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could be blocked duct in freezer. failed defrost heater, faulty board etc etc
there is no one single cause although heater is always first to try
Dave
agree its hard to know but am assuming if the part needed plus labour don’t exceed £500 your ok. thats at retail prices their cost to make the parts is considerably lower which is why they can offer this repair and make money
so the two main other components are the control board and the motor. if either of there are on there way out it could tip the balance
try taking off the belt and run machine on spin. want to see if motor bearing sound noisy or not as if they are it will need a motor as they cant be replaced
I oil them when they get noisy but Zanussi would deem it needing to be changed
Daveok so that means its not a water fault
if the light was not flashing that would be a water fill fault
the fact its flashing means it can be anything else which is not a lot of help as its not a specific fault code
Dave
does that mean they are buying the us group plus the bit of the european arm they still have an interest in
should be interesting to watch
Dave
well if you pay hisense £168 over a year they will fix it and guarentee against any breakdown for a year
or you replace it
or you try to go after the retailer using sale of goods act as most people would expect an appliance of this type to last longer than 2.5 years
look it up online as you need to word it right to have any chance
Dave
there is more money in commercial and dont forget over time central heating in domestic houses are going to be using heat pumps. They will need repairing
Dave
problem is everbody think its a gas problem but that brings up the question why ?
if it is a gas problem then how did it leak out of a sealed system and if its leaking there is no point
Dave
don wrote:I prefer the idea of a separate forum with each manufacturer having a single thread. That way it makes it easier for Joe public to navigate to correct brand at least.
Don
if your going that far you could do with separate forums for each major appliance but that’s a lot of work
opening to the public may help drive people to the site which could be a long term benefit. Lets face it do a google search and most codes can be found
Dave
it does sound like something turning on and then crashing and repeating
although the fault code points to heater it could be an inverter fault as sometimes the fault codes are not accurate . problem is it can get expensive changing things to find out your wrong
Dave
seems odd to me
the complete new sump is under £40 for the part unless the steel is damaged that will cure it
https://www.bosch-home.co.uk/store/11024647#/Tabs=section-fitsappliance/Togglebox=manuals/
Dave
cant be a bad idea at least they may be in one place
one if the biggest problem sometimes is you cant seach 2 or 3 characters like F08 or has this changed. If not its would be good if it could be changed for just one forum but that probably impossible
fault codes are such a mine field. you can find different reasons for the same code within manufacturers along some fault codes are caused by something completely different
Dave
ok at this point the only thing i can think of is to fool the machine
It may be sensitive to not having a heater and the heater may still be faulty
my answer would be to connect a lamp across the heater wires with the heater disconnected. it must be an old style lamp not LED. make sure wires are insulated and cant touch. does not have to be a high grade connection so just wrapping the wire round and taping it up will work as its not permanent
it will do 2 thing
1 it gets rid of any problem the element may be causing
2 you will find out if the clicking is the heater relay going in and out as the lamp will flashlong shot I know but its free to try
Dave
