Hi I'm Mat from eSpares.
In this video I'll be showing how to replace a heater on this Hoover tumble dryer.
If you machine isn't heating and your clothes aren't coming out dry
and you've seen our diagnosis video and realize that is the heater is the
problem in your appliance this is how to replace it.
Safety First: Always unplug the appliance before carrying out any work.
The next thing I need to do is to remove the top of the appliance
by undoing these three screws at the back.
With the top removed the next step is to take off the control panel which is held in place by these
two screws at the top.
With the control panel out the way I now need to remove the lower front panel
simply pops off, same with the door seal.
and then I need to unscrew and remove the door.
With the door out the way I can now remove
the front panel held into place by eight screws two at the top
two at the bottom and four that hold it into place in the center.
Now all I have to do is to disconnect
the two electrical connections that hold the lock into place on the front panel.
Now that's out of the way I now need to remove the fan that's behind this cover.
So first I need unscrew this cover.
There is also a smaller cover
covering the fan itself so pull that out.
And now I need to remove the fan blade itself I am going to use an extension to access this
you may also need to hold the fan to unscrew the nut.
With the nut loosened
you can pull it and the washer out.
pull out the fan itself and they may well be another washer behind, so pull that out as well.
the next they need to do is to remove the upper surround
pull that out part and twist it to bring it fully out
To access the heater I need to unscrew the screws the whole heater cover into place
With the heater cover out of the way we can see the heater.
Easy enough to remove just undo the two screws that hold it into place.
With the heater unscrewed you can let it drop and what i'll do is pull this rubber grommet out
to access the wires behind.
The reason we're taking the front off the appliance of is to access this cable grip
that holds the wires and cables of the heater close to the back at the machine.
So you need to take the front off to be out to be able to replace this
once you've put your new heater in place.
If you don't reconnect this the wires will be able to move freely within the appliance
and they can get trapped within the moving parts inside
to release to grab a pair of pliers and pinch the clamp
and push it through the back of the appliance.
You're then free to pull the wires through being very careful there isn't much space to maneuver
with these wires, so grab you're new heater and you can transfer these wires one at a time
obviously using the coordinating wire with the coordinating plug.
Once you transferred all your cables
from the new heater replace the rubber grommet, gently push the wires back into the appliance.
And then you can re screw heater to the back.
With the heater screwed in place make sure the cables are all neatly in position,
before reattaching the heater cover.
Now I need to do is to refit the cable clamp to the back of the appliance.
To refit the cable clamp you have to reach
through the machine get hold of the clamp and reposition it at the back of the appliance.
Once aligned just push it through.
Now that the cable clamp is in place all I need to do is resemble the appliance.
When fitting the front panel remember to reattach the door lock electrical connections.
There we have it one brand new heater fitted to this Hoover tumble dryer.
Spares for tumble dryers and other appliances can be found on the
espares.co.uk website.
Thanks for watching.