[Daniel Jones]

Cool, thanks for taking the time to reply.

I put a better thermometer in the freezer (first one I tried was a cooking themometer that didn’t have a negative scale, and promptly broke!) and it seemed to get down to -18°C.

The compressor was quite hot, and I wouldn’t have wanted to keep my hand on it for more than five seconds. I’m guessing this is another indicator that there’s not enough gas, and the compressor is working overtime to try and compensate?

[Daniel Jones]

Ta for your thoughts!

I can’t quite remember what it was that eventually went on the Beko, but I remember the quote for repair was roughly equivalent to a new Beko. I don’t think it gave us too much grief over the years, it’s hard to remember as we had a few false alarms that turned out to be the drainage pipe getting blocked with crap that we really should’ve sorted out.

We tried the “not bothering replacing it” thing for a couple of months, and it really did start to get irritating after a while. My missus and I both work running businesses, so the time is quite valuable.

[Daniel Jones]

Will do! I just remembered that they had one other concern, and that was that having always hot water might be problematic for glasses. I’ll try to remember to let you know how we get on.

[Daniel Jones]

Ta! I ordered it, and will have it fitted on Tuesday. On the phone the friendly local store suggested that if the hot water connection is fitted, it will only ever draw from the hot pipe, and never heat water itself from the cold pipe. Their concern was that if the water only needs to be at a lower temperature (let’s imagine 30 degrees for the sake of the example) and the hot water supply is 60 degrees, then that’d be wasteful. However, they didn’t really listen to the bit where I was telling them about our solar thermal setup, which means our hot water is part-heated for free. So I think it’ll be fine!

I just hope after shelling out a grand on a dishwasher that it lasts a decent amount of time 🙂

[Daniel Jones]

Thanks again for your help folks.

I’m being told by a sales person that it’s “not recommended” to connect Mieles to a hot water supply, as it would only ever get used on the higher-intensity programmes. We’ve used our Beko exclusively on ‘eco’ mode for the last decade, and so would expect to do the same with the Miele.

Any ideas if what I’m being told is accurate?

[Daniel Jones]

Thanks for the prompt reply, folks! I’ll let you know how I get on.

I’ll do as you suggest Don, and go to the friendly local retailer. The chap took the time to talk to me, so it’d be a bit of mug-off to then order it from elsewhere.

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