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Re: H/Point BWM12 – Timer knob
Which begs the question, how was it fitted in the first place if it is retained by a screw, only accessible via a hole that isn’t there until you drill it 😕
Re: HOTPOINT WD640 LEAK!!
don’t worry, I cannot see you having to pay anything, do promise to let us know the outcome, just in case there is a ‘new’ fault in the pipeline.
Jim.
Re: HOTPOINT WD640 LEAK!!
The various wash programmes are calculated to get the best possible performance from the machine and the detergent. The length of time taken will not harm your clothes in any way. Washing too hot, with too vigorous a wash action or over spinning the more delicate items will, but not the duration of the programme.
When customers complain to me that their new machine takes them much longer to ‘do’ the washing I tell them that in fact it actually takes them the same 20 seconds to ‘do’ the washing as it did in the old machine.
10 seconds to load, 10 seconds to unload, that is all the time you actually spend ‘doing’ the washing. 😉 🙂Re: HOTPOINT WD640 LEAK!!
If you do not do a wash at a sufficently high temperature at regular intervals then you will get a build up of horrible gunge inside your machine that can lead to bad odours, nasty marks on the door seal and even internal component failure.
Use a good quality ‘powder ‘ based detergent loose or tablets rather than liquids.
If you constantly wash your clothes below the recommended temperature then your clothes will not be clean. They may look it but you only have your other clothes to compare them with, put side by side with items that have been washed correctly you would be amazed at the difference. I often see clothes that to me are obviously ‘grey’ yet the customer thinks are clean.
The vast majority of machines on the market now are cold fill, they all heat the water to the required temperature.
Jim.
Re: Hotpoint wd63 drying function
Fairly high incidence of ‘one shot’ stat failures, often caused by the fan motor wiring breaks that P45 mentions.
Re: HOTPOINT WD640 LEAK!!
If you are under g/tee then I would send for the Indesit Company. There is always a possibility of a ‘new’ fault occuring on these machines such as a spin at the wrong time that has not yet filtered through to the independants. If it was blocked with a coin, bra wire or similar then it would be your fault but would be very unlikely to cause this fault. If it is blocked with a small item of clothing then it is very unlikely that you would be blamed, though you may be advised to use a wash bag for small items and avoid using the special sheets to prevent dye transfer unless you put that into a washbag as well.
H2O is a poor fill warning.PS. If you read your instruction book you may find advice on doing a maintenance wash. If as you say you only do short or quick washes then you would be advised to do a regular maintenance wash. ( hottest possible wash, small amount of detergent, no clothes, every six to eight weeks).
Re: tool boxes
squadman wrote:. and it will not take a lump out of someones doorway or mark their worktop ! 😀
But a six tray, 28 inch, metal cantilever is perfect for taking a lump out of the dog that nipped your ankle, just after the customer says, “he’s very friendly” 😥 😆
Re: Special tool of yesteryear
Martin wrote:
iadom wrote:
Think royalty. 😉Empress/Countess 😉
Empress, the Rolls Royce of washing machines. it had a massive ‘post nut’ securing the inner bowl to the gearbox in exactly the same way the 1450/60 twin tub wash bowl used the much smaller plastic post nut.
The Countess used the same basic gearbox as the early 1400 twin tubs with the post nut secured by four bolts.
Re: Special tool of yesteryear
A clue that will mean nothing at all to 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of readers. 081475 & 071120
Think royalty. 😉Re: Europa Solarplus replacement oven door
Looking at your pictures and spending some considerable time going back and forth on the parts ID software, the nearest I can come up with is a 6101860 door glass, it looks exactly the same as yours, with the same shape of handle ( not included). Around £25.50 + vat.
May be better to see if you can come up with a correct model number but if not that is my best guess.Jim.
Re: Special tool of yesteryear
Alex wrote:
2) Undoing the nut at the bottom of the shaft of the turbulator of an English Electric Twin Tub.
Close. 😉
Re: Special tool of yesteryear
Lawrence wrote:
iadom wrote:
Somewhere in my garage is a box spanner that is around two foot long and the diameter of an old type drain pipe. Any guesses as to what that was for.Hpt Twin tub gear box nuts ?
LawrenceSame shape but about three times as big.
