I'd appreciate if anybody could indicate what may be causing my machine to trip the mains power minutes AFTER the washing cycle has finished. Switching off the machine removes the short circuit; switching on again trips the power immediately.

This started about a month ago on a machine that is otherwise in very good condition.

The machine is 10-yrs old but hasn't been very heavily used.

Brian McIlvenna, February 2008

Something is drawing too much current....could be a shorted out heater, coil failure in motor, drier (if fitted).
Check out my site for info: www.2ndwave.co.uk/manual.html

dan, February 2008