It has become difficult to imagine the current life in a highly developed and constantly progressing XXI century without such a household appliance as a washing machine. But, along with making life easier, technology can create a lot of difficulties.
The more in your house there are all kinds of new technology, the more time you will spend on maintaining this equipment. Unfortunately, it often happens that the big name of the company does not guarantee that the item purchased from them will serve for a long time and without breakdowns.
One of the most common questions that worried washing machine owners ask is “what should I do when the washing machine is shocking?” What are the reasons for such a breakdown and how dangerous is it? Can I fix this problem myself? Let's look into this in detail.
The main reasons why the automatic washing machine is shocked
Touching the case with a wet (and in some cases dry) hand begins to cause a certain “tingle” at your fingertips.
Water is an ideal conductor of electric current, and the bathroom itself has high humidity, and even more so, the washing machine often filled with water. It is for this reason that absolutely any current leakage will manifest itself at the same moment.
All modern washing units, such as Electrolux, Indesit, Bosch, Whirlpool, Samsung, Zanussi, Daewoo, Candy, Vestel and others, have plugs of new models that are designed for a three-wire socket that has a phase, zero and ground.
In apartments for modern renovation, of course, there is grounding in all switches, sockets and more.
But under the USSR there were no GOSTs yet, so in the houses of the old building and without a new repair, there is still no grounding. And not only washing devices, but also your refrigerator and other electrical appliances can be slightly shocked if you have ungrounded sockets.
This is one of the most common reasons why your washing machine is electrocuting. This can also happen during washing, when the case will be shocked, or after washing, i.e. during the unloading of laundry, you can feel that the drum also beats with current. Strikes can also reach through filter elementwhen it is taken out for cleaning.
The main question is how much?
Why is grounding necessary?
It may seem to some that this problem is very simple to solve: you just need not to touch the washing machine during washing, and at the end, before unloading the laundry, just turn off the washing machine from the network.
But this is not a solution to the problem for the following reason: long-term operation of ungrounded equipment is fraught with the imminent death of the device and even danger for you and your loved ones.
But what to do? If the outlet is not three-phase, you can check - perhaps there is a terminal for a grounding cord in the electrical panel?
Then you just have to mount new sockets, replace the wiring in the house with a three-wire one. If this is not provided for in the shield, then there is only one option left: install an RCD in the outlet at 10mA or 30mA.
Why does the washing machine get electric shock?
Another cause of electric shock is when the washing machine does laundry while in the bathroom.
If you feel the action of the current through the water or the mixer (when the water from the tap starts to shock), then the problem may be a violation of the integrity of the insulating coating of the wires in the unit itself.
This is especially dangerous if this has not happened before - this is a very dangerous indicator. A short circuit from the inside of the devices will come to an expensive repair of the washing structure, which you cannot do yourself.
What to do in this case? Turn off the power of the washing device and immediately call the wizard. Don't try to fix everything yourself!
How to deal with such a problem?
A huge number of sites and forums where there is an active discussion of how fix your own appliances, can recommend you a lot of things. But remember that it is much easier to give advice thoughtlessly, but the authors of the advice will not be held responsible for some kind of accident.
The best solution would be to contact a service center or a washing machine repair shop. And it should be highly qualified specialists, not just radiomen.It's all complicated, because our "smart" household appliances are so complex that not everyone can figure it out.
