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A 2nd hand heater element is not a part I would risk buying or fitting. I’ve occasionally fitted a 2nd hand part I’ve suggested my customer buy on ebay. Electronic modules for 2 Miele dishwashers I remember both priced I think £35, quite possibly around £300 cheaper than available new. In both cases they were in perfect condition, but I’d rather the risk of buying 2nd hand was my customer’s not mine.
The only real benefits for professional repairers compared to the status quo appear to be a maximum 15 working day lead time for parts and access to technical information – but who qualifies as a professional repairer is apparently open to interpretation by the manufacturer. And presumably this will not be free of charge to the repairer. There are no limits on price or requirement to provide sub-assemblies. So sealed drums are here to stay. And it doesn’t apply to products already in the market.
Came across this interesting website and article, suggesting that there is some way to go:
I’m not basking in our sovereignty today. Yesterday, I tried to order some bathroom accessories from a German retailer I used last year. They export to around 20 countries, but no longer to the UK. A quick Google search revealed around 15 European retailers, most of whom deliver to multiple countries, but only 2 still offer UK delivery. Not too bad then. But here’s the sting. Retailer 1 charges 120 Euros for delivery to the UK (20 Euros to other European countries, including Ireland). Retailer 2 adds a 55{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} surcharge to cover VAT, documentation and certification. In either case the result is roughly double pre-Brexit prices. Why do I buy from Europe? Because no-one sells these products in the UK.
Can anyone tell me any benefits of Brexit so far?
12 months parts & labour, although I would extend to 24 months or more as goodwill if I felt the part I fitted was inherently faulty. The customer is entitled to a free repair anyway if the part fitted was of unsatisfactory quality. I can’t remember many jobs that I’ve had to redo. Probably less than a dozen n 15 years that have been down to parts failure. The only significant issue I’ve experienced is with Electrolux washer dryer blower fans seizing, so I buy them as required direct from Electrolux as they replace the part withoit quibble up to 12 months.
According to this ebay listing (apparently available to buy), 180 deg C:
Also available under the preceding part number 030746 here:
As always, worth double checking stock with the seller, as well as checking their willingness to ship to GB given the new trade barriers created by Brexit.
Our DPD driver always takes a photo of the box in the open doorway – to provide proof of delivery. If the driver can’t do this, I suspect they are liable for any claim for non-delivery. I guess if you have signed a waiver to allow deliveries to be left without a signature, this may allow the boxes to be left outside.
It pays to be nice to the drivers – and show appreciation. Often part of the so-called gig economy, they are under a lot of pressure – financial and otherwise – to meet targets and get a lot of abuse from the public.
Most couriers operate at least some their final deliveries through franchisees. Everyboody will have their local favourites, where I am, most are very good. Probably the worst has been Parcelforce (non franchise) – driver not always bothering to visit and recording as nobody available to accept delivery. DPD is the only one providing 99{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} reliable 1-hour delivery slots (though I think these were suspended temporariliy late laat year).
They are talking about synthetic fibres, not necessarily invisible, so any filter which catches fibres would be beneficial. The definition of a microplastic is any particle of plastic smaller than 5 mm:
The picture here would also tend to point to the door lock:
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15131737.dishwasher-on-fire-hubby-to-the-rescue/
The original safety notice from 2014 can be found here:
https://www.registermyappliance.org.uk/products/recall-list/
This is the most recent recall. I don’t have any information on that other than “A component in some Hotpoint and Indesit dishwashers manufactured between January 2008 and July 2010, has been identified as a potential fire hazard as it may overheat.” It is a pity manufacturers are not forced to publish more specific technical details, including lists of affected models and serial numbers, rather than hiding behind an online model checker.
