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Re: Loop / Socket Testing.
Hi Martin: Thanks for your comments mate, much appreciated & coming from someone such as yourself who I know to be highly skilled in this Trade I take them as a high compliment.
AndyRe: Loop / Socket Testing.
Allsorts wrote:Would make me wonder if it was wired that way in every socket, how it managed to get that way… Especially if it was a council house.
George
Hi George: At the moment I don’t know how it got that way as i’ve not had the chance to look into it yet, a fair guess would probably be that it’s like that on every socket because whoever wired the circuit was a moronic chancer who’s just dropped into the trade & who did’nt have a clue what he was doing. As for it being a Council House, where did you get that idea ?
Re: Loop / Socket Testing.
Hi Twicknix: That’s the tester I use for initial testing before working on appliances that are connected via a plug & socket and that’s what threw up the Fault, if that throws up a fault and the customer want’s me to look further into things then it’s time to get out the full Installation tester. The plug is really only for quick no go testing, for hard wired appliances then you need a proper Earth loop tester. The other thing is that you need to know how to use it properly and how to interperate the readings for different circuits / earthing systems.
Re: Loop / Socket Testing.
Hiya mate: Yep could potentially have got a belt off any of the downstairs sockets as they’re all steel also the fire is metal as well. Thank god his little boy did’nt touch the fire surround. You don’t lock off the Consumer unit, just the faulty circuit until it can be sorted. Told the customer what I was going to do & why and he was quite happy with it, I ran a short extension lead from his Fridge freezer to the Cooker outlet so that won’t de-frost.
You allways tell the customer what the problem is & get they’re permission to lock a circuit off or remove a fuse carrier, I then advise them that the problem needs to be looked at as a matter of urgency and give them the choice of having me find / repair the fault or getting in a contractor. Allways make sure that you list any faults like this on the job sheet & get the customer to sign it to show you’ve made them aware of the problem, at the end of the day you can’t force them to have problems repaired but you need to cover yourself. Also I don’t do the repair until any problems like this have been sorted, with this 1 I was taking the control PCB away to repair it anyway so it’s not a problem.
AndyRe: Bosch WFT2800 error code 1
Hi: If i remember correctly it’s the error code for not emptying fast enough, have you checked to see if the filter is clean ? there may be something in there slowing the pump down.
Re: Bosch WVD2452SGB/01 Wash/Dry – Drier switching off
The Manufacturer probably did think about & then thought what the hell, it won’t be our problem.
Re: hoover vhd9163
Hi: Just a thought, have you checked the small Tact switches & wiring connector on the front panel ?
Re: Need a repair
Hi: If you click on the link above your post, you should be able to find someone local to you.
Re: Fridge not cooling suffciently
Hi: You may get better luck with an answer if you post your query in the Refrigeration help section rather than the Washing machine section. Maybe 1 of the Moderators will see it & move it to the correct section.
Re: HOTPOINT OVEN DE47X
Hi: As the oven is New then Hotpoint should be your 1st point of call, explain your problem to them & see what they have to say. You can take the actual temperature inside of the oven but you would need to buy a special type of thermometer to do so.
Re: CREDA CONSEPT C561EW cooker
Hi Paul: Probably when the Element blew it drew a pretty Heavy current from the board & the print could’nt handle the excess so went o/c. Seen it on a lot of different boards from all sorts of equipment when there’s been a short.
AndyRe: Microwave not heating
Spot on Martin. OP:Microwave ovens are not intended for DIY repair & can prove lethal. They are intended for repair by Trained Engineers with the correct Knowledge & Equipment to repair them SAFELY, your statement about the “Diodes” showing open circuit proves that you don’t have that knowledge. Playing about in the HV section as you were, it surprises me that you did’nt kill yourself.
Re: Tragic news but we need to be super careful
Hi Martin: Sorry been away from the computer & only just got to read your answer. I was going on what i’ve seen in this locality & to be honest did’nt think we were unusual in the amount of people coming into the Trade, I know of about 12 that have done so in the last 12 months on the Domestic side alone. 2 of them are ex sparkies of which 1 of them seems to be trying to do things properly, the other 1 & most of the rest seem to be there because they’ve read a book & think it’s easy money in this trade. Of the few i’ve spoken to 1 is an ex PC tech, 1 is a car mechanic & does appliances in the evenings (To help out people without much money)he’d be helping them more & saving them money if he stuck to cars and another was a Gas fitter.
