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Re: Outrageous parts prices!
Connect currently have a special offer on Hotpoint pumps, £3.65 each if you order 1 or 2, £3.70 each if you order 3 😆 😆
Re: D&G sign up
Not much work in London? Things must be getting bad 😯 Did you have to fill in a great big form about health & safety?
Re: Hotpoint Aqualtis
Thanks Brian. This EVO1 and 2 etc does not mean anything to me as such things are not marked on the machines. At one time Zanussi spares lists often referred to the “Washcraft” range but I never knew which machines constituted that range.
Re: AEG Competence 3200F-W Hot plate fault
I think it is a faulty regulator switch, part No. 661052420. To confirm this you could inspect the switch for burnt contacts etc. If it looks OK you could try swapping it with one of the switches for the other rings to check that the symptom is transferred to the other ring. As always, power off before opening up anything.
Re: AEG Competence 3200F-W Hot plate fault
Not sure what you mean. Does it come on full at all settings of the knob or does it not heat up at all unless you have the knob set to maximum?
Re: SMEG PULLEY
It does seem to be a common problem on Smeg machines. I had to supply a pulley to someone the other week to fix this wobbling. It would probably be cheaper to get some shim steel, e.g. a set of feeler gauges, and shim up the old pulley. The odd thing is, Hotpoint WMA alloy pulleys were a very sloppy fit on the shaft from day 1 but it never caused a problem.
Re: Whirlpool AWM5104/4 RCD triping out
Looks like this machine only has an NTC, no thermostats? I wonder if there is another small earth leakage fault in the property and the RCD is close to tripping all the time. I have seen a case where if you switched more than 2 lights on the RCD would trip but the fault was actually in the ring main wiring.
Re: ok, what is this?
iadom wrote: If it had a heater ( a monster 3kw job) and a table top the price was just over £100, a kings ransom in 1955.
Jim.
If the heater used 3 Kw, how much current did the motor take? I assume the machine would be on a round pin 15 amp plug?
Re: Belling integrated Washer/Dryer SGE 12 X
It could well need a new motor but the soot is normal. The motor brushes shed black dust as they wear away. Your machine is a re-badged Indesit and the motor is part No. C00074221. Check your guarantee documents as it may have a 5 year parts warranty. A motor may cost you £100 but it’s a lot cheaper than a new integrated washer dryer. On the other hand, your machine is not very highly regarded by most engineers on here for build quality, reliability etc. If you take the belt off and turn the motor shaft by hand and it makes a clicking sound at a certain spot each revolution you have a loose copper strip on the commutator. No spare armatures are available so that would certainly mean a new motor. If you do get someone in to look at the machine make sure you get it out for them or you will likely pay extra.
Re: Hotpoint WM22 – pecker arm
If you do fit the other type you will also need a different cable. Have you checked for pattern ones? I see Connect still list 1601699.
Re: How to beat the recession
I’m in a similar geographical situation to Madmac. Most of the competition round here has either retired or moved into other types of business. If I had a mortgage, wife, kids etc I would have also given it up as a bad job by now. I’ve always charged a callout fee and it probably only causes me to lose something like one job in twenty. My vehicle fuel bill has always been my biggest single expense, including business and personal expenses and yet I only do about 12000 to 15000 miles a year. Most of my customers are at least five miles away so I have to make sure I recover my fuel costs.
