Where did you order it from? what country do you live in?
electrical devices will only pull the amperage they need. doesn't matter how much you give them access to. most houses I build get 200amp panels. average circuit is 15 or 20 amps. your washing machine circuit isn't heavy duty. probably just a 15 amp circuit if its on its own one and its an older home. You need to have your electrical outlet looked at for some sort of problem. I can tell you its not a dead short between the black and white wires (hot/neutral) your breaker would pop. A motor burning up like that suggests its binding or being demanded to do much harder work that it was made for. It is possible its wired backwards. which could do damage to motors and other devices. Lightbulbs wouldn't care at all. if you want to check it yourself with a safe device, go to lowes, homedepot, etc. and get a GFCI/Outlet tester. It plugs into the outlet and has 3 lights on it. the pattern will tell you whats wrong if anything. the pattern is printed on the tester.
and it works fabulously! am using w/ poorboy's world polishes & collinite. No overheating, smoking, nothing. barely even gets warm. I also like the bucket handle better. thanks Autogeek!
