The age of technology

Our washing machine isn't working properly...but it looks like we might be able to save the time/frustration/money of having to deal with an appliance repair man! We bought the machine just under 5 years ago (just before Ben was born), we spent a reasonable bit to buy a machine that would cope with a growing family and so ended-up with a FisherPaykel EcoActive Smart water saving washing machine (one of the ones with the electronic push buttons and LCD display).

This may seem over the top to a lot of you, but the advantage of the LCD display is that instead of us now wondering why it has stopped mid-cycle with water still in the bowl, it has given us an Fault Code - number 37. So we've stuck the this into Google and found out that most likely the problem is just some foreign object (probably out of one of the kids pockets) is blocking the water pump. And to fix it, all we need to do is tip the machine a little, undo 4 screws (on the front right-hand corner) and remove the offending object!

Will let you know what the object is when we get around to taking it apart on the weekend.