HELP!!! Does anyone know how to....

[ludaloo]

Start an Indesit Washing machine??

Just bought one from Ebay...... plugged it in and it just flashes at me! The door lock light just flashes very quickly and the green spin light flashes also....makes a noise too.

Its an indesit w1a101

Any help greatly appreciated.

TIA

[ludaloo]

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[maidamess]

MAke sure you have lined up the dial EXACTLY. I once called an engineer ut because mine wouldn't spin. Until I realised if I had moved the dial around a nano of a centimetre it would have clicked into place and started.

IS it 2nd hand? Any instructions at all?

[lucysmam]

luda! If anything like mine there's a button to turn the power on (oval shaped ish) which is slightly bigger than the one to start it (circular one). You have to turn the power on, turn the dials to the setting you want:

On mine number 2 is a full wash & number 8 a timesaver wash, on whatever temp you want. A number 2 at 40C takes about 2hours, a number 8 at 40C takes about 40 mins

If the spin light's still flashing, try pressing the smaller button to start it as whoever has had it before you may have stopped it mid-cycle for some reason so you'd probably be better off trying that or finding out from them.

hth. if you need me to, I'll root out the book for mine fo you to have a look at if you email me your address again

[ludaloo]

yeh...its second hand...no instructions...

we've been looking on the website, followed some instructions but still no go.

watsthestory....tried that site...no luck at the moment.

trying the allignment theory now....

[lucysmam]

you get it working luda?

[ludaloo]

nope....found the instructions...it says in there if the door light and at least one other light flashes rapidly, then there is a fault

I feel a bit sick really...think we've been had

[ludaloo]

dh is taking the back off it now

[lucysmam]

have you tried re-setting it by holding start button in for a few seconds?

It says in my book if on/off light & at least one other light flashes at same time, unplug it for a minute, plug back in and see what happens. If it still happens then there's a fault but I would try re-set first or see if it's half way through a spin or something along those lines.

Hope you've not been had, even 2nd hand washers aren't cheap!

[ludaloo]

Yep have plugged it back in countless times...

The circuit board inside has burned...

Its a duffer

[blossomsmine]

Just noticed this thread...........feel really cross on your behalf.....or did you get it going in the end? I really hope so.
Can't bear the thought that you have been ripped off.
Let us know whats happened in the end. Fingers crossed here.

[CarGirl]

If you bought it from ebay ask for a refund. Did you pay by paypal?

[ludaloo]

Paid cash...on collection.

Can't get hold of the man either

He was selling because he was moving house too!

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[CarGirl]

Well if he still has an ebay account you cn try and persue it.

[lottiejenkins]

Did you buy it from a newspaper? Can they help you trace him?

[lottiejenkins]

Or go the new people at the house where he was? They should know where he has moved to???

[ludaloo]

we contemplated that....it took dh 4 and a half hours round trip today to pick it up....but there's no point going back...they can just say it was working when they had it.

Just a bummer of a lesson to learn

Ah well...on the bright side there was 28p in the filter!

[lucysmam]

luda, you can complain still I think, even if you paid cash! bombard him with phone calls & contact ebay re having been totally ripped off!! I'd kick up a proper fuss if I were you

[lottiejenkins]

Didnt realsie it was an ebay purchase(note to self read posts more carefully) you MUST MUST MUST contact ebay.... or he'll think he can get away with it again!!! Rotten scoundrel that he is!!

[ludaloo]

Well its definately knackered.

We have reported it to Ebay and left negative feedback...

DH has phoned several times...no answer still.

Will keep persuing it though.

Just feel completely and a bit stupid TBH

Thanks all

[Jas]

Oh, Ludaloo