The washing machine is shocked: the reasons for doing it

Household appliances that do much of the housework have become so familiar to us that we sometimes forget that vacuum cleaners, stoves, washing machines and dishwashers are a complex technique that needs to be treated properly. We remember the rules of security often, only when one of our au pair starts to behave in a strange way, for example, to hit the user with an electric shock.

In this article we want to tell you why it happens with such kind of household appliances as washing machines: because of what you can get the discharge of electric current and what measures should be taken to prevent this from happening again?

The reasons why a styalka starts to accumulate electricity and share it with households can be several. Sometimes they are harmless and not threatening serious consequences, but more often these reasons should be immediately eliminated in order to avoid further trouble. Let us consider the most common cases.

When organizing electrical wiring in an apartment it is very important not to forget about the grounding element. Earthing is necessary precisely so that the installed home appliances do not accumulate electricity. Solve this problem by the only way - connect the ground at least in the room in which the washing machine is located.

This reason refers to the internal, because it is directly related to the malfunctioning of the washing machine. Diagnosis of the device can be done independently: removing the panels, under which the control unit is hidden, and checking the integrity of the wires. If the damage is not very serious, it can be repaired with an electrical tape or thermotube.

Electric shocks can also cause a malfunction of important parts of the mechanism, such as a motor or heater. To identify a problematic place, you need to disassemble the device and conduct a thorough visual inspection of all its parts. In some cases, the defective part can be repaired, but more often it has to be replaced.

Let's present a couple of the most effective recommendations that electricians and repairmen of household appliances give to those who are faced with the problem of current generation by a washing machine.

• Install a residual current device on the electrical wiring in the apartment: in case of voltage drops, it will help prevent a short circuit by blocking the supply of electricity.
• Take care to equip the wiring with a potential equalization system. It is needed in order to zero the difference between the potentials of the conductors of electric current. In the apartment such conductors are electrical appliances and communication elements. Having balanced potentials, we significantly reduce the risk of electric shock.

Most often, the washing machine starts beating with electric current due to the fact that there is no grounding element on the wiring or it is connected incorrectly.

Here is a brief instruction for connecting the ground to the washing machine:

• When installing the electrical outlet to which the washing machine is connected, attach a three-wire wire from the switchboard to it.
• Separate tires for ground and for zero must be installed.
• Connect the wires: the phase to the automaton, zero to the first bus, the ground to the second bus.

• Quite often, the townsfolk solve the problem of lack of grounding, simply laying under the washing machine a rubber mat. You should know that this is only a temporary measure that does not guarantee complete security.
• Another fairly common way to deal with the accumulation of electricity is to turn off the network filter of the device. So you can only reduce the strength of the discharge, but you will not be saved from electric shock.
• Use as a grounding a kind of conductor drawn from the stylus to any metal element, for example, a heating battery. Doing this in no case is not worth it - so the danger of an electric current impact on a person only increases.

• The washing machine should be kept as far as possible from the plumbing fixtures so that no drops of water can enter it. The outlet to which it is connected must be waterproof.
• Experts advise not to leave the stylalk permanently connected to the network. Disconnect it immediately after the end of washing and turn on only after the laundry is loaded and the detergent powder is filled.