[Gertrude]

Re: Miele W806 pressure system location?

The machine appears to be working fine now :tup:

Might do dampers and brushes next year :study:

Many thanks for the advice chaps.

Much appreciated.

[Gertrude]

Re: Miele W806 pressure system location?

Thanks eastlmark.

Not familiar with the “dreaded underfill fault” (or much else nowadays!). Would you kindly elaborate, please?
Chamber was blocked so cleared and all appears okay now e.g. water came in to a reasonable ‘below drum rim’ level, heated, drum action and drained. Better half trying full wash tonight.
(Heater 22ohms. Didn’t test sensor :oops:)

Many thanks for the advice. 😀

[Gertrude]

Re: Waste Carriers Licence

Allsorts wrote:
The main crux of the matter, from the advice I’ve been given, is that you will have to register the T11 exemption, this is because some of the electrical equipment you collect from house clearance has been discarded and therefore it is classed as waste.

Semantics spring to mind.

So in effect George, you’re not a second hand dealer or refurbisher?
You’re purely a waste carrier.
What rot!
Therefore, if you’re asked to do a house clearance by a relative of someone recently deceased then all the stuff is ‘waste’ rather than perfectly serviceable and usable unwanted goods.

Since when has secondhand meant ‘waste’?

Bless ’em all!
😡 😕 🙁 😥

[Gertrude]

Re: SMEG UK80MFX cooker info?

Hi All,

I downloaded the manual from http://www.smeg-service.co.uk (servevast) but it doesn’t show the correct knob configuration for this cooker.
I think I’ve worked it out now (cheers Mark!) and penciled it on to the facia.
However, the better half thinks it takes too long to warm up in convection mode (over 25 mins to 250 degrees so got a point if only for the electric usage! 😯 ). Says she shan’t bother for the family do (sandwiches!) :rolls:

As for the use of a meter, he didn’t check whether it’s hard wired (I know it should be but…) and should have at least done an earth continuity check. Also, if it is hardwired you could work off the terminal block if you wanted to be proper. Or is that me being pedantic?

It’ll be interesting (well, for me) to see what the landlord says on the property inspection this Thursday if it’s not fixed before then.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to read and more so, to respond.

All the best,

G

[Gertrude]

Re: SMEG UK80MFX cooker info?

Thanks Mark.

I’ve had a fiddle (oo-er!) and couldn’t make sense of the combination of selector and stat, not much heat generating at all so wasn’t sure if element/s was/were faulty. It’s rental so don’t wanna get involved with repair!
I’ll try again as you suggest.
Trial and error I suppose.
Just wanted (needed!) it by tomorrow.

Cheers again.

[Gertrude]

Re: Servis UK (Antonio Merloni) Bust!?

Ah, good ole Kevin Moat.

I remember fondly meeting him for the first time at Homecare.
As new employees on our inducrtion course we were all excited about meeting ‘God’ and when he sat down in front of the group of new engineers (some of us experienced) we were full of anticipation.
Somehow our illusion of the great man was diminished slightly (ahem!) when he soon pointed out that he could get monkeys to do our job!
Man management at its best.
Oh how we all laughed. 👿

Must say dealt with him via other medium since then and he did seem mellower (maybe ‘cos I had some control of how/when they got paid) but the monkey memory remains.

Happy days.

[Gertrude]

Re: Repaircare Win Baumatic Service

Oh, okay.

Lost touch more than I thought. Assumed he’d be White goods/both.

Cheers Alex.

[Gertrude]

Re: Repaircare Win Baumatic Service

I know I should mind my own business but from what I hear, Graham Mottershead, formerly of The Warranty Group/LGH/AON, is now on board with Repaircare.
I know through previous dealings that he is an honest and honourable man who has always done all he can to resolve a genuine error on his (company’s) side.
I’m sure nothing has changed in that respect.

[Gertrude]

Re: Will you please leave me alone!!!!!!!!!!

Turbo wrote:Why on earth do you need to test a timer and a door lock with the top off, if the customer had got killed you would be doing time for manslaughter.
Graham

Maybe he was being efficient and doing a full functional test! 😛

[Gertrude]

Re: REDUNDANCIES AT COMET

Last year, whilst still working in the industry with my previous employer, I interviewed a chap still at Comet. He impressed in the interview and the tests so ‘we’ offered him the world (potentially) to get him on board.
He soul searched and joined us. I found him to be a gentleman, knowledgeable and very efficient.
Within a matter of a few months the boss decided the white goods wasn’t working and shut it down!
I have extreme confidence that he should have walked into a suitable position soon after. At least I hope so.
A definite asset to the industry.

[Gertrude]

Re: Currys will no longer deliver to flats!!!

kiddo66 wrote:Can we get the terminology right,ther is a bit of a difference between f.s.d and a thermocouple.

Thank goodness for that!

I thought I had forgotten so much in such a short space of time! lol :study:

[Gertrude]

Re: Who can help the guy out eh?

Yes, the chap could have provided more detail initially but how do we know what level of knowledge he has if no one has asked him?! :rolls:

For all we know he could be a fully qualified, apprentice trained Electrical Engineer.

helo_75’s instant and total disrespect of the chap strangely reminds of when with Hoover many years ago I had a job offer from an independent who had just told me about how he made big bucks out of unknowing customers from the ‘blocked pressure system’ scenario.
Obviously my principals forced me to decline his offer.
I am unemployed, he retired early.

Funny old world! 🙁

[Gertrude]

Re: Blank Off The Hot To Avoid This Tragedy !!

Goatboy wrote:
What happened to the dog then? What it electrocuted? 🙁

I was wondering that too.

If so would it not suggest theire is a fault in the mains circuit?

[Gertrude]

Re: Bosch salt corrosion

Well, after all these years I never knew salt caused the appearance of …
Red Arrows!! 😆

[Gertrude]

Re: TESCO £99 WASHER

Ken,

I’m sure people don’t ‘want to buy rubbish’ as you so lovingly put it.
As you’re well aware, there are many differing financial constraints on people and some, who may not learned enough to know better, are over the moon that they can afford a brand new machine.

I think I understand what you’re getting at however it does smack a bit of ‘I’m alright Jack’.

I believe it’s not the consumer (in this case) who should bear the brunt of your wrath/frustration but the greedy super-retailers who have no thought of good customer relations and are quite happy to inflict further debt upon the already less well off.

🙂

All the best.

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