The washing machine is shocked - what should I do?

Everyone should understand that even minor electric shocks are dangerous to health, and such situations should be avoided. For example, if the current beats household appliances, then you need to solve this problem as quickly as possible. Many housewives often face the fact that the washing machine is shocked. What to do in this case, what measures must be taken, we learn from the article below.

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Why did the washing machine start beating?

Most often you can feel the pinching of your fingers when you wash your hands and on contact with the body of the unit. And this is mainly due to the lack of proper grounding of electrical wiring and device malfunctions. And now let us consider the most common causes of this phenomenon and the ways of their solution.

The socket is not grounded

The machine beats current due to the fact that its housing takes on a leakage of electricity. This happens because of:

• lack of ground contact;
• obsolete wiring, not designed for modern household appliances;
• damage to the ground wire.

Manufacturers of modern technology believe that each electrical network must be grounded, but this is not always the case. That is, in each outlet there should be three wires: ground, phase and zero.

Unfortunately, in Soviet times such standards did not exist, and therefore there is no grounding in the houses built at that time. In modern buildings, the situation looks even more interesting, because the grounding often exists only in the documentation, but in fact there is no. This problem is solved simply trivial - you need to make a grounding.

Problems with

technology Asking the question why the washing machine is beating current. Do not forget that, like other modern technology, it can simply fail. Often the damage is caused by the heating element, that is, the heating element. It is difficult to notice such a malfunction immediately, as it is inside the case.

To detect a breakdown, it is necessary to disassemble the housing and inspect each wire and the connection of the contacts carefully. The damaged element should be properly insulated using a thermally shrinked tubing or tape. And if it can not be repaired, then you just need to purchase and install a new heater.

Problems in wiring

If the cause of the fault is in the old wiring, it is recommended to replace it. But not everyone has such an opportunity, so for the first time you can get by installing a protective shutdown device.

Important! Thanks to it, electricity will automatically shut down in case of a sudden leakage of electricity and, thus, protect the residents of the house from a serious electric shock. Install this device only by a qualified technician.

drum beats current If the impacts do not come from the enclosure, but the drum of the washing machine beats with current, then most likely there are problems with its internal wiring. Eliminate the problem easily - you need to disassemble the device and solder, isolate or completely replace the damaged wires.

Important! Also, this can happen because of the failure of the engine, and in this case it is necessary to repair it urgently or to change it.

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How to prevent this phenomenon?

It is necessary generally to monitor the serviceability of the washing machine and its elements, so it will not be superfluous to have a preventive examination by a specialist of the service center. To protect yourself, the following measures must be taken:

1. Connect an EMERGENCY STOP protective device. As mentioned earlier, this is a very useful acquisition, because the automation will instantly react to current leakage and turn off the power. But you need to take into account that in the case of old wiring it will happen quite often, you will have to constantly run and re-insert the automatic machine in the shield.

Important! You can cheat and install a special outlet with an already installed RCD.

1. Periodically check the integrity of the earth.
2. Install a system that will equalize the potentials.

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What should I do if I fix the problem?

Many people, after they found out why the washing machine is using an electric shock, are beginning to look for solutions to their problem on the Internet. But unfortunately, not always such advice turns out to be useful, but more often just absurd and even dangerous.

So, what kind of recommendations should be avoided:

1. If there is no grounding, lay a rubber mat on the floor or turn the plug in the outlet. Thus, the problem can not be eliminated, you can only endanger the electric shock of other people living in your home.
2. Turn off the mains filter. In this case, the probability of defeat still remains, albeit to a lesser extent.
3. Connect the grounding conductor to the battery or riser. This is the most dangerous advice, which increases the probability of an electric shock several times and should be avoided exactly.
4. Remove a separate PE wire from the shield. Such actions are forbidden, because only a three-wire wire can provide reliable protection.

In conclusion, it should be noted that it is not possible to find out the cause of this malfunction for a long time, and if you can not do it yourself, you need to seek help from a specialist. The faster you make a decision, the sooner you will protect yourself and your loved ones from electric shock.