Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
Re: Door interlock testing out of machine PTC versions
Taking apart the old lock after you’ve replaced it is a useful check to make sure your diagnosis was correct. Especially useful to determine whether Lux / Merloni etc. board damage was caused by lock. Also confirms to the customer that it was a necessary replacement, should they look doubtful.
Mike.Re: LG WM1480FHD
Tactile switch on fascia board is likely culprit.
This thread may be of interest.
Mike.Re: Belling XOU492 element
iadom wrote: is this element the same as the standard Hotpoint/Creda fan oven element?
Yes it’s the same 2500W big double circle.
Mike.Re: Door interlock testing out of machine PTC versions
You’ll find the most common locks to fail can be covered by having a very few locks in stock (I keep about half a dozen new plus a few second hand for testing). If in doubt as to whether the lock is faulty, you can usually open it up to check inside for burning of contact surfaces. I have used a simple flying lead to test locks but it’s pointless because they go intermittent so the test is not reliable.
Mike.Re: Connect changed courier?
Now it seems Masterpart are moving forward in the race to find the cheapest courier, and never mind the quality. Have just spent £2 in phone calls to 0871 numbers to find out that my latest parcel has been despatched to the wrong depot and will not arrive until tomorrow. They’re now using Home Delivery Network apparently. Used to be City Link who were excellent, then went to DPD – reliable but I’m at their 4/5pm slot. Now HDN. This may save Masterpart £1 per order but risks losing them a few of their customers I suspect. This delay will get passed on to my customers as I’ll now have to either work Saturday 🙁 , if they can re-arrange their schedules, or rearrange tomorrow’s jobs for next Wednesday. Not good, not good at all.
Moan over.
Mike.Re: electrolux ewx14440w
Ditto what TSD said. Also you can simply disconnect it and machine will wash.
Mike.Re: AEG l16830 PNC 91460212201 dryer fault
Valve solenoid (green) is also weak point. Goes o/c after 10 mins when warmed up. Although usually throws an E10.
Mike.Re: Exploding Candy Washing Machines
Yeah, you’re right. So it must be a common enough occurrence.
Mike.Re: Neff b1420
It’s a bit odd but no less odd than your original theory would have been. I mean, why would a toc opening blow the trip?
The hotter the oven temperature rises, the slower the rate that heat can escape from the element surface. It will draw max. current right away but the air blowing over it keeps it (relatively) cool.
Mike.Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
Dick wrote:
As for call diversion:- my phone always rang when I’d just started washing my hands; when driving and I’d forgotten to put it in the hands-free cradle; when in dentist, hair-dresser, doctor etc. I’ve given that up now and consoled myself with the belief that the calls I’ve missed weren’t worth having anyway.
My philosophy too.
What kind of life is it if you have to be constantly attentive to your phone? And pay extra for the “privilege”.
OK, in the first few years of a business and if you haven’t got any other irons in the fire it might make sense. But to still be doing that when you’re middle aged is crazy.
Its the dog chasing its tail. (The cost of the calls + service + extra wear and tear on your body, mind, family, tools, vehicle etc. = extra money you end up with after all deductions.)
I may be headed for an old age of relative poverty but at least I might retain a little sanity.
Mike.Re: Exploding Candy Washing Machines
It would seem logical that the soap dispenser would have been smashed and in picture 1 there doesn’t appear to be much of it left. Yet in picture 2 it looks pretty much intact and the drawer has been put back in.
😕 Have they begun to repair it and started with the soap drawer? 😆
Mike.Re: Exploding Candy Washing Machines
Couldn’t understand a word of it but the chavs look a lot better off over there 😆 .
Also looked like the authorities were taking it much more seriously and looks like Candy might have had to cough up for a new Miele in the end of the second video.
Mike.
PS. Wonder if all the German repair guys carry a flexi digital endoscope camera with them?Re: Relays. What is the difference between SPCO & SPDT?
Well thanks for the replies Dave. At least I now know I can go ahead with the order.
Mike.Re: Relays. What is the difference between SPCO & SPDT?
Strange. I always imagined a double throw meant there would be a midway position where neither contact was made, hence switch would need to be “thrown” twice to get from one side to the other. Couldn’t figure out how that would be achieved inside a single relay. Very annoying (to me) that there isn’t more standardisation of the terminology.
Mike.
