WASHING MACHINE MOTOR SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT

摘要

In washing machine control circuits of the type in which a semiconductor controlled rectifier SCR is arranged in series with the motor M in order to control the speed of the motor, a short circuit fault of the SCR can result in damage to the machine. A bistable device BD is reset at each zero crossing of the applied mains voltage and is set in each half cycle only if the voltage across the SCR reaches a level which cannot be reached if the SCR is short-circuited. A logic circuit LOG detects any non-setting of the bistable device for three or more consecutive half cycles of the same or alternating polarity and responds thereto by disconnecting the supply to the motor (contact R1).