Daughter has a Hotpoint washer/dryer (£450 just over 2 years ago from Currys) which is really really lightly used. Probably a moderate load once a fortnight.
As part of a kitchen refit she has had the old fashioned fuseboard replaced with an fancy new consumer unit.
This now trips every time she turns the machine on.
Same result if it's plugged into a different socket, and other devices plugged into the washing machine socket don't trip it.
It may have had a problem prior to the consumer unit being changed, but the old fusebox was not sufficiently sensitive to worry about it.
Currys have said it's out of warranty but they will send someone to fix it for £119.
It's thought that the warranty might be 2 years, in which case I am inclined to pleased with Hotpoint that it ought not have failed in this time.
Anyone got any ideas on what may have caused it or suggestions on where next? It looks like diagnosing is trial and error so anyone we get out for it would need to be on a fixed price.
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