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Re: Hotpoint Top Loader 15690
Seized? Give it a few months and there will be a pool of oil on the floor!
Re: Hotpoint Top Loader 15690
If you manage to get it going dont forget to tell the customer that the T/L’s have been obsolite for a few years now and you cant gtee. your repair, no parts available other than the odd copy bit.
Re: Hotpoint FDD912G
Thanks Jim
The C00256560 has a L/N and E connections as seperate spades, incoming, with a 2 pin rast connector outgoing , the other one (which I presume is the no you gave me )is totally different with a 4 pin rast outgoing.
Confused.comRe: Whirlpool AWM 049 drain pump connections
markyrp wrote:Hi,
Just about to change the drain pump on a Whirlpool AWM 049 washing machine but replacement pump electrical connections are different. Original pump is connected via a block connector and both cables are coloured red.
How do you determine correct polarity for replacement pump?
Thanks,
MarkYou dont need to, its AC not DC, odd question 😕
Re: Part P Or Not To Part P
garn wrote:
Have You Ever heard of anyone using a MiG welder to repair an appliance :con:.Garn
:innocent:……………. an old hotpoint with cracked chassisRe: Part P Or Not To Part P
don wrote:Hi
You need to preview your post at least once before you upload it .
Don
I didnt for the previous reply 😕
Anyway I have re-writen areply for Garn and everyone else with a little teaser of a question for everyone to contribute too ……….
Yes. If you consider yourself competent and you will have done your risk assessment then there is no problem. BUT its up to YOU to decide if the situation is safe or not.
Does the establishment have their own sparky? if so then a word with him/them about the difficulty that you are being presented when attending the appliances. If they have no sparky then notify the authority of your concerns and ask them to rectify the situation so as you can do your work correctly under a safe environment, again risk assessment, health and safety. Common sense really.
In a domestic situation the same rules apply, but you again need to decide “is it safe” to proceed with repairs when you cannot physically isolate the appliance, ie remove the plug from the socket. This is where your experience comes in. One problem with hard wired appliances is that most are through a fused spur which may only isolate the phase. Switching it off does not mean it is isolated, as you do not know if the wiring in the house or to the spur is correct polarity, you must use instruments to test or switch off at the consumer unit( but may end up with no lighting to work with)Can I pose a question for everyone?
You go to attend a built in appliance and you discover that the socket outlet and plug are situated behind the appliance. The repair is only a minor one say water turned off, soap drawer clogged etc where you do not need to isolate the supply.
The question is, do you remove the appliance with all the problems associated with built-ins to get to the 13 amp plug for safety testing?I have heard that PartP may either be scrapped or is being re-writen as it seems that it has been “unworkable”. Even the sparky’s out there are confused.
Re: Part P Or Not To Part P
don wrote:
maltheviking wrote:
I submitted a reply to Garns question, where has it gone?Hi Mal
It’s not in the Mod logs so no-ones deleted it. Before you posted did you preview your post first?
Don
No I just hit the “Submit” buttonRe: Espares videos DIY
twicknix wrote: Also with fixed price repair service – sounds good but it’s the big guys killing off the smaller guys. To make matter worse, the smaller guys can nominate to be agent for Connect repair care in return for their comprehensive knowledge base. Think British Gas is doing the same.
Sometime you wonder what the world is coming to.
It’s all down to someone else with no ability trying to make money out of us that have, I am personally sick of it
Re: Espares videos DIY
Martin wrote:Mal…………….the GOOD NEWS is that the vast majority of appliance owners don’t even own a screwdriver much less know how to use it. That there’s more folks own dishwashers now than just 2 years ago. More new builds have integrated appliances fitted as more and more folks cannot afford to get on the housing ladder. Instead they opt to rent properties with appliances included in the tenancy agreement therefore more landlords wanting more work done.
As for the Internet, that now gives you THE perfect platform to sell your services to ALL OF THE ABOVE..!! 😀
Hi Martin…..The average punter may not own a screwdriver, but they know someone who does and after seeing the video are willing to have a go.
A good majority of my work is through letting agents, but even that is slow compared to other years, it seems that landlords are willing to chuck out and re-install another piece of crap instead of having them fixed.Look at the figures, average income from a let £6-8000 per anum. Crap built in dw£250 and set against income for tax, cheap cooker or oven £60- £150 no brainer really.
So in my opinion I/we need to make sure of any chace of making a living, even though it’s less in real terms than a few years ago. If Connects videos are having an effect on income then it needs pointing out to them before they completly bollox it up ,does it not?.
Luckily I am at that end of my career where it does not matter to much to me as I have seen the good years BUT the next generation need all the help they can get. If we dont do something about it then what? One day I will be old and decrepit( fit your own comment here) and cant fix my own, so whos going to look after us? that goes for pensions as well but thats another argument :offtopic:Re: Espares videos DIY
True, but I still think Connect need a kick up the..
They are definitly part of the problem, if we go down then it’s not going to help them. They must sell more to the trade than the public (at present, if they loose that then they are knackered.
