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Absolutely no CORGI registered appliance engineers in my neck of the woods. I have just heard that a 3 year old Belling Duel Fuel needed an electrical item in the oven, I don’t what. Anyway after 6 weeks D & G contacted a local plumber who is corgi to do the repair. Before he left, both the oven and the grill were on fire. Customer has now been waiting a month for D&G to supply a new cooker. I don’t know who they are going to get to install it. I do hope it’s not the same guy. It just goes to show that CORGI registration is not the magic wand D&G seemed to think it was. Some knowledge would have helped ie phone call to me.

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Re: The Canoe Man

Separated at birth???????

There is certainly a family resemblance

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Skye but still in the UK. Because we now have a free bridge which makes us officially part of the mainland.

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http://www.gias.co.uk Is still not working though !!!!!

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Thanks Greg, I have some searching to do I’ll try that tomorrow.
David

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And what has happened to Candy??? is not at http://www.candy.co.uk

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EAGA had the Scottish equivalent for the warm front contract up here in North West Scotland. Storage heaters, oil and LPG wet systems, all done by subcontractors.
Guess what the lost the contract to British Gas.

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Re: 12V Fridge Freezer (New) required for Narrow Boat

On the assumption of 60W / 80W running, and allowing a 10 times starting current. A 1kw inverter should be OK but you could get 2kw one.
If you compare the cost of full size 240V domestic F/F plus an inverter at about £150 / £250 depending on size, against a 12 volt, 1155mm high purpose made one at £515 or so. It could be worth getting out the pencil and paper and doing the sums properly.

http://www.elyboatchandlers.co.uk/domestics.htm#fridges

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Re: 12V Fridge Freezer (New) required for Narrow Boat

If you can’t get the Fridge Freezer that you want, you may want to consider getting a power inverter. Maplin have a few. http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Tab … &criteria=

HTH
David

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Re: End of an Era

Thank you for that information Martin. I don’t recall any of that when I was growing up in the 60’s. We didn’t have any electrical appliances at home. A gas cooker and a gas fridge and that was it. Mum would push a pram full of washing about 3 miles to the public laundry, which was part of the local swimming baths. Everything was boiled and pummelled.

Although I do remember when I started work in the lift industry in the mid 60’s I spent a long time in the West End of London converting DC lifts to 3 phase. Although I was just an apprentice I remember getting a “fortune” for my share of the scrap mercury arc rectifiers. Some of which stood 6 feet high. Goodness knows want the fitter and mate got.

David

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don wrote:I think the link should be this as the one in the post does not work 😉

http://www.tradesmancover.co.uk/

Don

OOps! Sorry that was stupid of me

David

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Re: PUBLIC LIABILITY INS QUOTES

I thought you may be interested, in having a look at http://www.trademancover.co.uk They give you a choice of insurer, I have just taken mine out with MMA Master Tradesman Plus. 2 million cover with £100 excess for £65.87. (No gas) The excess does vary dependent upon length of time in the trade. The choices are MMA, Fortis, Groupama and Axa.

The Axa one was interesting because it specifically rules out — Aerials, fair enough, central heating, that’s OK too. Plumbing!! 😯 how on earth do you go to work on a washing machine and guarantee you will never have to touch the pipework. Or if like me you get the occasional call to install a new one which could of course involve fitting shut off valves and a standpipe.

A couple of weeks ago I had a call to a Candy which had just been installed by the owner, after moving house. I found that the cold hose connection under the sink had been twisted so badly it was practically a knot.
As I started to undo the connection the pipe came away from beneath the monoblock mixer taps, which of course are usually braized on.

Because the customer had only just moved in she had no idea where the stopcock was.

So I had to sit there under the sink like a poor little Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke for 45 minutes. Getting soaked to the skin and watching the water spreading across the kitchen floor, heading for the brand new Wilton in the sitting room. While the rest of the family ran around like headless chickens looking for the stopcock.

Fortunately I had shown the customer what the problem was before trying to disconnect the hose………… If I hadn’t I am sure I would have been blamed for being heavy handed………… Would AXA have been there to offer support. I doubt it!!!

And to top it all immediately after this job I had a doctors appointment to get my blood pressure checked…………..

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Re: WF840 Pump start delay?

Thanks Bryan, Just to be sure I’ll go back on Monday and double check. After all I think she would be quite justified in expecting me to pay Hotpoint if all it was, was a sump blockage. But the delay in the pump starting does bother me.

David

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Re: WF840 Pump start delay?

Thanks Phil that’s what I thought. Customer has paid my call out charge 😀 and is now going to contact Hotp so as to get the board under the 5 year parts and then pay them £90. 😯

David

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Also check if there is a dead rodent near the compressor. Mice love the cosy area for nesting. You might have moved it to touch the compressor when you shifted the fridge for decorating. Warm dead mice give off a really powerful chemical smell!!!

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