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Re: New washing machine, not sure what to get
Installed a lot of these recently
http://www.coopelectricalshop.co.uk/pro … E24469GB-W
About the right price range for you – they seem very well built and I’ve got nothing but positive feedback from customers about the new “Vario-perfect” settings.
Re: Beko WMA510W turns slowly instead of spinning: brush len
Springnuts wrote:Now, I am off to Afghan in a while …. don’t want the brushes wearing out while I am away. Anyone any idea of how long I might get out of the remaining 10mm of wear?
Depends how often you use the machine 😉 but for normal usage 2-3 years should be about right. New they are about an inch long.
Re: indesit wib111uk no rotation.
Surely it’s most likely the brushes? These don’t usually give an error code on Indesits.
As I recall it’s the Welling motors on these machines so make sure you have the right brushes. Otherwise Europart have an entire new motor for £5 if you don’t fancy messing around with a comm stick :wink:.
Re: Cheap Zanussi or Expensive Miele ?
dundee_stokie wrote:£219 seems way cheaper than £899 for the ISE ?? Even if I had 2 of the Zanussi machines in the next 10 years.
To be fair, it really depends on your situation. If you’re a one person household than an ISE10 isn’t really going to work for you.
However, for an average family, you’ll be lucky to even get five years out of a Zanussi – three years is pushing it, but I’ve seen bearing failures after less than 18 months on the sealed tubs. Even if the Zanussi lasts three years, that’s over £1.40 a week, as opposed to 86p per week for an ISE on it’s expected 20 year lifespan – which has a bigger capacity and better wash as well.
The problem is, of course, that washing machines are understandably not very exciting purchases compared to a TV. But it’s the washing machine that will be spinning at high speeds with hundreds of pounds of your clothes in it. Plus, the ISE10 will no doubt still be washing clothes in a decades time – long after the TV has been replaced with the “next big thing”.
However, it’s your money – we can only give advice, but we do see these new Zanussi’s almost every day and so have a good idea of what sort of “quality” you’re getting for the money.
Re: zanussi fjd1666w not filling with water
E33 can be caused by earth fault on heater element, you need to use a megger to check the insulation.
Otherwise pressure switches can be checked with multimeter – analogic should be (from memory) between 44Khz and 42.5Khz, white pressure switch will be simple open/closed. Also worth checking connections between these and the board.
Re: Now ASDA are at it.
Apparently it comes with a “failure detection system”.
Presumably that means after 14 months it will stop switching on to let you know it’s detected a “failure” :rolls:.
These look to be the same stock as budget Daewoos though – only seen a couple but the pumps fail very quickly. There’s so little in the cabinet that changing it is nice and easy 🙂
Re: Ariston Margherita 2000 wont drain
The pump (“fan”) behind the filter (“key”) should be able to be turned by hand. If you’ve run your finger around the edge and there’s nothing jamming it, then there’s probably a hairband or rubber band trapped around the impeller. If you can’t retrieve it through the filter, you’ll need to remove the pump and check it.
If there’s nothing wrapped around the impeller then the pump has burnt out, you’ll need to purchase a new one.
Re: Holed drum
Re: INDESIT WIA 111 WILL NOT START ANY SELECTED FUNCTION
Yes replace brushes – well know fault. If the motor is OC the machine won’t work.
Re: Ariston margerhita awd12s pressure switch
This should be the part you need: –
http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/Washing+ … witch.html
but check the connector is right. Newer machines used a IDC (where the cables are together in a ribbon), which you need C00110327 for.
Have you checked the old pressure switch with a multimeter to see if it’s opening and closing when you blow into it?
Re: 0800 Repair
I’ve got an idea for a replacement, if they need one…
Just think of the headlines:
“The biggest spanners in the market.”Re: Busy? I am turning work away
squadman wrote:We have someone in our area who offers Free Call out, Free Estimates and obviously he gets a lot of calls due to the fact that there are many folks who like the idea of something Free. Much better to have someone come to your house and work on your appliances for nothing and if its too much the customer is quids in. For instance talking to this person a few days back he was telling me how he has had 18 calls over the last two days, 9 of these were appliances that the customers decided against repairing, taking into account his time, diesel costs, insurances, etc and many of the clients he seems to attract. As for the other 9 calls that he did complete he still has overheads to deduct plus stock from them.
Now why he is making a weekly wage out of this system when you factor the costs in, then deal with Tax it makes you wonder what his real profit margin is versus costs ? Any job that is involved over about 30 mins he tells the customer its beyond repair and not worth fixing, he did not tell me this bit but as we have had customers who have paid him nothing then come to us where we have subsequently made a repair much to the customers surprise the customers then realise why we do charge for our time. I am not saying that anyone here is unprofessional who does not make a charge in the case of a BER appliance thats up to the customers to view but with fuel costs at an all time high you have to wonder at the numbers involved.
If I was at 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} BER rate I wouldn’t be offering free call-outs either – but let’s face it, any competent engineer is nowhere near that rate.Indeed, I would think there is more incentive to make every effort to repair it if you get nowt otherwise – as we saw, the likes of Clive Bramhall were more than happy to walk in, diagnose a faulty PCB with his one screwdriver, and get out with his £55 call out. A charge for call out may be more common for experienced engineers – but there’s cowboys doing it too.
For me, 90{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of my calls are either repairs, or BER and new machine sales. That means I might get one call a day where they get 30 minutes of my time for free – but then how much extra would I have to spend on advertising to compensate for charging a call-out fee?
It’s clearly different if you’re experienced and have a customer base hence can rely more on repeat, rather than recommendation and new business – but we all have to start somewhere :). If no-one wanted to become washing machine engineers, than God help us in 20 years time when people are throwing away machines for blocked filters!
Re: Busy? I am turning work away
trotter wrote:Just consider this for a moment…..I have a regular customer who is happy to pay me 59 pounds, but I am too busy, I would love to pass the call on (Maybe motor brushes) I don’t have an independant that will take it – so customer goes to manufacture! THAT breaks my heart!!
Merry Christmas all 😀
Thanks :). As I said, at the moment because (thankfully both of us!) are run off our feet, I wouldn’t feel happy asking you to pass jobs over – although it’s a very kind offer, as you are “recommending” us I wouldn’t feel happy unless I was certain the service could be 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} spot on. I know how annoyed I’d be if I was recommending someone, e.g. sparky, plumber or whatever, and they told one of my customers that they couldn’t fit them in because they were too busy.That said, I’m looking to take on an apprentice in the new year once everything’s calmed down a bit – at that stage I obviously need to sit down and cost everything out properly. In the end, this time last year I was working in hotel management – I’ve HAD to learn a lot over the past year and no doubt getting the pricing right will still require some tweaking.
However, once I have an apprentice set up and have a bit more capacity I’ll certainly give you a call – it’s already been useful to be able to refer out of area work to you, hopefully it should work well for both of us. Thanks for your feedback :).
Re: Busy? I am turning work away
Think I might know who you’re referring to :).
The reason why I work seven days a week is because I love the job – finding and solving faults – and because in the end I really need the experience, as it’s a steep learning curve being able to recognise the less common faults.
As to why I charge what I do… in the end, I earn much more per hour than my wife, who has a degree. What I’ve found is that for £39 people don’t bother to try and sort faults themselves. Take today: –
Job 1: Hoover not draining frozen outlet pipe.
Job 2: Indesit new pump.
Job 3: Beko – tap turned off at wall.
Job 4: Beko – refit outer door seal spring, which had fallen off.
Job 5: Beko – clear filter.
Job 6: Hoover – clear filter.
Job 7: Bosch – new brushes.
Job 8: Indesit BER bearings – new Amica sale.
Job 9: Hoover – new PCB ordered.
Job 10: Hotpoint WM brushes.Seven jobs were return customers or recommendations. All were – let’s face it – dead simple, apart from 9 where the machine was a PITA to get out. None of them had bothered to go online or even check the filter as they didn’t mind paying £39 to get it sorted.
I’m sure some people think it’s too cheap – but in the end, many of you can sell your experience. I can’t – when I come across a difficult job, it’s sometimes a learning curve for me.
It also means I can pick and choose customers. If a customer is annoying or demanding when they call – I politely tell them I’m not interested in their custom. If a customer is rude when I’m at their house leave. I’m in the lucky situation where I can pick and choose my customers, which I’m very thankful for.
As to your call – thank you for offering to refer customers but quite simply I wouldn’t feel comfortable if you were taking the time to recommend customers to me that I didn’t have time to service. I’ve saved your number and have recommended any fridge, dishwasher etc. work to you – I hope you find this useful :).
