Today's life in the highly developed and constantly progressing XXI century it has become difficult to imagine without such a household appliance as a washing machine. But, along with the simplification of life, technology can create a lot of difficulties.
The more in your house there are all sorts of new appliances, the more you will spend your time on the maintenance of this equipment. Unfortunately, it often happens that the loud name of the company does not give guarantees that the thing purchased from them will serve long and without failures.
One of the most common questions agitated washing machine owners ask is "what to do when the washing machine electrocutes?" What are the causes of such a breakdown and how dangerous is it? Is it possible to fix this problem with your own hands? Let's look into this in detail.
The main reasons why the automatic washing machine electrocution
Touching the housing with a wet (and in some cases dry) hand begins to cause a certain "tingling" at your fingertips.
Water is a perfect conductor of electric current, and the bathroom itself has a high humidity, and even more so the washing machine is often filled with water.. It is for this reason, absolutely any current leakage at the same moment will manifest itself.
All modern washing machines, as Electrolux, Indesit, Bosch, Virpool, Samsung, Zanussi, Daewoo, Candy, Westel and others have plugs in new models, which are designed for three-wire outlet, which has a phase, zero and grounding.
Apartments with modern renovations, of course, have grounding in all switches, outlets, and other things.
But here in the Soviet Union was not yet GOSTs, so in homes of older construction and without a new repair grounding is not there yet. And not only washing machines, but also your refrigerator and other electrical appliances can be mildly shocked if you have ungrounded outlets.
This is one of the most common reasons why your washing machine is electrocuted. This can also happen during the wash, when the body will be electrocuted, or after the wash, i.e. while unloading the laundry, you can feel that the drum is also electrocuted. The shocks can also come through the filter elementwhen it is removed for cleaning.
The main question is how much higher?
Why do you need grounding?
Some people may think that this problem is very simple to solve: you just need not to touch the machine during the washing process, and at the end, before unloading the laundry, just unplug the machine.
But this is not a solution to the problem for the following reason: long use of ungrounded equipment is fraught with rapid death of the device and even danger to you and your loved ones.
But what to do? If the outlet is not three-phase, you can check - perhaps the power supply panel has a terminal for a grounding cord?
Then all you have to do is install new outlets, replace the wiring in the house with three-core. If the switchboard does not provide for this, then there is only one option: install a RCD in the socket at 10mA or 30mA.
Why does the automatic washing machine electrocute?
Another reason for an electric shock is when the washing machine is washing while in the bathroom.
If you felt the effect of the current through the water or faucet (when the water from under the faucet begins to electrocute), the problem may be a violation of the integrity of the insulating coating of wires in the machine itself.
This is especially dangerous if it hasn't happened before - it's a very dangerous indicator. A short circuit from inside the devices will lead to an expensive repair of the washing structure, which you can not do yourself.
What to do in this case? Disconnect the power of the washing device and immediately call the master. Do not try to fix it yourself!
How to deal with such a problem?
A huge number of sites and forums, where there is an active discussion of how to with your own hands to fix the technique, can recommend you a lot of things. But remember, that thoughtlessly give out advice is much easier, but the responsibility for any accident the authors of tips will not incur.
The best solution would be to apply to a service center or repair shop for washing devices. And it should be highly qualified specialists, not just radiomontazhniki. It is all complicated, because our "smart" home appliances are so complicated that not everyone can figure it out.
