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Re: One piece welded tub seized solid!
yeah i know it probably is a crazy idea, but if someone did come up with an ingenious kit, it would send a few shocks back to the manufacturers
Re: One piece welded tub seized solid!
just out of interest, i know we all mocked TIM for what he tried, but has anyone here tried to split a sealed tub?, cause if someone could make a tool to split them & a clamp to re-join them they could make a mint out of it,
Re: Frozen drain on Hotpoint Combination 8562
just as a point, i did see the article you refered to in your first post, so your assumptions were correct there, however, that topic was for a Servis machine, different make, different system/drain/cabinet, so although it was same simptoms, there were different causes,
Good luck in your repair, and i hope if its sucessfull you wil let us knowRe: HOTPOINT 6361 hob
so it is, well spotted 😆 i was looking a the P one not listed there but is for the B model,
Re: Hotpoint BF168 error code
hi, it will be the water heater shorting to earth,
the electronics will not recognise the readings it is getting from the faulty heater, and the nearest it can find in its memory is a valve fault, dont ask me why, but trust me, unplug machine, gain access to the heater & with a decent test meter you will find the tubular heater has failedRe: Frozen drain on Hotpoint Combination 8562
well as i did not design it how can i answer that?, but, in your origional posts you made no mention of ice inside the insulation at the bottom, only that there was ice inside the tube at the bottom, then assumed it was frozen all the way, and why slate the ‘experts’ whom you dont rate here (several of whom have given you FREE advice in their own spare time)
Re: HOTPOINT 6361 hob
depends, this model is listed as using 2 combination switches 630142 (available), and 2 regulaors 6100002 (obsolete)
Re: Frozen drain on Hotpoint Combination 8562
but how can you possibly say that a machine that has performed for 14 years has a serious design fault?, there are many freezers on the market today which dont stand much chance of lasting 5 – 10 years, but that is life. As for insulation repairs, i have not seen any companies offer this for many years, due to the cost, mess & diffculties in disposing of the old insulation, anyway, bye
Re: One piece welded tub seized solid!
so far this year alone i would say i fitted more than 10 sealed tubs, all under 2 years old!, and only a couple from objects in the tub, mostly bearings, supports broken & weights cracked off, maybe someone can call T_I_M for some tips on doing our own bearing changes??
Re: Frozen drain on Hotpoint Combination 8562
think what you want, but 5 different engineers have now told you its scrap if you’ve cut into the insulation,(and not allowed under EU law) if you want to botch it & risk the food going off thats your choice,
good luck with the repairnow, your origional post said there was a blockage at the bottom of the pipe, you presumed it was ice, if that was the case the rear of the freezer was probably too cold, making the water that was draining out freeze & block the pipe, it may have been repairable, but once you break through the liner into the insulation you will have a big mess & ruined machine
Re: Frozen drain on Hotpoint Combination 8562
well cutting the insulation, as kwatt has pointed out, you can now no longer garantee that the food inside will be safely stored,
if the tube was frozen then that would point to the freezer over freezing, possibly a sensor fault,
then again after only 14 years of useage i guess you would call that premature failure & a poor design?!, (the 8562 model was produced in 1994),
maybe if you asked for help earlier we could have provided a less drastic solution
