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Re: fridge pressures
adv wrote:wats normal running pressure on gauges for r600 ? ust to be bowt 6psi for r12 134a? :rolls:
Not re-gased a fridge for time erternal, but in the Freon days IIRR it was 75psi on the high side 3ish? on the low side, tho someone will give you up to date info 😉
Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
Martin wrote:
Hands up those out there that own and use a megger and loop tester?……………………all I can hear is tumbleweed rolling down the street. 😈Now look what you have started :rolls: 😆 😆
Re: Hotpoint washing machine WF000
maltheviking wrote:Check tactile switches on console PCB for dry joints, you will need a magnifying glass if you eyes are owt like mine
As I said 😉
Re: hotpoint ff
Is this one of the models that need the door switch closed before the fan will go? may be a magnetic switch so you will need a magnet 😉
Re: Hotpoint washing machine WF000
Check tactile switches on console PCB for dry joints, you will need a magnifying glass if you eyes are owt like mine
Re: Indy WE16S mark3 board. Which is heater relay?
leavemetogetonwithit wrote:She doesn’t want to spend that sort of money and only get a six month guarantee. Also, I’m not at all sure the module is the problem. (She claims local Indesit franchisee put “new” board in about 9 months ago under 5 yr g’tee.) I wonder if perhaps he just changed the eeprom.
Anyway time spent learning doesn’t count against a man’s life.
Mike.
So when did Ideshit start giving 5 yr gtees 😕
Doesn’t really matter how long the boards been in the machine we all know how un-reliable they are.Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
I took the PAT course just to have the piece of paper, bit expensive to be taught what I already knew but neccessary.
There were about two dozen of us and the course out of which only two of us were electricians 😥 the rest varied from office girls (if I can say that 😳 ) to a handyman on a caraven site.
One poor girl was bricking it at the thought of having to do testing, her ability and electrical knowledge was zilch she had never even fitted a 13 amp plug top before 😯
Anyway at the end of the days course everyone was issued with the certificate. The question is “is it right?”Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
And here’s me thinking that permanently wired appliances become part of the house wiring and should be tested with it. Doh
I can’t honestly see some of the caracters in our trade
having the knowledge to get stuck into the consumer units :rolls:Makes me laugth though when you see a PAT sticker on one of these when you know there is no way an electrician/tester pulled out the machine if built in to get at the socket or connector 😯
Re: HOTPOINT WIL103UK (313030)
Don’t count on any wholesaler stocking the smartcards they are running around like headless chickens cos they havn’t a clue 😥 I had to wait nearly four weeks for one.
Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
Specialist01269 wrote:Naughty Mal: Posting trick questions 😆
Trick? no tricks up my sleeve 😉 I would just like to get the ball rolling, it may enlighten :rolls:
Re: Another joke.
LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE
A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the
airplane when the stranger turned to her and said,
‘Let’s talk. I’ve heard that flights go quicker if you
strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.’The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed
it slowly and said to the stranger, ‘What would you
like to talk about?’‘Oh, I don’t know,’ said the stranger. ‘How about
nuclear power?’ and he smiles.OK, ‘ she said. ‘That could be an interesting topic.
But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow,
and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass – . Yet a
deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a
flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried
grass. Why do you suppose that is?’The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl’s
intelligence, thinks about it and says, ‘Hmmm, I have
no idea.’To which the little girl replies, ‘Do you really feel
qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don’t know
shit?Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
Specialist01269 wrote:Personally i’d say you test in both cases, you just use your clip leads at the appliance end instead of plugging your loop tester in via the plugtop.
Good answer and correct, so is only a ELI test sufficient?
Next question and not just for Specialist01269 😉 So what about the insulation test when the appliance is still connected to the mains, which brings into play all other current using equiptment conected in the household?
Anyone care to comment on the other thing that I mentioned, “only means of local isolation, socket/fused spur behind the appliance?”
:rolls:Re: Free Estimate.
Yeh I can do free estimates madam , all you have to pay is for my time, experience, traveling, vehicle wear and tear, office staff , 40 odd quid should cover that side of it :rotl:
Re: Hotpoint wma32
Are the water valves getting an intermitant voltage? if so could it be down to a bad connection somewhere in the machine, are the brushes “sparking” and a triggering the triacs. Earth fault on heater? shouldn’t be to hard to trace
Re: Test Gear & Safety testing
Martin wrote:Hands up those out there that own and use a megger and loop tester?……………………all I can hear is tumbleweed rolling down the street. 😈
In my arsenal if have
1 x Robin ELI tester
2 x Robin Meggers
2 x Metrohm Meggers
1 x Robin Multimeter
Ok so I like meggers 😆 and Robin
As for the argument of why do we need a ELI tester, then my opinion
is it is pointless making sure an appliance is safe if an earth fault has no where to go, ELI test confirms a good earth on the supply.Couple of questions you may all want to comment on is ” what testing should be done if the appliance is hard wired i.e through a connection unit instead of a 13a socket” This includes cookers which are also usually hard wired.
Built in appliances, with the connection point behind it, and you find it is a major job to remove said appliance although you don’t have to because you can do the repair insitu, test or no test?
