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I’ve come across this before when the weather was cold but, I’d never seen it instructed in this way before…
Caution! A temperature below 0 degrees Celsius could damage the appliance! If the appliance was stored or transported at negative temperatures, it should be used only after an acclimatisation period of 8 hours in a room with positive temperature.
Anne got it from Amica.
Basically, when sat in a cold van/truck/store then moved to a warm room condensation can form on the components. At best leads to a bit of wackiness with the electronics but, as we all know, water and electrical bits don’t work well together so much and often go *BANG* when the two meet.
It’s worth thinking about as we get to that time of year and perhaps the advice above is worth taking note of. The last thing you want is a machine you just installed emitting the magic smoke it needs to keep inside to go on working.
K.
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They need a DEW setting like the old VHS players used to have. 🙂
If you shoved an ice cold cassette into the player the dew light would come on until it warmed up/dried out.
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It’s worth thinking about as we get to that time of year and perhaps the advice above is worth taking note of. The last thing you want is a machine you just installed emitting the magic smoke it needs to keep inside to go on working.
Thinking about this I must have had this with an ISE 10 when they first came out..They do go with a bang !!
Bryan
New Technical Advice – Installaion
I once installed a philco when I ran it up to test it wouldn’t drain ,the water in the sump hose from the factory test had frozen !!
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iadom wrote:old VHS player
What are old VHS players?
I am only 26 years young 😈
Jackal
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Martin wrote:Would a great big bag of silica gel help? 💡
No, he’s just too young to remember 😛 .
Mike.Re: New Technical Advice – Installaion
Indesit also used to have this as an issue, never appeared as a fault in Italy because of the more temperate climate, but it did here. They then laquered the reverse of the pcb’s and it was problem solved – just the rest of the appliance to worry about after that !!!!
Ricky
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ricky wrote: They then laquered the reverse of the pcb’s and it was problem solved – just the rest of the appliance to worry about after that !!!!
Yep, now the whole machine is frequently ‘lacquered’ :rolls:
Jim.
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I recently installed a dishwasher that had been stored in the shops “Container” outside in there yard. It was an integrated Bosch and having installed it the pump was on continuous…..The water had frozen in the pump! I know this happens but I just didn’t expect it with a new appliance that had been delivered to the customer a couple of hours before I wrrived to install….Thankfuly no fried components though 😀
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