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Re: Hotpoint WMA interlock
msappliance wrote:same kind of lock is also used in bosch open them up and you can see the terminals.
Just thought that someone may have sussed it out and have the details written down, before I start opening them up. 😉 I am sure some of the Hot/Ind guys will have worked it out as they have the wiring diagrams and tech. bulletin’s 😉
Mdpm wrote:That one’s easy. Torx are better than Allen, allen better than normal hex. It’s all about the angle that torque is applied at- if the bit is a proper fit, there’s less chance of camming-out and damaging the head. The fastener is retained better on the tool too. Look at the motor trade, wider and wider useage of splined bits- 12 points and more. Very hard fasteners and tools allow massive torques.
If the designer has specified fasteners that are soft as butter, it doesn’t matter which head design is in use, tho.
Wow, Awsome :rolls: Still a bit anoying that you have to use a hammer and chisle to shift something that some pillock has overdosed with threadlock 😥 I am sure he would not waste it if he was paying for the stuff 😆
Re: The strangest thing you can find in a blocked pump
£3000 diamond ring, and she had just claimed off the insurance! Didn’t even offer me bung to keep my mouth shut.
Official hat time.
Interesting to read this thread particularly about needles. Years ago one of my fellow workmates took a customers washing out of the washer and managed to stab himself with a hypo. needle, fortunately the customer was a diabetic, he was lucky that they were not “smack heads” Company instruction from that day was to ask the customer to take the washing out or use a pair of pliers to do it. Makes you think don’t it?
M
Re: Attractive Blonde
subs wrote:Went to a job today for a very attractive blonde aerobics instructor. Looked at her fridge, turned to her and said “its the thermostat, its 50 quid”. She looks at me suggestively and says “Does that include YOU”? Almost tripping over my tool box i reply “Me”? “Yes”! she says “YOU”! “What do you mean me”? i say with a cheeky smile……..”You know……….your labour, does it include your labour”? “Oh my labour of course…of course” i replied sheepishly. 😳 😳 😳
What was i thinking of?
Subs Are you sure you didn’t trap your drooling tongue in the fridge door. 😆Re: Pat Test Problems Help!
Some of the “old boys” might advise you to use a megger to test insulation and continuity before plugging it in then again in the heat up position, which may have to be done from the pressure switch or directly on the heater as some machines use an independent relay to supply the heater 😉
If it’s hard wired to the house then you have got to do the tests from the machines terminal block and heater as above after making sure that has been fully isolated from the supply which may mean that you have to take the flex wires out off the terminal block. Again it is a good idea to ensure by test that LIVE supply is off first, as you cannot trust that the house wiring/fused spur unit is correct polarity.(remember a lot of wiring has been done by non competent kitchen fitters 👿 ) It would also be prudent to make a written comment that the supply flex had not been tested.Insulation should not be less than 2M ohms, good continuity of the earth would be less than 0.5 ohms
I am tempted to agree with you, it’s a grey area about a washing machine being portable:?
Hope this helps if I understand your question correctly 😉
Re: Customer contact.
wilf wrote:ring me when your on your way and I’ll come straight home from work and meet you there. OK ring them yes they will come straight home so I drive three miles to there house and sit waiting for twenty minutes then I ring them again are you on your way? yes but it is thirty five miles!!!!!!!!!!
wilf
Yes had this happen, she told me she was going round by Tesco to get some milk so she could make me a cup of tea when she got home 🙁 I ask you
Re: Customer contact.
robinsonrobbo wrote: a strange one on the tv this morning i only caught a bit in a cust house on gmtv i think. re giving cust a 3 hour window and wanting to make it law 👿 .as they do this is the states dont know if true or not.
No problem with that, we get customers that ask for a timed appointment 😆 😆 😆 I am sure I will be able to accomodate a 3 hour window, just increase my charges accordinley :rolls:
Re: Customer contact.
Martin wrote:
maltheviking wrote:
How is it for everyone else?Firstly, that they don’t have to take time off work waiting around for an AM or PM appointment. Secondly, you can fit that call in anywhere in your day to suit you as you know where they are. Thirdly, once you’ve made contact you know that someone will be there when you knock on the door!
And finally, if you fail to make contact with them due to their voice mail, them being out of service area or having their phone switched off. At least it hasn’t cost you a wasted journey to call at their house and your completely clear of any blame for failed appointment. 🙂
And I guarantee they will phone you back to say “Sorry!” (and you can stick a tenner on the bill next time :snigger: )
Hi Martin, I agree with you to a certain extent, what you say probably works in your area.
I usually try and do a circular route in my day (we have a lot of beautiful hills and lakes in this area, sad in it?) because of this I cannot fit a call in at any time of the day, it has to be part of that days route, in a town it would be no problem. 🙂 A failed appointment is another argument, it can be a bit of a problem fitting a replacement call in a rural area, I do try and have a reserve call at hand but 9 times out of 10 they are at work so you cannot get in touch.
I agree with you about adding a bit extra on the bill, after all THEY are the ones who are depriving you your £whatever charge, you could be working somewhere else.
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hotpnt wrote:think its changed like that for us all, often get 3,4 even 5 calls a day where they want a call at work anything from 10 mins b4 to an hour b4, then when u call they say its not convienient or the bloody mobile is switched off, im loosing upto 5 broken calls a week where this happens
Do you still get payed? us pooooooooooor indies loose out big style but we have to bite the lip a bit 😥
Re: Do you use customers toilet?
wiper69 wrote:someone somewhere must have peed into a scrap washing machine on the back of their van, it cant just have been me!!
That’s what that smell is :rolls:
Re: Indesit WDG1095W
subs wrote:When this old machine gets to the rinse stage of the 40 degree wash its starts to fill for a bit then the pump kicks in and it just keeps filling and pumping. If i disconect the pump it fills to the level and seems to carry on as normal. I cant work out if its the timer or the pressure switch
anyone? please!
Subs 😕Sorry for the double post, gremlins 😕 What level is the water getting to before the pump kicks in? and have you checked the pressure switch?
Re: Indesit made dishwashers
cessna wrote:
I suppose we are mostly dealing with bits of food,bone and glass.
Usually takes me a minute or two the most.I must be the unlucky one Cessna, 😥 I had an elastic band wrapped around the impeller of a pump yesterday, couldn’t have “poked” that out even with a tyre lever :rolls: I find it best to get in at the obstruction and remove it as I cannot risk a recall, rural area and all that. I will certainly give it a go and see if I dislodge “whatever”
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By the way cessna are you still doing “recalls” in your own time at Indesent? 😯
