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Re: Servis washing machine m6500
The 203 module is fairly unreliable and the most usual to change, whilst I have had to change the facia it is unusual
Re: Frost Free Mistral taking the mickey!
Couple of questions – you say you have carried out a defrost, how did you do this? Secondly, be aware that if you have done a full defrost the fault will not re-occur untill its next time to defrost. ie It could be showing that everything is OK now but in half a day it may go doolally again.
Re: Refrigeration ‘interim personnel certificate’
Jackal,
The application forms will be on the site later today or early tomorrow as soon as Ken has a minute. Sadly Defra left it until the last minute to approve the WTA so things will be abit hectic until the 4th July ‘last calls deadline’
Please accept my thanks for the advice about MFI and the legal issues.
Ian Dales
Re: LG FRIDGE FREEZER ERROR CODE
Check top fan assy and see if it is iced up, if so defrost. Check fan assy and see if its OK otherwise its the main pcb
Re: MFI Turmoil
I maybe wrong but as I read it they have no evidence of supplying of parts as the software company withdrew all evidence just after they went under. Secondly, is it not their responsibility to provide you with evidence that you owe them monies not the other way around. Surely you are quite within your rights to dispute any figures and ask for their supporting evidence.?
Re: Refrigeration ‘interim personnel certificate’
Cost of the interim certificate from the WTA is £35 all in. This gives you a certificate and an id card. This will cover you as stated earlier until 2011 by which time I guess R134a will be out of the way.
Re: APM8552/2 i/a/w
Chris – Is this the one with the display? If so I have had this fault when the facia board is duff.
Re: hotpoint larder fridrge
OK lets try and clarify it if we can. We can agree that R600a is inflammable. We can also agree that if mixed with a quantity of air and has heat applied it can explode. Factually, 6 out of every 10 line tap valves that are applied to R600a systems leak – why do they, well its a combination of thin walled pipework, the refrigerant being very thin unlike R12 and R134a, poor quality (in the market) line tap valves and most importantly the fact that R600a systems during normal operation run in a vacuum of between 15-20hg – unlike R12/R134a which operate in a positive pressure.
Lets take a normal call out to an appliance that is short of gas – was it short of gas from day one or has it sprung a leak. You put on a line tap valve and top it up (or vac it out and recharge it) you then disapear thinking all is well. Over the next couple of weeks the line tap allows in a quantity of air (remember the system is working in a vacuum). This air causes an increase in compressor head pressure which increases the heat within the system – heat, fuel and oxygen = bang.Regarding the increase of strength once a bullet valve is clamped, I would disagree, from my experience the current Chinese manufacturered fridges have such thin walled pipework that it is difficult to even get the line tap to cut through the pipe without it collapsing or worse still they do not give you a charging stub long enough to fit a valve on.
Me I do it this way, I pierce the stub with piercing pliers and check the pressures. If the appliance is short of gas I vac it out and charge with scales. I then crimp up the stub and seal the hole with a blob of braze. Or if I am worried about further leaks I scrap the machine.
Finally, a number of engineers have had the misfortune of having an appliance explode after a repair – I guess its you call and your public liability insureance 8)
Re: hotpoint larder fridrge
I guess if you dont know why NOT to use line-taps on R600a systems I’ll leave it to Bryan (R600a) to tell you, he’s more diplomatic than me.
Re: hotpoint larder fridrge
Depends on the refrigerant – line taps do not work on R600a and secondly yes this would cause a freeze up of the evaporator panel.
Re: Dilemma
Why not ask those that gave the quote ? After all if they want to sell you the product they will get the info 8)
Re: hotpoint larder fridrge
A number of queries including the one from my friend above. You could have a shortage of gas/duff compressor – temperature at the capillary tube sensing end is not down to temperature and causes the compressor to run continously even forming an ice bank or sensor is not touching evaporator. If it is a concealed evaporator a VX0 is better than the VT9 or even the thermostat has been wrongly wired.
