Hi Jason
It sounds like your washing machine may have a mayor short circuit.
Here are some pointers that may help you isolate the fault.
As you did not give details, perhaps you should start by checking the fault is not outside the machine.
Check the following first.
-Has the machine operated in the same mains ring before and without occasionally tripping?
-Have new appliances been added to this mains ring?
(New Heater, Fridge Freezer or any other appliance that may overload the circuit mains.)
-Is the breaker adequate for the load?
-Check breaker has not become faulty
Try swapping it for another of same value
check the contacts, they must be bright copper not dull as this is an indication that not all is well. Get a professional electrician to check it.
-Check the wall socket for damage (cracked)
-If all is ok, plug in another appliance to the same socket and see if it trips (a portable heater will do)
If all these checks are ok, the fault must be with the appliance.
-Check for obvious damage to the power cord (sometimes spin cycles shake the appliance trapping and damaging the cable internally. (At the point of entry to the machine is a good place to look).
-Does the machine power on and off? Or does it trip straight away?
If it trips straight away or shortly after
Depending on your specific washing machine diagnostics cycle at power on
*you may have a damaged electronic controller
*Shorted/burned motor
*Shorted water heater element
*Shorted water inlet solenoid
Don't know your level of expertise with appliances, but whatever it is, if you intend to open the appliance, it will not be superfluous to say -Disconnect it from the mains!!!-
Once inside check for obvious damage, water is a likely candidate to damage your washing machine.
-Check all contacts:
-To the motor
-To the water heating element (if available)
- Find the circuit board and examine for obvious damage
- Disconnect the motor from the controller, restore the mains and test if it stops tripping the breaker and you have a display
-Do the same for the heating element.
If after disconnecting these components the breaker still trips, then the washing machine controller board may need replacing but may not be the only cause for tripping the breaker..
Hope this helps you determine if you need a new washing machine or repair the existing one.
Best of luck.
SOURCE: Washer tripped breaker on elec. panel, reset, washer won't turn o
This sounds like something has shorted causing the breaker to trip. You definitely need a qualified LG repairman to check it out.
SOURCE: Washer trips circuit breaker
Is washer relatively new? Check circuit breaker for proper size (20 AMPS). Washer must also be on its own circuit. It appears that when the motor starts up it is causing a spike in current (as with any motor), so the breaker is either undersized (Note that if breaker is undersized and you up it to the next size you would also need to replace the wire with the next size up which would be 12/2 with ground), or if you have had your washer a while which I believe is your case the circuit breaker is weakening and is tripping on the current spike. Try swapping out your circuit breaker with a new one and try running the washer again.
SOURCE: whirlpool washer machine WTW5790SQO washer trips circuit breaker half way through cycle
you are pulling to many amps see if breaker is faulty first.....see if washer is in the spin and jumping around when this happens run washer with out wash in it and see if it does it something is pulling to many amps to blow breaker or could be just a bad breaker,,,, pulg something else in the wall plug that the machine is plugged in to (like a toster) and see if it trips then if so probably the breaker
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