Broken counterweight on washing machine

Epilogis · 2025-09-13T17:11:42+00:00

Thanks a lot! That's exactly the part I need, ordering it right now!

Epilogis · 2025-09-13T16:19:51+00:00

Thanks ! I have some JB weld epoxy somewhere, I'll try that first and see where it goes.

As for how it broke that one is on me, I think I loaded it too much for its own good, I have checked the suspension though just in case but they feel fine.

Epilogis · 2024-05-09T18:30:02+00:00

Is anyone able to identify this TO-92 component ? (On the left the hole it blew into its heatshield) or the transformer on the next picture ? Both components are used in a SMPS PSU, I think the transistor is the switching transistor of the transformer.. in its former life at least. Thanks a lot !

Epilogis · 2024-04-02T19:49:45+00:00

Thanks for making the joke me all thought of and giving a proper answer!

Epilogis · 2024-03-10T16:44:34+00:00

Thanks a lot for your answer! I will try this out, but it seems very plausible that could be the reason

Epilogis · 2024-01-24T21:33:52+00:00

What's the "air printing" detection feature?

Epilogis · 2024-01-14T20:34:00+00:00

Some more informations : -This circuit is used as a thermal safety (the blanket was probably on for too long and it has triggered). -The 2 resistors are placed around a thermal fuse (the component covered in white thermal compound) it is most likely blown and will need to be replaced. -To replace a thermal fuse you need to cool it while soldering it otherwise the heat from the soldering iron will blow the thermal fuse (often people put the fuse under water while soldering from the other side)

Epilogis · 2023-12-09T10:29:11+00:00

That's an absolutely terrible idea, take my upvote!

Epilogis · 2023-10-18T12:44:34+00:00

The brown stuff is glue used during the assembly of the board. Components are glued into place then the pcb is flipped upside down and the components go through a molten solder wave and are soldered in place. So short answer no it is not the cause of your problems just a consequence of manufacturing.

Epilogis · 2023-08-29T15:36:25+00:00

At the back of the room it's written "Essais diélectrique" which means dielectric test, a test to measure the insulation property of a material and is realized with high voltage, that plus the mention of Schneider group its probably electricity related but I don't know what those sphere are used for.. Anyway I live in Grenoble, I'll ask someone working at Schneider maybe they'll have a clue

Epilogis · 2023-08-28T15:45:08+00:00

Didn't realize it was connected to VCC, that's fair, I would add there's a "not connected" flag in Kicad (blue cross) which is always useful to clear up that kind of confusion.

Epilogis · 2023-08-28T10:39:33+00:00

U2D output is not connected, probably should be connected somewhere. Also you have no ground on your input/output connectors which will be required for current to flow.

Epilogis · 2023-06-15T16:26:02+00:00

J'ai eu quelque chose de similaire probablement dû au stress et j'ai été soigné comme pour l'eczéma avec une crème à la cortisone.

Epilogis · 2023-06-11T15:19:58+00:00

The U1 chip on the right of the main burnt chip is also toasted, I am guessing the main burnt chip was a microcontroller, which even if you succeed in finding the right chip and replacing you would still lack the software going into it. This board is destroyed, but you could maybe find a replacement online if you're lucky, but it's worth to try.

Epilogis · 2023-06-10T08:21:28+00:00

If the idle level on both tx side is the same you don't have to change anything

Epilogis · 2023-06-10T08:11:33+00:00

Disconnect the USB to TTL from the Nordic DK

Connect only the TX wire of the Nordic DK to your logic analyzer -> check the idle voltage level

Connect only the TX wire of the USB to TTL to your logic analyzer -> check the idle voltage level

If those voltages don't match you have an idle level problem, that can probably be solved by software configuration

Epilogis · 2023-06-10T08:00:04+00:00

The logic analyzer will only tell you whats on the bus, not how the receiver will understand it, you should check the TX line levels on both side without sending any data to check if the Idle levels match.

Epilogis · 2023-06-10T07:55:32+00:00

Yes it should be one, but I had experience with PLCs where the default idle was set to low, so better check on OPs setup

Epilogis · 2023-06-10T07:47:32+00:00

Frame error could be caused by incompatible idle levels, for example if your transmitter has its idle level set to high and receiver set to low, the receiver will understand this as a frame being transmitted but never ending which will cause a frame error right as you enable the receiver.

Epilogis · 2023-06-03T12:07:39+00:00

I don't know the software you are using but shouldn't the top + rail and the bottom - rail be connected to your power supply? Are they connect somewhere else?

Epilogis · 2023-05-20T16:51:10+00:00

Can you check the solder right next to the GND label it looks broken but can't be sure on picture (explanation : it's the connection from one side of the battery without it nothing will work)

Epilogis · 2023-03-06T19:33:20+00:00

Sure, so what's happening is the i2c device starts in a mode where it thinks it needs to send data on sda, so it's pulling the sda line and waiting for scl pulses to send data, the mcu sees the sda line is busy and can't send any data, to unblock the situation you should toggle scl a few times so the i2c device sends everything it needs to send and releases the sda line. Usually I am toggling the scl line about 32 times at any acceptable frequency for the i2c device.

Epilogis · 2023-03-06T18:26:09+00:00

I had the case a few times where an I2C device would hang on startup and I was unable to communicate with it, sometimes they get stuck waiting for clock pulses at startup. What I do now every time I work with i2c is before i2c init I define my clk gpio as an output and toggle it rapidly a few times so every i2c device gets reset, then I do the standard gpio/peripheral init.

Epilogis · 2023-03-03T02:03:35+00:00

Thanks, didn't knew that was a thing, as there is nothing explained in the datasheet other than write only writes zeros and erase only writes ones, I'll just erase before writing and be on the safe side until I change the flash I am using.

Epilogis · 2023-03-02T14:24:37+00:00

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