Pat Test Question About Tumble Driers

[bertbuckie]

And to top it all off, I have young kids, live is VERY exposed ( my 7 year old actually pointed the hole out to me, good lad! )

 

[Risteard]

The first set of pictures shows it on the neutral, but the second set of pictures shows it on the phase.

 

[bertbuckie]

Aye I know, strange eh

 

[bertbuckie]

Possibly just the weak point on either?

 

[Richard Burns]

If you did not change the socket last time then it is very likely this would have happened as the internal socket connections would be corroded already from the previous heat.
In this case however it look like there is a poor connection at the fuse, presumably a slightly dirty fuse or possibly heat transferred along the brass from a poor line connection.

I would change socket and plug and also the cable (as that got hot last time) possibly using a higher csa cable to better handle the current.
However the key part is to have good connections in the socket and plug both in the wiring and on the internal connections of plug to socket.

 

[telectrix]

cheap tat plug and socket IMO.

 

[bertbuckie]

Different socket, I changed it last time

 

[Flanders]

If the tumble dryer was pulling to much load it would blow the fuse i would say it down to poor contact with the fuse in the plug i also noticed that you left tbe card board wiring diagram on the plug the on,y otheridea i can think is that the tuble dryer in running at about 15 amps and the fuse is just hanging on in there , i would recommend doing a load test to see how many amps the tumble dryer is pulling and if its more than 13amp you have a good argument to give to tne suppliers

 

[bertbuckie]

Hi Flanders, the engineer who did the plug from knowhow left the cardboard on lol, I shall try and get an amp meter as I would imagine its towards the end of the cycle it draws the most current tbh.
Someone also said cheap socket and plug... twice ?

 

[Flanders]

Hi Flanders, the engineer who did the plug from knowhow left the cardboard on lol, I shall try and get an amp meter as I would imagine its towards the end of the cycle it draws the most current tbh.
Someone also said cheap socket and plug... twice ?

From my experience every time of have found heat damage like this it been due to loose or poor ccnnection at terminal points , asit was on the neutral on the molded plug and then on the live on the replacement plug , i would say that the molded plug had a bad connection neutral (may of been a comon fault at the manufacturer ,and )the new plug had a bad connection either at the connection or on the fuse holder. If you can take thecover of the plug you may see exactly were the point is , somtimes on cheaper plugs the fuse holder clips never seam very good just my opinion.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Hi Flanders, the engineer who did the plug from knowhow left the cardboard on lol, I shall try and get an amp meter as I would imagine its towards the end of the cycle it draws the most current tbh.
Someone also said cheap socket and plug... twice ?

What's your reasoning behind that statement?
From past experience anything around 2kW and above requires a decent plug (MK Tough plugs fit the bill) and socket, none of the cheap stuff that's available, failing that a decent fcu.

 

[bertbuckie]

Reasoning is as the machine uses the heaters as opposed to the spin only. Spoke directly to the company director at know how and we are getting a new dryer, similar faults have been found on others it seems.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

Reasoning is as the machine uses the heaters as opposed to the spin only. Spoke directly to the company director at know how and we are getting a new dryer, similar faults have been found on others it seems.

'Spin only' on a tumbler drier? What purpose does that serve or is this a washer drier?

 

[bertbuckie]

No, but it has various stages of cycles, including anti crease etc. What I meant was at the very start it might not be pulling as much as later on that was all.