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Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
timdowning wrote:
The worst ones are the ones which you phone back within minutes, but still have managed to get someone else in that short time
Or who just say, “its all sorted now” (= hubby fixed it? emergency operator from 50 miles away rushed down and charged accordingly? the interlock has kicked in for now but will blow the board at next switch on? :twisted:) And you’d been thinking, “how can I fit this one in as soon as possible and what parts are likely to be needed?” before ringing them back.
I don’t care about someone else getting the work; they must have needed it more than I do. I just would have liked to know if my intuitive diagnosis was right.
Mike.Re: Hotpoint WMD960
And don’t touch that heatsink until it’s been off for ten minutes :plug: .
Mike.Re: Stoves 120cm Range.
Respect. You obviously like a challenge. Hope you charged ’em plenty. Sounds like they should be able to afford it. (My left wing tendencies showing a bit there.)
But manufacturers didn’t ought to be allowed to get away with this sort of thing.
Mike.Re: Can’t split Bosch Washer Tub
funkyboogy wrote:
ps would butter knifes do or do they have to be steak knifes ?? ..I think butter knives might do but they would need to be of the narrow sort.
Steak knives are more pointy and will go in ideal.
Mike.Re: Can’t split Bosch Washer Tub
bazza500 wrote:So I get it….. a dozen steak knives are lighter than a pair of snips?? 😀
I knew someone was going to ask that :rolls: .
To put it most clearly, my dear, so that you can understand 😀 : I only need to take the steak knives with me when I’m going to a Bosch clipped tub bearing job (i.e. once only so far, and in fact I used knives supplied willingly by the customer). Whereas, I take my sidecutters everywhere except to bed.
Mike.Re: Indesit washing machine explodes
I’ve been wondering if this was an undercover UKW agent sneaking in through the window at night and popping a half can of Parasene into the drum. 😆
Mike.Re: For the attn. of the Hotpoint genii
Just at the beginning of the wash normally. I noticed it years ago when I did re-cons. Had a 95* that was doing it incessantly. Took me a long time to figure out that there was no restrictor in the tube. I didn’t know it was there inside the switches these days. I don’t know why it is but these 14 years I’ve been in Cornwall I’ve not needed to change more than a handful of p/switches. I wonder if it’s something to do with air quality or humidity (having some inhibitory effect on the sparking at contacts)? Come to think of it, door locks never go on the main contacts here either :?. With no limescale either, we washing machine men have a tough time of it down here. Thank the universe for electronics :lol:.
Mike.Re: For the attn. of the Hotpoint genii
I think the restrictor damps the sensitivity of the switch which can otherwise cause the valve to kick in briefly when the drum turns.
Mike.Re: Hotpoint WM52P brushes
Don’t forget to renew the pump though, or you’ll knacker the new armature for sure 😉 .
Mike.Re: Hoover Motor (AVA20-007)
You never know what you’ll come across as a motor in some of these older Hoovers. You’d need to get them side by side to compare which wires went where. I think it’s the tacho output that is the most critical, I doubt they’d be the same but they might be close enough.
I think I might still have a s/h P40 somewhere, though I may have nicked the tacho coil off it. I’ll have a root around over weekend if you like and could send it cheaply using http://www.collectplus.co.uk if there’s no great hurry.
Mike.Re: Can’t split Bosch Washer Tub
Please yourselves. I like to use my brain to solve problems not my wallet. 😉
Mike.Re: Smeg oven SE20XMFR5 bulging base of cavity.
Thanks for your response, Bryan. I am a bit puzzled by your answer.
The stat is definitely gone. I put a thermocouple in at the same level as the stat and it heated up well past 100 without light going out at min. setting. That’s with oven empty.
Do you think it’ll need a new base element as well? Have you seen this bulging effect? And do I understand correctly that the curling of the base element (if that is what it is) is caused by something being left in there?
Mike.
