Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Re: Fill Time for a Dishwasher ?
Is it on the hot or cold water supply? Hot water usually has the least pressure and may affect the fill time.
If it has that black thin hard fill pipe then there is a filter at the end that screws onto the tap, I have a red one in mine and is dead easy to spot, so checking that is a good idea. Also there is an inlet filter in the valve itself which can be removed with long nose pliers, this could be blocked, thus increasing fill time.
HWL.
Re: Dodgy wiring – Blown PCB
Ariston=Indesit in a dress, not the best quality, believe me thats polite considering how bad they really are. :rolls:
Re: FAGOR – Module and Timer board blown
Don is in Exeter. 😉
You mean Ken Watt of ISE appliances.
Re: Homark Oven
Hi,
Best drop him an email at spares@ukwhitegoods.co.uk this will get things moving for you. 😉
HTH,
Oliver.
Re: Dyson DC07 cut out in use: help diagnosing what’s failed
Hi Pistol,
Sounds like the root cyclone is blocked. Once blocked the whole unit needs to be replaced. This was a common fault on the DC07, even just with years of use the performance declined massivley, but after plaster dust is really ineveitable. All this clogging up reduces the airflow to motor so it cannot get rid of the heat properly, thus causing it to trip. This will kill the motor eventually.
If the filters are not kept spotlessly clean dust will get into the motor and can cause problems. If the motor needs to be replaced they are available from the link below, they are not massivley expensive. 😉
Root Cyclone unit:
http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/Vacuum+C … clone.htmlMotor:
http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/Vacuum+C … Motor.htmlAny other DC07 parts are available here all at excellent prices:
http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/Vacuum+C … +Range.htmHTH,
Oliver.
Re: Dyson DC04 belt keeps coming off and suction low
dandandan wrote:
the suction is also not great anymore
This is a know problem with Dysons, as time goes on the cyclone unit fills with dust and detracts from the cleaners efficiency, the only way out is to replace the lot. I have seen several machines with motors chock-a-block with dirt and fluff that has escaped the filters.
Dyson may claim they do not lose suction, but put them in to proper domestic use and you will find this just ain’t true. There is a whole industry built around fiddling test results and heres one of them!
:rolls:
My Mum had a DC04 and with in less than 4 years this problem was very apparent, so I bought her two Sebo’s and she loves ’em. 😉Oliver.
Afternoon Don :wave:
helo_75 wrote:
its really sad, but, ultimately, people have done it to themselves!
Yep, I have to agree with that. People won’t pay the money, so they get rubbish. At the end of the day manufactureres are only pandering to what people want, and best of all they do. Whilst doing this have ruined some very good companies in the process.
Hotpoint using complete doors is laughable, this is the throwaway society at its best especially as the doors are so flimsy the could break if you look at them the wrong way. Modern life = green? , not really. :rolls:
This is why I get mad when I hear about modern appliances using little energy and water, when this is all compromised by build quality, spares and monopoly servicing practices.
Afternoon lads, your comments sum up this situation very well indeed. 😉
helo_75 wrote: even bosch are starting using bekos stuff… market values, etc
That is very sad, Bosch used to make excellent appliances, I have a Bosch washing machine not that far of 16 years old, it works properly and only simple things go wrong, not PCBs etc. I had a look at the latest offerings from Bosch and compared to mine they were garbage, the doors are very flimsy and have heard comments about the noise levels. Mine is very quiet even after all these years.
People will happily spend £300 on a Dyson vacuum cleaner but want the cheapest piece of junk when it comes to a washing machine, the hardest working appliance in the house. It makes no sense. It reminds me of a comment a friend useds to make, “A Mercedes in the drive and an Indesit in the kitchen”.
My parents have an IAR Siltal integrated washing machine, it has just broken the 6000 wash limit in 9 years. This March it had, new bearings, belt and a pair of brushes oh and a pump last summer. Not bad for a machine that sees commercial use in a house!! I have seen the latest from Siltal and again it is utter garbage with the sealled tanks etc. All maintaince of the Bosch and Siltal are done by ourselves as they are simple and very easy to work on. God only knows what they will buy when the Siltal packs up for good in 50 years time. 😆
Jim made the best point earlier, why buy British if it is knowingly rubbish? There is no point what so ever. :rolls:
People will spend all the money in the world on gadgets, computers and some of it is just put in a cupboard and forgotten about, but things that really matter they can be very tight about indeed.
The things that sell machines are pointless anyway, 3 million different wash cycles, rediculous spin speeds and options you will never use. Many years ago buying a new washing machine was a very serious descision and was reasearched properly, but now it is just a whim in one of the big C’s, oh I like the features or the capacity etc. Reliability is rarley a consideration these days.
Oliver.
PS. By the way Chris, who makes the AW23?
Re: British manufacturers?
Hi Dan,
I looked into what came from where regarding Crosslee a little while back. The Driers are British, the refrigeration is imported from China and I have heard of their washing machines being made by a Turkish company called Vestel, also heard Merloni too, they could have changed recently?
A friend of mine has a White Knight washing machine, it is very noisy like the driers and dosen’t seem to wash that well.I could be wrong on the above so if anyone wants to correct me feel free.
We used to have a good manufacturing base in Britain, but cheap imports have ruined that, look at Hoover and Hotpoint they used to make good machines and take a look now both Italians in dresses. It is very sad as our nations skills are rapidly depleating. I have found recently that any machine made in Britain (not that there is many left) is having its quality massivley reduced so the manufacturer can keep up with the cheap imports prices. :rolls:
Don is the man with his finger on the pulse regarding new appliances. He can advise alot better than me. 😆
Oliver.
EDIT: Looking at Vestels website the current White Knight washing machines must be Vestel made, there are a of alot of similaritres. 😕
Re: British manufacturers?
Hi,
For the washing machine and tumble drier what about ISE?
The machines arn’t British but the company is, also you would buy it through your local independant, putting money into your own local economy as well as keeping local business thriving and people in their jobs. Plus if you buy the ISE 10 it will last a very long time thus reducing what goes into landfill, so this would seem the “greenest” way to go.
I have a Crosslee drier (an 84 AW to be precise) not bought for the 8 hour A class rubbish but beacause I wanted a vented sensordry, so it fit the bill. I is about three and a half years old and has more rattles and squeaks than I care to mention, it is very noisy as well. It does dry very well and quickly which are plus points and they are made 2 miles up the road from my home. I however will not have another when it is beyond economical repair, I will certainly look at the best vented driers when that day comes.
HTH,
Oliver.
Re: Hoover – HDC6 dryer – Help requiered please.
iadom wrote:Seven years, pfft,
I changed a belt on a Hotpoint dryer last week, it was the first time it had been changed. It was 27 years old so I guess it wasn’t up to much.
Afternoon Jim :wave:
I can beat the Hotpoint, I have a fully working 32 year old TI Jackson compact drier and its never had any parts, could do with a lick of paint, a summer project me thinks, if the Yorkshire weather ever improves!
They certainly don’t make ’em like that anymore. Its very sad really as appliances like this make tremendous value for money and give little to no trouble through out their very long life span.
Oliver.
Re: Zanussi clutch pulley
hotpointtom wrote:Just to let anyone know who’s interested in the outcome of this
That’d be me then!! :clown:
Nice work keeping the old Washcraft going, I take my hat off to you! 8)
These companies do try to stop us running old machines by making things obsolete, but as we both know many things, even off modern machines can be adapted or made with relaitive ease. By the way you are right is is VERY satisfying to keep the oldies running.
Good luck with ’em mate.
:tup:
Oliver.
