My washing machine keeps triggering the trip-switch in the fuseboard. It's a Bendix - a couple of years old. The washing machine is definitely to blame - other things work fine in the same socket and I know all my other appliances/sockets are fine after going through them one-by-one. Any ideas? It works for about 15 seconds and then the trip-switch goes. I've had a look at the plug and it seems fine - after all it shouldn't work for 15 seconds if it was to blame. I'm stumped. Do I need an electrician or a washing machine fixer?