There are a lot of misconceptions that people have about repairing washing machines and, a lot of mistakes are made so we want to walk you through the basics and general way of approaching and thinking about repairs. This is because it’s quite amazing how many people jump straight to a conclusi…
Category: Appliance Self Repair
Repair Your Own Appliance
Can you diagnose the problem and fix your own washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, cooker or fridge freezer?
In this section we explain the top problems with domestic appliances, how they work and often how to go about diagnosing the fault and curing it, what spare part you might need and advice on how to avoid common appliance problems and maintain your appliances so they work better and last longer.
For any information that you cannot find please use our appliance help and support forums or should you not see an article that you think should be in this section then please feel free to email a request to us on admin@ukwhitegoods.co.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your requirements.
Cooker Hood Motor Not Working
This is probably one of the most common issues that we hear about hoods, the motor isn’t working or it’s not spinning up to speed and people assume that they need a new motor. Which, by the way, isn’t always the case as we’ll explain. People have this “go-to” often of whatever ails th…
Dishwasher Heat Pumps
One of the latest in a string of ways that appliance manufacturers increase internal space and reduce cost is what we call heat pumps in dishwashers, we explain it These units are essentially the main wash motor of the dishwasher with the heater or heating element integrated into the pump unit it…
Diamond H Regulator Conversion Chart
ENERGY REGULATORS Single Circuit With Pilot Terminal Manufacturer Model No GC No Fixing Live To Neutral To Load To Pilot To Notes Diamond H 21ER2 Line Neutral Load A Pilot 21ER1TF Line Neutral Load A Pilot 31ER1HT E08522 Nut Line or P…
Beko Electronic Fridge Freezer Sensors
There are a number of threads in the forums regarding the electronic sensors on a number of Beko or Beko produced fridge freezer models. The upshot of it is that the engineers almost universally will change both sensors at the same time. These sensors are a “foamed in” type meaning that originall…
Fridge And Freezer Door Seals
There are a number of myths that need busted on these and some advice that will probably help you with a faulty door seal You’d Think It Was Simple! Like most spare parts or components things are not as simple as people often presume that they are, usually thinking that they’re all pretty much th…
Dishwasher Control Boards
Your dishwasher is doing something it shouldn’t or not working and you think it’s the electronic board that’s faulty. Our advice, stop right there as you’re probably wrong! All the time and, we really do mean that we see this on a daily basis, people get some sort of issue that they can’t see an …
Flowmeters And Water Metering Tanks
If a dishwasher does whackadoodle stuff like empties, then fills, then empties or fails to fill, fills too much, just stops and all manner of other weirdness then one thing you should check is the flowmeter on many modern dishwashers Depending on the make and setup these come in various guises an…
Free Technical Support
We often see people online, in comments, through email and offline over the phone desperately seeking free technical support to help repair a busted machine Here’s the thing, free support does exist but it requires you to put a bit of work in. Or, it isn’t free. We’ll explain how and why that is….
User Fails Tumble Dryers
Service engineers when on the road, crawling about under machines and fixing them see some sights. Some are funny. Some are scary. Some send shivers down your spine. Some are repulsive. Here we want to demonstrate the kinds of things that these unsung heroes have to put up with on tumble dryers a…