240 is a Phase 6 Hall sensor fault that the manual does not describe on its own; its directions sit under 130 and 131.
Model compatibility: Fisher & Paykel reuses codes across series and model years, so 240 may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
Plain language
What this code means
Phase 6: Hall out of order, a Rotor Position Sensor fault that repeats the earlier Hall entries.
A Phase 6 washer that shows 240 is reporting a Hall sensor problem. The manual’s entry is titled Hall Out Of Order and RPS Fault. It adds that the fault matches the older Hall errors and exists only as one more number for phase 6, and it sends the reader to the entries for 130 and 131.
Terms in the entry
RPS is short for Rotor Position Sensor.
A Hall sensor responds to the position of a magnet. In this washer it tells the controller where the motor’s rotor currently sits, a reading the drive motor depends on.
Where the procedure is written
No procedure is written under 240, so the procedures belonging to these two entries are the ones that apply.
Code 130 describes a one-off Rotor Position Sensor error in any phase from 1 through 6.
Code 131 describes the repeating form, again for phases 1 through 6.
The procedure under 130 needs a multimeter and an RPS tester, which makes it technician work.
Entries that read alike
Code 243 is a second Phase 6 sensor entry, raised when a stepper test fails. Code 53 is a step failure of the rotor sensor and appears on machines from Phase 2 up to Phase 6.
What to do first
Cut power at the outlet and tell the technician the number. If you noticed whether it appeared as a cycle began or while the drum was spinning, add that. The manual does not mention it, yet it helps the person servicing the machine work out when the fault happens.
Fisher & Paykel washer repair in Los Angeles
For Los Angeles service on a Fisher & Paykel washer, ring (310) 872-1939 with the model number and the code. Our washer repair page gives an overview.
Important safety warning. Do not attempt repairs involving electrical components, gas, water lines, refrigerant or sealed systems. Unplug the appliance if it is safe to reach the outlet, and leave internal diagnostics to a qualified technician.
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