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Re: Martindale socket tester safety recall.
A Martindale plug in tester is just like a three pin plug with three lights on the front to show if the socket is wired correct.
It shows if you have an earth fault or if the live and neutral are crossed or neutral or live are not connected.
Just a simple plug in tester that anyone can use without any training as it is marked on the plug what each light means.
Bob
Re: Martindale socket tester safety recall.
That’s Dale Boys test with a martindale he fabricated that one ask Martin.
He used the test to cover himself.
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Re: Maytag GC2224GEKB fridge freezer
You would need to get all the info off the rating plate the phone and get the part from Matag it’s the cheapest way and they do offer trade discount if you do not have an account.
The boards have different jazz numbers so if the code on the rating plate to program it does not work you can use the default codes.
If you ask Maytag when you order they will give you the default codes.
If not pm me and I will send them to you
Bob
Re: Maytag GC2224GEKB fridge freezer
Yes PCB faulty it will need a new PCB.
The new one will need to be programmed it comes with the instructions.
If the code does not work then a default code is required.
Bob
Re: WiFi connected washing machines
Some make mission impossible tumble dryers that self destruct.
I wonder if there is an app to let you know when the house has burnt down.
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Bob
Re: Whirlpool to do a recall on Hotpoint dryers
I expect your right I bet he will not get paid but I wonder if he would have got paid if he did not carry out the mod and walked away from the job.
Bob
Re: kuppersbusch american style fridge freezer
You cannot get to the pipe in the door.
If it’s leaking from the door itself then it’s a new door.
Bob
Re: Whirlpool to do a recall on Hotpoint dryers
There will be a lot of customers out there who will be hoping for a free repair.
The engineer was only there to carryout the mod and would only be paid for the mod.
I bet if he had told the customer they had to pay a call out fee plus parts to have a belt fitted they would not have agreed hoping to get a free or cheap repair.
Bob
Re: Siemens American fridge defrost heater
It should last a couple of weeks until it frost up.
It should last ok until you get the part.
Bob
Re: Is it legal to fit 13amp sockets
It’s still best to check with a Matinedale it just plugs in to the socket and shows it is wired ok.
Just takes a few seconds and you have covered yourself you have tested it.
You know how some customers can be and it only takes one to cause you hassle.
Simples
Bob
Re: Is it legal to fit 13amp sockets
It is always advisable to check the socket with a Martindale plug tester before if possible and after fitting a new socket.
I visited an old cottage once where the customer moved her fridge and it touched an old gas cooker it sparked and burnt a hole in the side of the fridge no circuit breakers fitted in the cottage.
I checked the fridge and all the pcb was burnt out.
The cottage only had electricity on the ground floor and every socket was wired wrong live wires on earths neutral wires reversed this was found by just plugging in a Martindale tester.
A kind neighbour had wired it up for her and as fuse’s kept blowing he had put thick copper wire instead of fuse wire.
I do not know how the cottage had not gone up in flames.
I arranged for a friend of mine who is an electrian to give her a price for a complete rewiring of the property and advised her not to use any electric until he had checked it for her.
He said it was the worst he had ever seen and under the flooring the old rubber insulated wiring had no insulation on the wires and new wires had been joined to it just up to the three pin sockets.
He said it looked correct at the sockets but was wired to dangerous old wiring under the floor the insulation had perished on the old wiring so who ever connected the wires just connected to any wire so neutrals lives and earths mixed up and no ground connected to earth wires.
I know this is a rare case but it is advisable to check especially if no trips are fitted or the wiring is old as you cannot tell if all circuits are connected to the trips or wired correct.
If you check with a Martindale then you have shown you took all reasonable steps in replacing the socket and then no come back on you.
Bob
Re: Whirlpool to do a recall on Hotpoint dryers
A Vidio on u- tube of modification.
Any one who takes this amount of work for the money being offered needs their head tested as well as the tumble dryer.
Plus the responsibility if it does not cure the problem.
Re: Glen Frey from the Eagles dies
I was lucky about 11 years ago they were visiting this country and played a gig in a pub in Cornwall.
It was kept a secret just happened to be there at the time.
Word soon got around as soon as they started to play and the pub soon got packed.
After the gig there was a few hundred people outside who had been listening outside as the pub only held about 80 people.
The landlord was a friend of one of the band and used to be in the music business and they just turned up for a surprise gig for his Birthday.
Best free gig I have been to.Bob
Re: Whirlpool to do a recall on Hotpoint dryers
Perhaps Whirlpool know more than they are letting on.
Perhaps this is the next recalls for Washer Dryers.
Bob
Re: fridge freezer fault fridge
You would have to remove the second panel as well.
This panel has the fan attached to it.Make sure you turn the power off at the mains and unplug it as I notice from the picture you still have it running.
On your model it is more likely the heater or defrost sensor at fault.
Not a DIY job if you are not used to working on fridge / freezers
Bob
