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Re: LAVAMAT TURBO 16830 NOT DRYING
Hi: You don’t really need a circuit diagram for it, just trace the wiring back to the control board & you’ll find where the pump is switched. You could find that it’s something as simple as dry joints on the connector.
Re: Suggestions – new meter – thermocouples
Hi: Personally speaking I would’nt buy a combined meter (Had problems with them in the past), If you get a decent meter (Uni-t make some reasonably priced ones) with temp ranges & a seperate insulation tester you should be ok. You can buy good surface temp probes from places like Farnell & RS, if you want an Infrared thermometer look for a good quality 1 like the tpi 373 etc. Don’t forget with an Infrared gauge the accuracy depends on the distance you hold it from the surface your measuring.
Re: Fused Test Leads.
Hi Martin: Sorry for the delay in replying, only just turned the lappy back on. Fair assumption to be honest going on your own experience, I suppose from the manufacturers point of view they lose money if they put a set of fused leads with the meter. I looked at some pretty high priced meters from both Agilent & Fluke and none seem to come with Fused leads, not even the Industrial meters.
GS38 seems to say that Fused test leads should be used, but does’nt specifically mention our trade. Most rules & regulations regarding the electrical industry nowadays seem to be a bit Hazy around the edges though.Re: Fused Test Leads.
Hi Martin: Not trying to start an argument here but i’d be interested where you got the above information about fused test leads coming as standard with quality meters ? At the moment i’ve got an Amprobe 38 series & a Robin AR4007 both quality meters, neither of which come with fused leads as standard. I checked Agilent & Fluke multimeters with several test equipment wholesalers & none of the show fused test leads as standard, most come with TL75 hardpoint leads but you can buy Fused test leads to add to them at around £79 a set.
Don’t think he does have a chip on his shoulder about the appliance trade, when we were doing a job together in a Restaurant I was using my meter with Fused test leads & he asked about them. During the conversation he said he could’nt see many appliance engineers (Commercial or Domestic) spending a packet on fused test leads if they did’nt have to he does’nt do Domestic just catering equipment & he’s never seen a Catering equipment engineer with them either
Re: Fused Test Leads.
All good meters have fuses & cutout’s to protect the meter, the idea of Fused test leads is to protect the operator when voltage testing. In the event of an overload or arcover they apparently blow virtually instantly & faster than the internal fuse of the meter.
Re: Fused Test Leads.
A Colleague seems to think that nobody in the appliance trade would bother spending the money on them, just wondered how right he was. I’ve got a set on my meter but they came with the meter so I have’nt gone out & spent extra money on them.
Re: Hotpoint parts service.
stratfordgirl wrote:It may be worth contacting Tracy Green in the Indesit trade parts team as she offers better trade terms for non account holders.
Hi stratfordgirl: Thanks for that, much appreciated.
AndyRe: Hotpoint parts service.
Actually spoke to her a bit earlier & told her what reply I got from Hotpoint, she agreed that in future I can buy parts where I want to & she won’t complain. Turns out that the idiot salesman in the shop told her that only genuine Hotpoint parts work properly in their machines & she believed him, what a joke.
Re: A Rouge Working On My Patch!
Muv wrote:Do these “rouge” traders wear some kind of make up!?
Down here we only have “rogue” traders…
Hmm, even as I type this im questioning the spelling again!
Martin
No mate your spelling’s right, down here we call them thieving scumbags. Unfortunately there’s more & more of them popping up.
Andy
Re: Hotpoint FDW60 Thermistor
Finally got given the numbers off of this machine. They’re: Hotpoint FDW60P. Cod: 37331831000. Serial:80128 1368 37331831000.
AndyRe: ignis oven AKL908 854190815512 won’t turn on
Hi: Not trying to teach my Grannie to suck eggs but have you metered out the small switch behind the ok button ?
Re: Hotpoint FDW60 Thermistor
Hi Martin: Just spoken to him now & asked him to give me the readings he got from the thermistor when he tested it. He tells me now that it reads roughly 50K cold dropping to 9K when heated. Which to me sounds about right, don’t know where he came up with High Megohms earlier but I think he needs to take less Alcohol in his drink from now on Lol.
Andy
