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Just for the record I was working merrily away on a Hotpoint wm series changing bearings,, spider, heater and carbons yesterday. Got the machine stripped down, old bearings out and ready to rebuild. ‘Just popping out to the van for some spares’ I said to the lady of the house. ‘I’ll make a cuppa now I can get in the kitchen’ she retorted. Good idea. Raining really heavily out side got the spares and returned. Carried on rebuilding her machine and after about five minutes I got the biggest belt I’ve ever had in my life being a bit damp didn’t help. Guessed it?
She’d plugged the washing machine back in instead of the kettle!!!!
Looking forward to the day when I can look back at this incident and laugh.
Maybe a lesson to be learnt somewhere.
Happy Christmas to all our readers.Re: Just for the record..ouch!!!
happycack wrote:Happy Christmas to all our readers.
May you enjoy many more Christmasses? 😀
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i was once changing a belt on an old htp 95 something, and the dear old lady plugged her vacumm cleaner into the extension lead and plugged it in, just so happens that the washer was on the same extension and bang my arm is on the mains lead :S 😡
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So we are all making “safety zones” as laid out in bla bla regs are we ❓
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I used to work as an electrician.One day, one of the other electricians was sent out to an old Ladies house to repair a socket that wasnt working.
He asked her what the problem was and she said that she had bought the socket and installed it herself.but it wouldnt work.On removing the face of the socket he noticed that there was no wires connected to it.
Pooor soul, had just screwed it to the wall and expected it to work.Re: Just for the record..ouch!!!
happycack wrote:Just for the record I was working merrily away on a Hotpoint wm series changing bearings,, spider, heater and carbons yesterday. Got the machine stripped down, old bearings out and ready to rebuild. ‘Just popping out to the van for some spares’ I said to the lady of the house. ‘I’ll make a cuppa now I can get in the kitchen’ she retorted. Good idea. Raining really heavily out side got the spares and returned. Carried on rebuilding her machine and after about five minutes I got the biggest belt I’ve ever had in my life being a bit damp didn’t help. Guessed it?
She’d plugged the washing machine back in instead of the kettle!!!!
Looking forward to the day when I can look back at this incident and laugh.
Maybe a lesson to be learnt somewhere.
Happy Christmas to all our readers.
Here’s an idea…. you know when you buy a new electrical item, they often come with preformed plastic transit cover over the 13amp plug prongs. Why not keep that in your toolbox to cover the washer plug (held on with an elastic band).
It might just save your life 😀Re: Just for the record..ouch!!!
I had a similar situation today. The mains plug for the washer was behind a fridge that would have taken an age to move.. the customer was happy to kill the mains supply while I worked on the machine by removing the main fuse.
My sure fire protection in this case is to short out the live and neutral on the mains suppressor with my meggar crocodile clip.
I’ve never had a problem yet but should the power come back on it would make a few fireworks but I would be safe.
Bob
i managed to do a bearing and axle change on an old 95 series, went to plug it back in and realised i hadn’t unpluged it to start with. gotta live dangerously!!
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Went to a two year old house about six months ago to do bearings, heater, spider, and a power module on a wm70 something, and the machine was hard wired into a fused spur. Took at the fuse and switched it off up top, did all the work and tested it. Writing the bill out noticed the fuse was still on the worktop 😯 .
On investigating it further found that with the fuse out and the switch off the machine still ran :eeek: . Buy a new house, me, never!!!! Taught me a lesson though.Tony C
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It’s been mentioned in different posts, buy a “Volt stick” lads and lasses, they work. 😉
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It’s been mentioned in different posts, buy a “Volt stick” lads and lasses, they work
saved me more then once
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To avoid electrocution I always wrap a few turns of insulation tape around the plug pins when I remove it so it can`t easily be pluged back in. If it`s hard wired I remove the fuse and tape an X across the faceplate. If I have to isolate at the fuse box I either remove the fuse and place it in my pocket or tape the circuit breaker in the off position and then tape the lid shut. Which ever method I have used, I always check with a neon screwdriver to make sure. I don`t like using voltsticks as they can react to static.
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