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Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
Probably posted this before but,working for Lux in the late 70’s my regional manager rang me on Friday evening and said ” a company director is in a caravan on the coast near you and his caravan fridge isn’t working” Ok said will call Monday, “no you will call tomorrow” (Saturday)we were salaried so no overtime! I argued but he said get yourself there tomorrow or else!!.
I was really weed off troubled me greatly overnight, didn’t sleep well, was awake at 5-30am, 6-ooam I was in the van on route, knocked on the caravan door at 7-00am,lots of bumping noises from inside.
Actually the guy wasn’t too bothered and gave me £20 tip (top rate in the 70’s, well the repair was free) after I fixed it and I was back home before 9-00am 😀Re: FF200 Defrost Modification
Hi,thanks.
The evaporator is clear, ice build is from the drain which is blocking (exit tube is clear) and builds up to block off return vent from fridge, seems design wise it needs defrost heater contact around the drain gutter but there is none.
Not sure of the module position, may pop back and re check.Re: Another joke.
Harry is fiddling under the bonnet of his car. A tramp walks by, stops and looks at him. “Piston broke” explains Harry. “Ah yes” says the tramp “so am I”
Re: Another joke.
Worst letter I ever wrote:
Dear Jim’ll fix it, can you fix it for me to be on It’s a Knockout!Re: STOVES 720EF
r600a wrote:Please keep into same thread as it confuses everyone where the same problem is but each thread has a separate question for the same fault.
Bryan
This was obviously a part enquiry.
The other one was a technical enquiry.
I didn’t feel I should ask for technical advice in the spares section or spares advice in the technical section, didn’t want to engage anyone with over active moderator thyroid!
Which one then in that case would be deleted, obviously not a decision I should be involved in!
Apologies for all the inconvenienceRe: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
20 mile journey to d/w.
Whilst having a look, suspected board she says “oooh I’ve just found the instructions and it’s still under guarantee ” !
Bl*{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}dy useless.
Can’t you repair it and claim the money of the company? Oh yeah,right”!
I’ll just take the call out and leave you with it thks.Re: Dodgy advice given by my local supplier
I don’t expect suppliers would go to the trouble of keeping a dehumidifier running to keep damp out of absorbent elements whilst stored, I sometimes pop a small dehumidifier in the van to dry out stock that’s in there.
When not busy it’s worth checking stock for earth readings and if not ok run them with no earth to dry out and then when OK and cool bag them up sealed.With Lux we used to ensure when disconnecting earth to dry out element that no one was in the room at the same time!
I had a load of “allegedly” genuine hotpoint ew82 elements which were loose with not even spades protected, complained but they assured me they were genuine, really!!Re: Dodgy advice given by my local supplier
It’s not unsafe if done in workshop/safe conditions, ,always depends on the individuals of course,you could always pop them in a fan oven on full for 30 minutes which might also do the trick.
Worked for Lux and we were advised/told how to “cook them up” to bring back into acceptable limits.
You can also measure the voltage to earth and see it drop as the moisture is expelled, odd occasion it doesn’t work however.
Are genuine not supplied in a sealed bag complete with silica gel pack inside.Re: admiral maytag lata401age water valve
Armstrong Laundry Systems in Newbury or JLA in Ripponden Yorkshire
Re: Alliance (Speed Queen) Tumble Dryer Model LEZ37AWG3018
Think the model no might be LES as opposed to LEZ.
There is usually a diagram up in the control/timer section,usually folded up
Speedqueen.com or Armstrong Commercial laundry in Newbury or JLA near Halifax should help in technical and parts supply.
Always worth a look at buying from the US,Iv’e sourced commercial stuff which is 2/3 of the cost of it here which includes the carriage.
BGRe: bleckmann or thermowatt
Martin wrote:I don’t hold with the ‘suds and air pockets’ theory. I appreciate these machines only wash with just a few litres of water but all the while that element remains well immersed in the stuff. Were that theory to have any credence at all then the internal fuses would blow and we’ve pretty well established that that is not the case here.
Sorry just reading through and see I didn’t really explain this one properly.
It’s not that elements are out of the water for any considerable time and certainly not enough to blow the internal protection fuse,more that as the water and soap suds gets sloshed about as the drun changes rotation the element isnt always totally immersed in water so heat isnt dissapated,surface temp of element goes up and then its back in water and rapidly cooled again which is not what they were designed for and eventually stresses the outer casing of the element.
I’m going back a while and maybe current design can cope with this.
We were finding on 3 phase commercial machines where there were 3 elements one in the normal 6 o clock position and one each side of it as approx 27minutes past and 27 minutes to postion when viewing the rear of the drum as a clock face.
It was always the outer elements which failed more often and Ipso among others sent out info to make engineers aware of the powder/over sudsing selection importance.
Possibly not of relevance in this case though.Re: Slimline top-loaders
Pain to use,the inner drum has a flap which you always have to fasten,bit like the bingo drum! also means a loading aperture 250m x 200m ,smaller than a front loader.
Seen them where they haven’t been secured correctly and then,well..
I think they were origionally marketed for the flat dwellers,especially abroad with small kitchens and were often under a hinged worktop.
Certainly not comparable to a front loader unless you are absolutely cramped for space.
Unlike the old Hotpoint top loader imported top loaders have no heatere and rely on incoming hot water so no exact temperature control on the water,they use vast amounts of water and dont extract water on the spin anywhere near as well as front loaders so clothes take longer to dry.
Yanks think they are great though! we used to say that Americans wore the garish colours more than the Brits because their washers were poor at getting stuff really clean.Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
busybr wrote:spimps….i had never ever heard of soluble bags! I have found one which has a soluble strip that dissolves in the wash and releases the contents. The bag then stays in the wash until the end. If this works, this could be an absolute miracle in the job I do. My worry is, will the bag get lost in the wash?
Here’s the link:
http://www.envirobag.co.uk/acatalog/Wat … _bags.html
Heres fully soluble http://www.acedag.com/hot-water-soluble … bags.html#
Work at high or low temperatures too.Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
I bemoan the fact of nurses and staff travelling to and from work in their uniforms,calling at the butcher, bakers candle sti….,bacteria and germs have an easy life now,surgeons will be in Sainsburys in their gowns next, it’s like we have inadvertently set up a public transport network for germs/bacteria.
We all tend to are think we are clean.At one time nurses didn’t take uniforms home they were laundered in house within the hospital.Why on earth would you wash bedding and towels below 60c,madness,and unclean.
It’s similar to the food industry,we rely on the individuals and companies to be above board,honest etc,alwys means trouble round the corner.
More or less retired from commercial stuff,too heavy for an ageing body,I would assume those bags are still around,nothing is left of them they totally disintegrate,so nothing left in machines.
They work with the sluice type machines on 90/95c program,not suitable for domestics,usually 20/25kg size machines plus on 3 phase.
