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Re: Test Gear & Safety testing

Your welcome to check, but as far as I am aware it has been a legal requirement for Commercial repair engineers to carry out a safety test on completion of a repair for many years.
I thing you will find that this was pointed out in Graham Dixons books back as far as 1974.

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Re: Hoover HNWF7148

Thanks guys: Unfortunately can’t see the machine until next tuesday but will let you know what happens. 🙂
Andy

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Re: Hoover HNWF7148

Thanks Chris: Do all the front LED’s flash to give the error code? I haven’t actually seen the machine but the way the customer made it sound there are a few which all flash, forgot to say the door doesn’t lock either. Are the error codes the same as the Nextra codes or are they more advanced again 😕
Andy.
Spoke to customer again, she says that all front lights flash as soon as machine is switched on at wall socket.

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Re: Test Gear & Safety testing

Hi Mate: Yep I can well believe it, some of the Cowboys we come across are unbelievable & they say the punters are Daft / Dangerous. We have one idiot in the Swansea area that will go to a call where the appliance is tripping the mains, mess about with it prettending to fix it & then chop the Earth wire so it looks o.k i.e it’s not tripping anymore, charges £50.00 then walks away leaving a machine that’s potentially lethal. Safety what bloody Safety, sorry end of rant.
Andy. 8)

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Re: Test Gear & Safety testing

Hi Squaddie: This was basically the answer I got from these muppets, why would we need to waste money on 1 of those, we don’t need them.
Doh:
1) They are essential for safety testing.
2) They could have found the fault without me going out had they had 1 & more to the point known how to use it.
3) They are actually breaking the Law by not testing on completion of a repair.

Unfortunately although this seems to have been a Legal requirement for many years there does not seem to be any way of actually enforcing it.
I, like you was taught from my earliest days in the trade that yes a good Multimeter was a requirement for any serious fault finding, but your Megger was an Essential piece of kit & you should never leave a repair without carrying out Safety tests.
Andy.

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Re: diplomat HJA8630 dishwasher

Hi Mike: Yep it’s surprising the weird & wonderful things that seem to end up in our kits over the years isn’t it. 😆
Andy.

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Re: Test Gear & Safety testing

Thanks for that Paul I knew I wasn’t losing it (did that a long time ago).
Yep Rod is one of the good guys, knew his stuff & if he saw you were actually interested in learning would go out of his way to help. Unfortunately haven’t seen him for years now but not someone you could forget.
Andy 😀

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Re: commercial ice maker help needed

Hall driver magnet falling off or coming loose is quite a common occurence on these, sorry didn’t see your post earlier or would have told you what to look for. 8)

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Re: Test Gear & Safety testing

Hi all: Yes we actually do come under some legal requirements for safety testing: I can’t remember the full legislation but for a long time we have been required to test a piece of equipment for safety on completion of a repair and there are minimum acceptable results. From the IEE code of practice it says that there should be the following: 1) A visual inspection.
2) An Earth continuity test at either a high or low current, for an appliance with a 3 core cordset the earth continuity to be no more than 0.1ohm + R ohms where R is the resistance of the supply cord earth, carried out at a nominal current in the range 20-200ma.
3) An insulation test for a 240v appliance to be carried out at 500v: For class 1 cooking & heating equipment of under 3KW min resistance should be 0.3 megohms.
For general class 1 equipment insulation should be min 1 megohm.
If i remember correctly Graham Dixon made reference to it being a Legal requirement for repair engineers to carry out safety testing on completion of a repair many years ago in his books, as for Earth loop testing as far as I am aware there is no Legal requirement for us to do this. However for our own safety it is good practice, if you don’t want to go to the expense of a full blown Loop tester, there is an excellent plug in tester on the market that at the touch of a button will tell you if the earth volts is less than 50v or above it i.e a good or bad loop & also test if the RCD will trip from the point you are testing. 🙂

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Re: Zanussi Fault code EC2

Hi: Can’t find this model listed on TDS but assuming that it’s a Dishwasher then the fault code EC2 relates to the output of the Turbidity sensor being out of specification, normally easy enough items to check & clean.
HTH Andy.

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Re: Thermometer.

Infra Red temperature probes are o.k for a quick temp check in Domestic appliances but for accuracy you really do need a thermocouple probe (k-type) & a lot of multimeters even cheapies now come with this facility.
If you look at the test requirements for say a Deep fat fryer, the temperature reading is given for a probe immersed in the oil at the centre of the fryer not surface temperature of the oil as with an infra red meter, the same goes for ovens the probe should be placed as close to the centre of the oven as possible. 8)

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Re: LG Wavedom microwave failed

Hi: Sorry to shout but having seen the results of someone attempting a DIY Microwave repair it makes me shudder.
Depends on replacement cost of a compatible replacement, 2 of the things most likely to cause this should be reasonably cheap to repair. The others are unfortunately more expensive, have you tried the link on the bottom of the page to find an Engineer? Unfortunately there are not that many that will take on Microwave repairs nowadays (Only crazy people like me) 😆
Andy

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Re: LG Wavedom microwave failed

There are seveal common causes of this problem.
However THERE ARE NO USER REPLACEABLE PARTS WITHIN A MICROWAVE REPAIR REQUIRES SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE.

Please do not attempt to open the case: MICROWAVES CAN KILL EVEN WHEN SWITCHED OFF. 😯

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Re: There Go I For The Grace Of God

Sorry to hear that mate, but it’s an unfortunate fact that a lot of firms nowadays won’t put their weight behind their staff in matters like this.
Unfortunately Scum like woman tend to prosper at our expense.
Andy.

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Re: diplomat HJA8630 dishwasher

Hiya Mike: Make sure they are not gold coloured pins, never get a tidy connection on them. The other thing I find useful to keep in my kit for making connections on some things is a small stock of paper clips, they can be useful for all sorts of things, including when the button on your Jeans falls off 😆
Andy.

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