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Re: Indesit WE14 – “door” error
The motor brushes on these machines can have an effect on the controls, not difficult to check/change brushes, please remove the plug if you intend to go inside or try the link at the bottom of this post to see if we have someone who can help.
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint WD440
Steady on there Indespoint, I am aware that you are an Indesit engineer and have ‘issues’ with Hotpoint 😉 . I too consider the OP to be very foolish in not taking advantage of the 5 year warranty. How on earth is he going to buy a machine for anywhere near the £90 it would have cost him to have this machine repaired. Personally I do not fit modules or anything else expensive to these machines if they are under 5 years old, unless the customer is adamant that they want me to do so I always refer them back to the Indesit Company as I did to the OP in this case. It does illustrate just how fed up people are with the products your company produces when people do this sort of thing.
However, it is restrictive trading to withold access to full diagnostics information, believe it or not, some of us are quite handy with computers and would be more than capable of digesting and using the EMIT & Wash Doctor software.
How can you state that you have had to put right a machine that an independent had fitted a motor to instead of brushes, what is there to put right on that? It was common practise for many years for company engineers to stick in a motor when an armature would have been a perfectly sound repair, so you cannot try to claim the moral high ground on that score.
Irrespective of whether or not you can get the chips preprogrammed, the failure rate of the electronics on these machines is frankly appalling. I can well remember the early Indesit machines that deserved the sobriquet, ‘cheap & cheerful’ also the first venture into electronic control when they used GEC motors and UK sourced modules. The current machines are just plain garbage from top to bottom, there are no redeeming features on them whatsoever, apart from the fact that the Servis machines are possibly worse, but only just. It is a fact that Hotpoint’s reputation such as it was, 😥 has fallen of a cliff since Indesit became involved.
I also do many calls to machines that Indesit Company engineers have made a complete horlicks of, there are good and bad on both sides of the fence, but in an ideal world there would not be a fence, a large number of the trade members of this forum, myself included originally worked for a major manufacturer, it is worth bearing that in mind, we know both sides of the coin, and could and should work together. 8)
Jim.NB. In case you would like to know what the general public think of Indesit machines badged as Hotpoint, have a read of this, http://tinyurl.com/ykpgfn 😥
Re: Football
gegsy wrote: they lose more than that Ferguson geezer 😆
A bit of careful editing reveals the long known truth. 😛 😆
Jim.
Re: “Your Connections has expired!”
Gazman1000 wrote: I found they were not very helpful at the time in fact quite snooty.
That’s Southerners for you, 😛 😆
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint WD440
lexington wrote: I decided that I didn,t think paying hotpoint £90 was a good investment into what seems to me to be a pretty poor peice of machinery so it has been scrapped and a new machine purchased,
And the new machine is a ❓
Jim.
Re: WMA40, constant knocking noise
If the spider is broken on this then it is the first instance I have ever heard of. I did have one WMA based washer dryer that had a 20p coin wedged between the drum spider and the stainless steel inner drum at the very edge of the drum, catching as it revolved.
I won’t go as far as to say I would show my posterior on the town hall steps, but I will donate £50.00 to a charity of the OP’s choosing if the spider is snapped.Jim.
Re: “Your Connections has expired!”
Gazman1000 wrote: Masterpart are very good if the phone staff can be bothered to look up the part, it depends on who answers the phone. The new number is a 0870 you pay thruogh the nose for that, the old number still works use that.
😉Why not just use the web site, works perfectly for me 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the time.
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint FDW60 s/ware fault
Not had to change one myself but have heard of several peeps on here who have, at that price it is worth a shot, after checking carefully for any obvious faults first of course. 😉
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint FDW60 s/ware fault
Boards a surprisingly cheap on these, under £16.00 + vat.
P/No: C00097481.
Jim.
Re: Indesit WIDL 126 UK
It would be very useful to have this information as you say Baron, its just a pity the machines are so poorly constructed that half the time it is not worth the effort. 👿
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint Washer, WM21, door opening mid cycle & FAST
Penguin45 wrote:Given that the machine will be 8/9 years old by now
And the rest, WM21 with that type of door lock introduced August 1994.
Also possible that you have a speed control breakdown, a very common occurence on these machines causing them to jump violently, forcing the door open. A difficult fault to pin down due to its intermittant nature, it can be caused by a fault in any one of three major components plus loose wiring connections and worn or failing suspension units.
If the machine was actually ‘spinning’ and not just slowing down the second time, then you do indeed have a faulty door switch as my learned friend P45 suggests.
Jim.
Re: Indesit wil 103 instructions?
Well you could have a look here first. 😉
http://tinyurl.com/yes9qzIf you don’t find it there you will have to phone Indesit directly. The WIL113Uk looks like the nearest one to your machine, should be OK for basic use.
Jim.
Re: indesit tumble dryer1560v or30629
Could also be capacitor or motor fault, no heat may have been caused by one shot stat tripping out due to no motor action, have you tested the stats, elements & capacitor?
Jim.
PS. Edited the title for you macmini 😉
