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quality pre 1998 machines and scams?
Thanks for the great discussion which echoes what i notice with my strange experiences, a person ( new here) who has repaired his own washig machines (second hand ones first time, otherwise dumped outside houses) since 1993, and never bought a new one.
The first was a hoover or a hotpoint. I went through both, anyway. I worked for two weeks or so with a washing machine repair team in peckham indoor market, and quickly learnt the ropes (all basics of testing , falt finding, and servicing). (unfortunately i was badly injured just then, and an invalid for a few years).Is this an example of a pre 1998 quality machine? …Now i have a philco wd 2002s, had it since 2000, also picked up outside a council flat in peckham.Probably had a blocked pump i think. the capicitor just shorted. It seems a quality machinenot sure why, exactly, but may have been because a whole bottle of soy sauce was spilt into the electrics whilst it was being moved back from wales to london, and then stored for three months. I cleaned up the terminals carefully and it started, but the capacitor blew, and only the dryer works. I have no manual and never fixed wd’s before. I intend to order a new part this week.
Re: quality pre 1998 machines and scams?
chueewowee wrote: I cleaned up the terminals carefully and it started, but the capacitor blew, and only the dryer works. I have no manual and never fixed wd’s before. I intend to order a new part this week.
I wouldn’t waste your money or risk your life on this aged Philco my friend 🙄 The residents of that council flat in Peckham had the right idea, you should follow their lead 😉
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Martin wrote:I wouldn’t waste your money or risk your life on this aged Philco my friend 🙄 The residents of that council flat in Peckham had the right idea, you should follow their lead 😉
Thanks for the reply. May i challenge that, without offence, take it a bit further:
The machine has served our family, since i found it, very well indeed without need for repair for six years. I’m talking three washes a week minimum, drying for some intense periods, and periods of when I did about one hundred washes a week for cleaning up, when my boy was born with eczema. Only the removals company caused a problem with spillage. For the sake of a capacitor, i should what, buy a new machine? Fix this Servis with a blown capacitor I’ve spotted?
But the Servis is warned against here on this post (i think if not somewhere else on the forum.
I can see quality in the Philco. A stainless inner and outer drum. Care for wool etc. It is stable, and the components well set out. The components look real good. It is mint looking inside. The hoses look new. Even the ballast weight looks quality casting. As regards, cast iron and the Miele, I like cast iron for all sorts, especially log burners. But concrete is a lovely material. There is quality workmanship in concrete too.The Servis looks real nasty cheap stuff. The Philco’s top board is knackered now, but I can cut some new board anyway.
Any other thoughts?
Re: quality pre 1998 machines and scams?
chueewowee wrote:Any other thoughts?
Stay away from Servis! 👿
They’re a pain the neck!
OK to bypass the capacitor for a test?, I think so.
BTW, is it OK to bypass the capacitor for a test, I think so.
I traced the short back to the live lead out from the capacitor, and there was a little smoke dust on the lead by te capacitor. Meanwhile I cleaned up all other switch contacts real well, including the pressure switch, and tested the door interlock switch as well.
Re: What would you recommend?
Why isn’t anyone recommending Bosch: has their quality gone to pot to?
Re: What would you recommend?
Bosch are fine, but would get mid range upwards, also have 2yr warranty.
ISE our very own baby is one to be reckoned with http://iseappliances.co.uk/Greg
Re: What would you recommend?
gegsy wrote:Bosch are fine, but would get mid range upwards, also have 2yr warranty.
ISE our very own baby is one to be reckoned with http://iseappliances.co.uk/Greg
They look similar to Bosch/Siemens.
The question is, are they built in Germany or Spain…?
Re: What would you recommend?
Trilobite wrote:
They look similar to Bosch/Siemens.
The question is, are they built in Germany or Spain…?
No.
Re: What would you recommend?
iadom wrote:
Trilobite wrote:
They look similar to Bosch/Siemens.
The question is, are they built in Germany or Spain…?
No.
Country of origin, please.
Re: What would you recommend?
Thankyou.
As a matter of interest, whereabouts on the pricing scale do the ISE machines sit; i.e., lower range Bosch, or mid-range?
Re: What would you recommend?
Mid range, on the site here we sell it for £499.99, this comes with delivery, installation and five year parts and labour included:
There are other options available via our locally based network, please email admin@ukwhitegoods.co.uk for more info 😀
Dave.
Re: What would you recommend?
Upper mid range, shurely…… It’s better than so much of the “average” stuff.
Penguin45.
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