuit of your car, then everything will surely fall into place. It is very possible that the malfunction of the washing machine is caused by a breakdown of the control module. In this case, a publication called Should you repair electronic modules is useful to you?

If you find a fuse, carefully remove it from the protective cover or special groove on the control board. Next, take a multimeter and check the resistance of the fuse. The defective part must be replaced as everyone knows that fuses cannot be repaired. Purchase a similar fuse at a retail outlet in your locality or order from an online store, put it in the place of the burned-out part and the machine will start working again.

Important! If you don't have a multimeter at hand, you can test the fuse in the old fashioned way (if it's not flat). Bring the part to a light source and examine it under a magnifying glass. There is a thin wire inside the cone; if it is torn, the fuse end.

To summarize, we note if your washing machine has problems with the electrics, then the fuse may have broken. It is necessary to find out whether she has a fuse at all, and at the same time check all possible causes of a malfunction of the corresponding symptomatology. To get a guaranteed result, it is better to contact a specialist, good luck!