Tumble Dryer Tripping

galwaylad1980

Hi Guys,

Bought this dryer from new 3 years ago, its a BEKO 6kg DRVS 62 W dryer.

Never had any trouble with it until the last week or two. It seems that anytime its on for a few minutes it trips the mains.

At first I thought it was because the dishwasher and washing machine were on at the same time and that it was too much of a load but the last few times its tripped there hasnt been anything else on, litterally the fridge is the only other appliance plugged in!

Anyone have any ideas why this is happening? Or what can be done to fix it?

Thanks

Joey the lips

Not saying this is the reason but just shareing.

This is quite a common problem with the Hotpoint Creda indesit dryer.

What happens is fluff from the condensor travels throuugh to the water pump at the back of the machine that pumps water up to the condensor drawer. The fluff then blocks the hole to the pump. What happens is the watter backs up and flows into the fan motor. The fan motor throws the water up to the heating element. The water causes the heating element to thrip the fuse box.

Like i am saying it might not be the same thing.

Howeve if you take the heating element off the back and a trickle of water drips out you will know that water is hitting the element.

You can then trace the fault backwards from this.

Bruthal

Sounds like a good possibility there. If that is the problem its likely tripping all the sockets in the house via the RCD.

byte

A DRVS is a Vented dryer however, it's likely the problem is related to the heating element.