I recently cleaned the condenser unit as it had never been cleaned in over 6 years. It had been working fine even though the condenser had a lot of lint etc and looked completely clogged. I cleaned it as per manual and dried it thoroughly and then replaced. Now when I put the machine on a normal cycle, after about 5 minutes it shorts and trips the mains. If I immediately turn it back on it works for a minute and trips again. I left it too cool down completely and ran it on cool for 15 minutes and it was OK. It seems to be that once it gets to a certain temp it trips the mains. It was working fine before i cleaned all the muck out of the condenser unit so i can only guess that it is running hotter now as it is working more efficiently and some thermostat is malfunctioning maybe? Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you

Jonathan, November 2010