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Re: Parkinson Cowan CPLA50WN

electrofix wrote:a lot depends on where you live as rates in places like London are going to be higher.

suggest you see if you can find a suitable engineer and ask them for a fitting charge
try here for an engineer
http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/search/fi … e-engineer

stat should be this one
https://shop.zanussi.co.uk/Cooking/Cook … 3590331017

Dave

Thanks Dave that’s great

[anthony16]

Re: Parkinson Cowan CPLA50WN

electrofix wrote:there are a number of stats depends on serial

the one I looked up is about £70 plus you would need to have it fitted by a gas safe engineer

Dave

Thanks Dave I really appreciate the info, I just checked and the serial number is 002 00095, could you send me a link to the stat I would need?, also what would you expect it to cost in terms of getting it fitted (I know it will probably vary depending on location but I just want to get a rough idea to weigh up whether it is worth repairing or getting a new cooker)

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

lol thanks for that advice penguin, if anyone else has any advice it would be greatly appreciated to. I thought they might be problamatic, it was just an idea i was considering as i thought if the tabletop dishwasher we have ever broke down we would get a fullsize or slimline one, permanent plumbing isnt impossible in our kitchen you guys did give me some advice and i got some from diynot but it would be awkward and cost more money. I had my doubts about the appliance rollers too they seem to be for where the appliance only needs to be pulled out of the recess/counter it is in/under and not for cornering, lol. I could probably knock up a frame with castors if needed. I have been doing some googling and saw America has portable dishwashers and tried to see if there are any of the quick connector/coupling systems available in the uk but it doesnt seem so.

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

Thanks penguin for that it cleared up the questions i had been pondering. Well there is one more i had been pondering, this is the last one i promise lol, is it possible to have a full size dishwasher plumbed in so it is portable, what i had been thinking was some appliance rollers on the bottom, drain hose over the sink, the water inlet was puzzling me but i remeber my nan saying that there used to be adaptors for front loaders before they were plumbed in to connect them to a kitchen tap? is this possible with a modern dishwasher, any advice/comments/experience would be greatly appreciaed

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

Thanks Penguin45, also is there any difference between the different makes of salt out there, is finish the best to use? and with rinse aids what is the best ?

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

hey, anyone got any anwsers to my questions?

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

i have been using them in it for a couple of months and havent had any problems, i was just wondering if they could cause any issues that might be not noticeable

[anthony16]

Re: Cheapy dishwasher tablets

Hey thought i would ask my questions here instead of starting a new thread, i was wondering im using fairy active bursts in our zanussi tabletop dishwasher, one of the 6 place setting ones, is ok?, i havent had any issues with them also i have been using finish salt, is there any difference between that and other brands e.g. tesco, wilkinsons and ive been using the finish turbo dry rinse aid and the fairy active drying one, everything comes out dry but i was wondering if normal finish rinse aid is just as good and drys everything

cheers
Ant

[anthony16]

Re: New tumble dryer

Thanks for all the advice guys, im going to order the zanussi today, so hopefully it should be hear tomorrow and i can tell you what it is like. The water bottle was one thing that did confuse me, as the model i looked at in currys it was on the floor, but in the currys brochure it is a drawer at the top, also on the zanussi website it is shown as a drawer at the top, i tried looking at the instruction manual on the service force website but i think because its new its not on there yet, o well im not too fussed, i would have preferred it at the top but i dont mind having it at the bottom as long as its a reliable dryer

Cheers
Ant

P.s. i dont know if any of you will know what im on about but do you know if anyone still does those home dry cleaning kits? i remeber persil used to do one a few years back but i cant see it anymore

[anthony16]

Re: Compact zanussi

Anyone have any advice or comments about my questions?

[anthony16]

Re: A few questions

Thanks Don.

I know that when the hose exits the dishwasher i would have to loop it up like on a washing machine but if i made sure the rest of the hose has a gradient on it so it slopes down to the exit would that be fine?

I forgot about the electric cable, i dont suppose you know how long that is do you. Where the dishwasher would go we currently have a compact hotpoint tumble dryer and that reaches the plug socket, so if it is the same length or longer that should be fine.

Ant

[anthony16]

Re: A few questions

Thanks Don.
I will probably ask over at diynot about the plumbing side of things.
looking at the 46E22 it isnt that much more money and i didnt realise bosch come with a 2 year guarantee. if i installed it myself would this void the guarantee? thank you for the measurement with the door open i had looked all over the bosch website and internet and couldnt find an accurate measurement. One other thing do you know what the maximum pumping distance is on these dishwashers?

[anthony16]

Re: Bosch dishwasher sizes

Hey im back again, well after a trip to wickes it does look like the flexible metal pipe is written off as like you said the connectors are not the same. i was thinking now of getting a inlet hose to attach to the one that comes with the dishwasher and i saw in wickes a small metal adaptor called a universal bush that should allow two hoses to attach to each other. For the drain im unsure about the standpipe as if i attached it where i was planning to it would be after the sink and washing machine outlet and i thought that if the pipe got blocked just after where i would put the standpipe all the water might come up and out of the standpipe if it has nowhere else to go, so now i was thinking of getting one of those self cutting waste pipes as these have a built in anti backflow valve which would stop the any water going back into the dishwasher. sorry if this sounds confusing

cheers Ant

[anthony16]

Re: Bosch dishwasher sizes

dam the distance for the water inlet is about be 2.8 meters and the drain is about 3 meters. For the inlet hose it could run off a y split with the washing machine and i wondered if i could attach one of the metal flexible pipe type things used for attaching taps in awkard places to the y split and then attach the machine hose to that as that would bring it to about 2.5meters . For the drain i was going to attach it under the sink where the washing machine goes into the adaptor before the u bend by getting another adaptor from wicks so two machines can drain into the one outlet , but the drain from the sink goes behind the washing machine and through the wall to the soil pipe, i was wondering if i could put a standpipe on this pipe as it would bring the length of the drain hose to about under 2.5 meters then. sorry if this sounds confusing but i would be gratefull if anyone could give any advice.

cheers Ant

[anthony16]

Re: Bosch dishwasher sizes

i thought that might be the case. i did go to currys and measure them but i just wondered if there were some official measurements as the clearance is tight for the door to open and i wasnt quite sure i had measured it right and wanted to double check. I wonder if you could answer another question then, do you know how long the inlet and outlet hoses are for the machines? also i was trying to loook for the maximum pumping distance as its more than likely the drain and probably also the inlet hose will have to be exteneded.

cheers Ant

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