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Re: Interior light in Neff B1451 oven
Me again. That was a silly question – getting the oven out was dead easy – just hadn’t done it before; should have looked before asking.
Can’t get to the lamp holder from behind the oven without disturbing all the insulation and it looks like it would be difficult to replace properly.
Must be able to put the lamp collar back from the front but can’t see how! It seems to be wider than the hole it has to go in. It has two protrusions in its flat rim that don’t seem to engage with anything. Does the collar make an electrical connection between the metal screw on the bulb and the return leg of the lamp circuit? if so, how? It has no wires connected, no sign that any wires have broken off, and no obvious metal parts against which it would make a contact!
This shouldn’t be beyond me but a bit of advice always makes these jobs so much easier.Re: Neff model W4380X – liquid left in conditioner compartme
Thanks for the your help.
Yes, I’d cleaned the tray. By the way it’s a mystery how the tray empties – there’s no obvious way liquid can fall below the top of the syphon tube! I thought a syphon could only draw water from below the level of the overflow pipe in a system that’s closed to the air. And yet it seems to work!
I didn’t dare lever down the centre section of the roof of the compartment for fear of breaking something important. The whole roof flexed downwards but it didn’t look as though the centre section would separate. Presumably I should have poked the screwdrivers through the rectangular water inlet holes and eased downwards with a bit more confidence.
Instead, I used a small brush and a pipe cleaner to try to clear the narrow channel leading to the 4 rectangular holes above the tray. There was black sludge here. I’m not sure I reached it all, but the tray was empty after the next wash.
Can you say where the water in the conditioner tray comes from? Is it direct from the tap or is it recycled from the wash? What I’m after is whether soda crystals added to the powder tray would ever reach this channel.
Thanks again for helping, I think it’s great that you guys do this for us amateurs.
By the way the model number shown on a sticker inside the door is W4380X1GB/01.
Re: Miele fridge – interior light
Ooops! Sorry for wasting your time – the light doesn’t come from the fridge interior, it comes from the fast freeze light and temperature indicating lamps which are along the top of the fridge but outside the sealed area!
So nothing wrong with the interior light as far as I know.
Have a great tomorrow!
Re: Neff S5443X1 not cleaning well
Thanks Clive – I get these ideas but never know whether they’re sensible! There’s no substitute for knowledge and real hands-on experience.
Re: Neff S5443X1 not cleaning well
Many thanks for this Penguin45. If it’s fat deposits blocking pipes I wonder if there’s a chemical which would dissolve it. Do you think the rinse programme with a strong solution of soda crystals (or similar) might help? I’m reluctant to pull the machine out unless I have to (not as strong as I used to be). Unless this would cause damage I think I’ll give it a try – soda is cheap enough – and get the experts in if it doesn’t work.
Thanks again.
By the way, I was surprised to see that Neff instructions tell you to remove large food particles but not to rinse plates before putting in the dishwasher!
