[ErroneousBosh]

> (no timers).

The automatic timer part is almost certainly the cheapest part of any washing machine.

[blacksmith_tb]

Likely just to keep the device simpler - on/off switches should last for lots of duty cycles, timers introduce another point of failure.

[ErroneousBosh]

Of the stuff I've repaired recently it's been mechanical switches that have caused problems, where a microcontroller and bloody great MOSFET would have kept on forever.

[20after4]

Like the cursed lid lock safety switch?

[ErroneousBosh]

Hey, you've got to have a wear part somewhere otherwise how do you get people to buy a new one every five years?