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Re: Invasion of Kamikaze slugs

Might be something to do with putting the control board in the bottom right hand corner. Number of times seen a failed board in a damp kitchen or cellar. Would you store your laptop in such a location.

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Re: Bush cooker BES50B

Thanks for the diagrams but its not clear which switch it is . The fascia is the one with 3 knobs each side. Going from left to right its the one at position 3 – its the main selector switch.

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Re: Another joke.

A bloke bought a parrot in a cage but all it would say was ” I’m from Yorkshire and I’m dead hard” over and over until the bloke got fed up. He thought I’ll show it, that night he came home with a sparrowhawk which he put in the parrots cage and then covered the cage and then he went to bed. In the morning he uncovered the cage to see a dead sparrowhawk and an unruffled parrot on its perch the parrot just said “I’m from Yorkshire and I’m dead hard”. Next night he came home with a kestrel,put it in the cage,covered it up and went to bed. In the morning there was a dead kestrel and an unruffled parrot saying “I’m from Yorkshire and I’m dead hard”. Bloke was furious and that night came home with a peregrine falcon, the following morning the result was the same a dead falcon and the parrot announcing “I’m from Yorkshire and I’m dead hard”. Bloke was incandescent and thought “I’ll show that pesky bird” and came home that night with a golden eagle which he put in the cage and covered. In the morning he uncovered the cage to find a dead eagle and the parrot with all its feathers stripped off. The parrot said “I’m from Yorkshire and I’m dead hard but I had to take my coat off for that bugger.”

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Re: AGA F/freezer

A friend who sells refurb appliances had a Rangemaster double door f/f side by side with an identical Haier. On checking new prices the Haier about £750, the Rangemaster £1100.

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Re: AGA F/freezer

Yes it looked like the luxury Smeg and she said it cost the price of a small car. There was also some fluff about the paint job being done by the motorbike manufacturers Ducati. The compressor must have been gold plated for that price.

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Re: Do you ever wish…..

“Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way” – Pink Floyd.
Agree with Ken on this one the repair side of the business is a dead duck especially for those of us which depended on cash repairs and weren’t willing to get into bed with the WPs. Selling new machines at the bottom end of the market isn’t worth it, margins are too small on small volumes, customers have the right to get their money back up to 30 days – not enough money for the risks. Lots of ‘poisoned chalices’ on the repair side when you can get ‘involved with an appliance’ and wish you hadn’t (we’ve all been there) costing you time and money. However the worst bit to me is the demoralising BER side of the business – parts too expensive so you have to scrap the appliance, so somedays all you are getting paid is call out fees. I actually like repairing things and remember my advert in the early 90’s boasting of a 95{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} success rate, lucky to get a 50{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} success rate today. Oh and the customers want everything now this minute (‘Why haven’t you got a computer board on your van’) and cheap. Internet also shows public how to do ‘bread and butter’ jobs -hence fewer blocked pumps,carbons ,fan oven elements,door boots etc.Would you advise a young person to come into this business – I dont think so.

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Re: fitting problem

Ah the old Hotpoint 1600 . These were a nightmare for independent repairers the dc motor used to blow and take everything out module,pmc and programme switch. My boss used to say ‘dont get involved or you’ll be married to it’. I just think the 1000 spin machine didn’t arrive properly until ac motors were introduced, the 1600 was ahead of its time. Customers that took out the maintenance contracts were the lucky ones and became quite familiar with Hotpoint engineers. The early 1800 series also had problems – I remember one with three microswitches on the interlock and the middle one failed and caused mayhem to the electronics however most of the electronic problems were eventually ironed out.

I didnt see many 1823s but the 1826 Zanussi model was one of the most reliable machines around and lasted many years although I think there was a problem on the rinse cycle as it was a timed fill -Jim will probably correct me on that one. Hunting through my knob box (Ooh matron!) today I noticed on passing a purple knob probably off one of these.

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Re: Beware of this buying scam

A friend of mine got caught by this scam a couple of weeks ago. When he got the police involved they said its because people want quick delivery times and there isnt time to check if cards are stolen or not.

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Re: Wizard

Just another layer of digital nonsense on some poorly designed appliances – bah humbug. Just glad I’m getting out of the game at the end of next year before all this stuff starts to bite. I’m finding more appliances harder to diagnose than ever and to think that I used to boast of a 95{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} fix rate 20 years ago. I sound like a technophobe but I’m getting one of those Alexa thingys for the wife -it’ll be someone for her to talk to as she says that I never listen and she likes gadgets.

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Re: Top Trumps

I call them Blackmail calls. If you answer your mobile phone on a Saturday or Sunday you get these so best to switch it off.
Common one ‘The washing machines stopped full of water and I cant get the clothes out and the kids need their uniforms for school tomorrow’. Funny if you fall for this and ruin your sunday how miraculously they have managed to get the clothes out when you get there.

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Re: Very Old White Goods

I always like to repair old appliances if I can. Today a Hoover Electron 1100 circa 1988 just needed a set of brushes. I’d forgotten how easy these were to maneouvre on the floor and how easy to diagnose and repair. Last month it was a Miele circa 1984 needing a mains suppressor. Contrast another today – a Neff warming drawer 2 years old, not warm – didnt have a clue never seen one before (bloody expensive thing just to warm your plates). Sometimes you’ve got to learn to say no and the customer was pointed in the direction of Neff.

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Re: questions- answers that make you want to slap people lol

When you have fixed a fault. ‘Nothing else can go wrong now can it?’. My usual response is raised eyebrows.

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Re: Wma42

Check the spring on the door handle as well – often broken.

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Re: DC MODULE OF DOOM

I was beginning to realise that these were a no-no cash repair – how could you guarantee that the customer wasnt going to overload it again. My experience is with the brushless motor and I suspect most of the problem is the motor. Another call-out machine.

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Re: Miele condenser dryer T4839C F2 fault

Part listed as a temperature limiter which doesn’t give much of a clue,the part next to it looks like an ntc device which looks like it comes as part of the heater assembly ( at the usual eyewatering price).

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