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Betsy,
It wil be something that’s been branded up and made by some other actual manufacturer most likely. I don’t recognise the brand, but where was it bought from and one of us may know what it is?
K.
On the door, the lip on the left hand side (IIRC) should have a plate on it with the model and serial number information.
K.
They are manufactured by various companies and we would require the model number to help you for Diplomat it will be something like, ADP8224, ADP8132 or along those lines.
K.
Re: When appliances quit, most of us don’t call a repairman
Without doing too much analysis of the market…
For the manufacturers it’s all about market share, we all know that there are “X” million appliances sold per anum, that figure doesn’t really vary too much and the proportion of new purchasers remains a pretty steady figure. So, the belief is that to thrive you have to have market share in a stagnant market, bean counters you see as they all think the same, I sometimes actually suspect that cloning has been perfected in some ways. 😉 But none of them are willing to take a chance and break the mould.
The other thing is that we’ve pretty much covered all the bases with the actual appliances themselves, as in products, other than a limited coffee machine market it’s pretty much dead. The people that have space for and can afford a dishwasher have one and likewise with washers, fridges etc. Although I have noted a distinct trend to push buyers into buying larger US sized refrigeration which is far more lucrative for the manufacturer and us. Cooking is stagnant and driven by price as is the normal refrigeration, dishwashing and washing segments IMO.
So we all have the same features, similar performance and prices, on paper at least so how do you gain market share?
Why you buy up cheap brand names and knock out the excess production for less of course! 😉
K.
Martin,
Have you been listening to me at all for the past year or so? 😉
I’ve been telling people that this is how it’s going to go for the past three years at least, it’s not the just writing on the wall, it’s spray painted in Day-Glo!
This is what is going to happen, make no mistake and the proccess is already well underway. Sadly it would appear that this is a problem around the globe but specifically in higher income Western Hemisphere countries. This is because the goods are comparatively cheap in relation to income and the cost to repair, due to the same equation, is high. But I’m wandering off into social economics again. 😕
Already we are seeing a decline in repairers, few still exist that have all three skillsets in any given region of the UK and it’s a trend that is set to continue unless it is addressed soon.
But here’s the real kicker in this…
We can’t too very much about it!
Primarily manufacturers but also work providers and insurers will have to face up to this at some point and some point soon. The question I have is are they prepared to help us help themselves as otherwise they will be left with a “swap-out” only option and what with the environmental concerns and the upcoming WEEE Directive, which I still don’t think that they are prepared to cope with, they all could have an awfully big headache to look forward to.
K.
Thanks Kev,
I’m hoping that Trevor got another little bit running to allow us to use a package that looks very nice indeed. We should, if it all works, be able to produce nice coloured charts and graphs of the results of the surveys as well as pure data exported to Excel etc.
I’ll look at the question set and then we’ll do a test run and look at the results.
K.
Re: Hotpoint Advertise Franchises!
Neil Tunstall, Merloni’s marketing director, claimed the new strategy brings together the best of its brands and products, offering customers a ‘single source’ for all cooking needs, backed by the largest and best service organisation within Europe.
You have to laugh…no, really you do! :rotfl:
K.
You’ll be pleased to hear that CORGI is the Number 1. item on the agenda, you’ll know why at the meeting. 😉
K.
That’s the second time in two days I’ve had to control myself from posting one that would get me flamed!
K.
Can’t remember but it could be a digital probe, in which case the feedback to the module would be from one or two wires. If it’s connected directly to the board then that’s a possibility and very probably a lower cost option than using seperate stats.
The wiring diagram (a term I use in the loosest possible terms here) is not very clear in the least as to letting you know what’s actually going on. 😕
K.
