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Re: LG washing machine drum bearings.

Thanks chaps

Friend of the misses so did not want to undercharge then spend the whole day getting the bearings out with a bearing puller only to find other damage on the main spindle.

Thanks

Chris

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Re: Changing pages on the Forum.

Cheers Penquin45 and bazza500.

Yes have many times played around with my pc changing the security levels and turned off my virus software thinking that the reason why the next page does not come up is due to pop ups blocked using UK Whitegoods.

Off to repair a Hotpoint FDW60P with a blown heating element. Husband had been pulling the front door console apart looking for the fault. Screws missing and plastic holders snapped off.

Oh what fun.

Chris

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Re: Zanussi ZSF6161 not cleaning fully.

Thanks helo_75

Sounds about right with the pcb track burnt by the relay.
Will be having a good look this afternoon to check water temp on the wash cycle.

Chris

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Re: SMEG SUK62MFX5 cooker with gas stove.

Cheers eastlmark

Have just put in the order for the 3 coil element.
Lets hope Royal Mail are quick on their toes in Norfolk.

Chris

Back to surface mounted triacs on a blown Bosch dishwasher pcb.
Fun de-sodlering them.

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Re: SMEG SUK62MFX5 cooker with gas stove.

Back again eastlmark & elctrofix.

Hands up doh, yes working on it last night round the back in the dark had taken off the wires from the grill element above as the vent directly below hides the fan element in her dark kitchen. ( one 60 watt bulb) Next time will bring in inspection lamp and not be so lazy.
3 coil element with the crazy bolts going through to the back so will have to take it apart and move everything yet again.

That will teach me a lesson, covered in 5 years of black fat all from the cooker. Right, now to order the right element for cooker. Part No!

Thanks chaps

Chris

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Re: Bendix 1000 WR540W washer/dryer

Thanks Penguin45

Straight forward once I had taken off the side bolts behind the white plastic screw covers. Had to look twice to realise that they hold on the front as well as the back sides of the washing machine.

New element went in no problem. Heating restored and one very black cooked element thrown away. Thanks again UK Whitegoods for a DHL Christmas Eve delivery. Not many people around would have done that.

Chris

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Re: LG TDC700445E Tumble Dryer/ Condenser

Thanks canufixit

Yes the tumble dryer was empty with nothing inside wet and tank empty.
Sounds like it could be the drain pump starting up and turning off with no water load inside.

The drum runs very smoothly when hot or cold without the slightest noise coming from the unit when rotated by hand in both directions.
Will Inform customer it is a feature!

Chris

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Re: Bosch SGS5302GB/07 Dishwasher

Back again after checking all the parts on the dishwasher.
Having closely inspected the main pcb after soldering the burnt heater relay tracks found another dry joint close to the relay.

Cracked solder joint to an ic on the board having looked underneath a 8 times mag lens.
All put back together and now dishwasher heats up and finishes it’s cycle.

Thanks chaps yet again and saved the customer some £104 for a new board. So happy they put on an extra £20 note.

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Re: Bosch SGS5302GB/07 Dishwasher

Thanks Steve
Will have one more hard look at the switches and hoses before I pull my hair out and deliver it back.
As you point out I do not want to buy a new control module at nearly £100 only to find out that it is something else.

One more go tomorrow before I inform the customer of the bad news.

Chris

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Re: Bosch SGS5302GB/07 Dishwasher

Back again WhiteVanMan1 and Mikehhah

Bosch dishwasher will cut out the power on & off for the element and keep the temp constant on a Eco wash but comes up with “0” after the aprox wash time but just keeps going with the water hot and the main pump running the wash cycle until the power switch is turned off.

Water level looks high with around 3 cm around the edge and starts to slosh a little out at the front while in the wash cycle. It will not turn off and go into the drying cycle.
Any ideas on this one.

When the element relay burnt the track right off would this have screwed up the chip on the control timer pcb?

Have I got to go down the pricey new pcb route to fix this dishwasher?

Chris

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Re: Bosch SGS5302GB/07 Dishwasher

Thanks WhiteVanMan1 and Mikehhah

Spot on , yes the track on the relay was burnt out and going nowhere.
Re-soldered a new copper track back on and hey presto the heater came straight on and thought job done thanks to you both.

Just about to put the panels back on the sides and noticed that when the Quick wash is used for a test run the temp went up to 68 degrees centigrade and after around 35 minutes the “0” numerical display came on but the main pump was still running and the heater was still on ?

Turned the mains switch off and re-set control panel and have now put in Eco wash which ran up to 70 degrees centigrade before the heater power came off and is still running through its cycle.
Will have to wait for 80 mins plus to find out if it will drain and turn off by itself.
Have a fluke attached to the heating element to see if it comes back on again when the temp drops.

Any views on this one!

Chris

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Re: Bosch SGS5302GB/07 Dishwasher

Thanks for such a quick reply.

Assume the heater relay is soldered onto the main pcb in the door at the top as I have noticed also that the quick wash button no longer hits the control board membrane? The plastic detent has brocken off leaving the quick wash cycle redundant as nothing is pushing onto the microswitch membrane.
Thought at first it was jammed in causing the microprocesser to lock up.

Chris

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Re: Miele G660 Dishwasher.

Thanks Penguin45

Was not sure where to put this request for a new or working secondhand Aquastop Valve to replace a faulty one.
Will contact a small little company in Denmark on Monday as I have used them before obtaining Miele parts without the UK high prices.

Will stick to trade next time.

Chris

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Re: Bosch Compact SKT5102 dishwasher.

Thanks again Martin.
A great help when you are shooting in the dark.
After 15 years repairing broadcast equipment, domestic repairs are a lot more hassle than working in studios which keep you dry.
Just playing around with monitors at 28kV keep you alert.

Chris

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Re: Bosch Compact SKT5102 dishwasher.

Thanks Martin

Yes hear what you say and agree.
Did check the spray arm and could not find any cracks along its length.
Put the dishwasher on my workbench and checked it with a spirit level in case it was propped up at an angle in the nursing home.
Also found out later that somebody had brocken the plastic door front by jamming something in on the right hand corner and had glued the bits back with the bolts stripping some of the plastic out.
Did notice that it had been played about with before they handed it to me for a look.
Had also run up the dishwasher without any detergent present and the water level seemed high and every pulse poured some dribbles out the front lip between the two gaol post seals.

Could not find any blockages in the pipework where rubbish had collected.
Is aprox half an inch of water from the bottom of the case when running to high Martin?

Thanks again for your help

Chris

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