no faults found with washing machine which trips electricity intermittently at any time of day.Electrician suggests providing machine (about 7 years old ) with own supply.Sometimes it can work perfectly / only manage half the cycle/ trip immediately it is switched on . Any advice much appreciated !

Sonia Brown, October 2005

firstly hire a proper electrician. He will have a thing called an Insulation tester and he will check every component on the machine separately for an earth fault.
However, I have come across this fault before and it has been the programme module that has been at fault.
DO NOT PUT THE MACHINE ON A SEPARATE POWER SUPPLY BECAUSE IF THE MACHINE DEVELOPS AN EARTH LEAK AND YOU ARE TOUCHING IT YOU WILL BE ELECTROCUTED!

FANTAZUM, October 2005