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Greaseater,
Nice of you to post – you are obviously involved in the trade in some way so please do us the courtesy of signing up as a member of UKW.Regards,
Penguin45,
Moderator.The microtemp should show minimal resistance when bridged with the test meter. If your meter shows 30 ohms or more, you are getting a back reading through the heater circuit and the microtemp has failed.
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Penguin45.Thanks chaps. Had a PM from the fella regarding error codes – his spelling and grammar is just as bad, so he’s probably not a management plant.
Chris.
Check Shop@ on this site, if it’s not in there contact spares@ukwhitegoods.com and the wheels will turn quite rapidly.
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Penguin45.Re: LG1832 Washing Machine error codes, help PLEASE!!
It’s to do with water level control – can’t really tell you much more! Proceed by checking collection chamber, pressure switch etc.
Power off of course.
If you can’t do this, check Repairs@ or Directories for a UKW engineer in your area.
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Penguin45.It’s not me – that’s James (he hasn’t learnt much yet – least of all to duck his mother’s flipper).
P45.
And – someone IS going to pay………….
Re: British Gas Homecare
FB said
“……..what else do yi want”How about a level playing field? I am happy for FB, we all want security and a solid regular income.
However, I question, as others have done, British Gas’ motives. Here we have a true juggernaut, with the funds to move into any area they choose. We have the imminent arrival of BG’s own boilers; combi’s and condensers, to be done by not by manufactuer but by aquisition. I think we can assume that BG wish to take over our area, they could invest in training, they could look to the long term and introduce an apprentice scheme, develop new talent for the new well paid BG mission, but no. It is quicker, cheaper and much more destructive to the independant sector to buy up their engineers and leave them floundering as they seek replacement, and the challenge of covering contract areas with ever reducing manpower.
I’m all right. I don’t employ anybody, I have a solid well established business trading in areas that do not entirely rely on the public, and certainly not involving contract/insurance work. I find myself in the happy position that I have rejected several approaches to become either enslaved or employed.
This is to deny the crux of the issue. The sole trader will always find work amongst those who are not prepared to pay manufacturers call out charges, or who failed to take out extended cover plans; or trade in niche areas. Those who suffer are the mid-range employers, relying on contract, sub-contract and insurance work.
BG’s approach is to cynically “buy up” employed engineers, firstly to complete their own network and, secondly to disable and weaken the mid-sized employers who currently fill their perceived market area.
If things continue on their current path, BG will successfully disable the independent networks. They will then rationalise, so we’ll have engineers being laid off and coming back into the market place; first stop go self employed – can’t get going so do stuff on the cheap; the job will finish up getting devalued yet again.
Funkyboogie, you’re in the BG bubble at the moment. It will burst; when they think they have achieved domination – if you’re senior enough and cheap enough you’ll stay with them, otherwise you’ll be back here wondering if someone will take you on. If you can’t make it on your own there may well be no mid-range employers left…………
Chris.
Can you hear the drain pump running, Phil? If you can, the blockage may well be at the undersink coupling, if appropriate. If you can only hear a faint humming noise, the blockage is in the pump motor iteself (down below……….).
Pull the plug before sticking fingers in!
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Penguin45.P/no 1602662, contact spares@ukwhitegoods.com to order.
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Penguin45.Re: Blomberg 1501 AAA vibration
As discussed above, these are a decent quality appliance. However the last price I had for a motor on these was £145, plus VAT, Dely, etc. The design life of a washer was always nominally 7 years, nowadays not even vaguely achievable by some of the cheap rubbish out there. Yours is a rather better quality machine so should have a few more years left in it.
Bit to think about,
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Penguin45.Electronics failure in motor circuit. Check motor brushes, plugs, continuity to computer board. If all checks out, it’s computer time.
Pull the plug first…………
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Penguin45.Re: Zanussi Fridge Freezer keeps defrosting
Hoggy,
The thermostat is still available. P/no 2262143-02/3 fits all DF62/21FF models, p/no 2262127-03/4 fits DF62/21FF-C only.Contact spares@ukwhitegoods.com for prices and to order.
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Penguin45.Graham,
That’ll be p/no 3590331-01/7 then, around £35 which seems quite reasonable.Contact spares@ukwhitegoods.com to order.
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Penguin45.
