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Originally Posted by Scrubbs
A problem I have come across on the dial type of programmers is the contactors burning out because people have turned the dial before switching it off This causes arcing across it (this is a bad thing ) It is usually the the heater contact that burns out tho not the spin/rinse |
Not come across that problem at all and it was my job, plus I learned my trade from a guy that's very respected in his trade as an expert. He taught me skills to be able to dismantle hotpoint and hoover timers (what you call programmers) and rebuild them.
When testing machines that we had brought into the shop to repair or machines that we had reconditioned for sale we put them trough an extensive test program which would involve testing only parts of programs at times so we would turn the knob to a part and start it off. Inside the timer is like an old fasioned music box, it revolves slowly and is shaped to trip switchs and turn things on and off. turning it when its on will cause not problems.