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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.
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Nef
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Buy a secondhand one from a private seller.
I bought a 10yr old + Miele for £50 that lasted 6 yrs. I changed the shocks myself at one point other than that faultless. We left it at the house when we moved as they are so heavy.
Current one cost me £100, got lucky on gumtree locally. Only a few years old.
Take a friend and mind your backs as they weigh a feckin ton.
sacredhart
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.