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Could a failed element cause earth leakage?
Yes. Take the back off, disconnect the heater and measure the resistance between the connection spades and the body with a cheap multimeter. It should be too high to measure, if it isn't buy a new element and swap.
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Took the element out to inspect, looks like the drum bearing has shat the bed, so the drum has dropped 20 mill, which means it’s touching the element and has worn through the outer part - so water has gotten in and is causing earth leakage when the heating element powers up.
New element and replacement bearings are £115. And I replaced the PCB recently. I don’t really want to scrap it, but it just feels like it’s come to the end of its life.
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Time to bang a Miele on the credit card.
Nef
Any help on fault finding a washing machine that trips the RCD?
Trips the RCD not during a drain cycle, or spin cycle. Starts a normal cycle but trips it after about 10 mins which makes me think it's related to the heating element. Could a failed element cause earth leakage? Surely if it's a big resistor that gets hot, if the outer fails and water gets in, that could trip the RCD right?
Any other likely avenues to inspect?