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Re: Card Payment facility incl terminal
Steven wrote:I have just come across this card reader from payleven,/ intuit.
Charge £89 +vat one off for card reader and charge 2.75{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} across the board.
No monthly fees so could be ideal for those who don’t take many cards.
http://Www.payleven.co.uk
Works with iPhone / android. Only had a quick read of it but may be of use?Steven
Sounds expensive as if you don’t take many cards. Do the maths, my customers would pay by card if they buys a new appliance. So average cost would be £300 and to pay by card at 2.75{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} which meant either you or the customer pay the extra £8.25. Profit margins are very small in order to be competitive. I’m dependant on that £8.25. Multiply it by let’s say 4 times is £33, that £33 is just under half a tank of diesel to me.I’m unsure on how to include the charges as we see the well publicised info about card recessing charges costs 50p, where did they get that figure from? My customers expects the charges to be that low as 50p let alone 2.75{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} on £300 for £8.25 “admin” charges.
Re: trade qualifications ?
funkyboogy wrote:james watt campus , i dont think they offer individual courses ??
but a good place to start asking questions about one .
Interesting! Over 5 years ago South Birmingham college offered domestic appliance course but it was withdrawn. Don’t think colleges are keen on training domestic appliance repairs. Like Ken said experiences trumps over qualifications and as long they maintain safe working practices.
Govt are not interested in independents as they don’t generate much tax revenue or take off those lazy workshy people off benefits. Only large companies can do that as they get tax breaks as long the govt get to gain in terms of reduced benefits, increases PAYE/NI contributions.
Re: trade qualifications ?
Perhaps you could tell us the name of the college in Birmingham? Just that I was aware of one but it appears to be not offering such courses as like you said sponsored training course which is where colleges make their money from.
City college in Bordesley Green (5 mins drive from Connect) tend to offer refrigeration courses but only to large companies like BG, Samsung, Toshiba and the likes.
Re: bosch lower spray arm
Cheers Martin,
Now I can sleep happily. I never had one that gone open circuit just water diverter problem.
Matt
Re: bosch lower spray arm
Johnnyboy wrote:So am I correct in thinking that it is not unusual for a board to blow when a new heater is fitted?
Based on my experiences these tend to happen either way. Sometime you are lucky depend on what’s wrong with it. I found it is more hassle than it worth. Thankfully, the majority of the heater failures are often older Bosch/Neff/Siemens dishwasher that are around 8 years old so customers tend to write it off.
Like yourself, I do find myself wondering if I could have picked it up or avoided it. I would love to know how to unless someone out there can offer better way of diagnosing the faults? I hate seeing Bosch dishwashers being scrapped as they are very good and they do go the extra mile unlike other makes.
Re: Bosch half tub split
I used like a hacksaw, it was a very short fine toothed saw with the rounded bit trimmed off to make a pointed edge like stanley knife. Saw it half way then use a wide screwdriver to snap it off.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ … C-mini+saw
The leaflet that came with the bearings, seal, gasket and screws showed a picture of some sort of sharp shears more like a miniature version of sheep shearers from the Victorians times. I couldn’t work out what kind of tool was that and let alone what is called. It was the second set of bearings I have changed over the last two days and the bulk of the time took was trimming off the clips.
Be careful on where you put the screws back in as the leaflet appears to show that you put the screws in on the heater opening side (literally on the front), I learnt that it does not work and turned it over with the front on to the base and screw it from the rear toward the front. It worked better and closed up well. Again I managed to waste time because of the misleading images on the leaflet supplied by Bosch.
Re: Bosch half tub split
I ordered the bearings and seal kit so nothing about the screws. Hopefully it’s in the pack otherwise I’ve kept the old screws from the BER Bosch.
I had a play on it and yes, you are right Martin that I had to cut off the clips.
Re: Should of got a deposit.
Breach of contract. You can formally write to her giving her number of days to settle otherwise you will take it to small claims court and she would be liable to pay for all the costs.
Providing you have the proofs?
Re: Hotpoint BWD129 Overheat Problem
£800 worth of repairs over three years. Sounds like it was either unsuitable for the customer or a bad machine.
If I was you, follow the evidence and see where it takes you. Think CSI Miami.
If there are no thermal cut out when there should have been then you have it. Take photos and find photos of same machine on what it was suppose to look like. Check on invoice on who repaired the heater last and use it on the report.
Re: bosch lower spray arm
roy1 wrote:All you get is water going to top & bottom arms at the same time.
True but as Martin pointed out…
Martin wrote:
Hmmmmm? The thing is that the circulating pump impellor is a great deal smaller than those pumps without the diverter valve. Therefore cannot deliver sufficient force of water required for both spray arms to operate simultaneously. In essence it is only half as effective as the older, larger pump unit.Also the force of water flowing through the heater unit is significantly reduced sufficient enough for the flow microswitch to keep switching the heater on and off as it struggles with the reduced pressure.
All in all I believe disabling the diverter valve nothing more than an out and out bodge pure and simple. 🙁
In this case I generally agree with him, if you think about it… Bosch is on a major drive to reduce energy and water consumption, they achieved this by reducing the amount of water used and reducing the water pressure of the motor which was traded off by putting in a diverter motor to create stronger pressure alternating. They did that without compromising the washing performance.
Ask yourself why do heater boxes are so cheap? £30 from Connect the last time I checked. This was the same box that used to cost £100 last year and now it dropped right down and this is genuine Bosch part. Is it worth taking the risk by removing the diverter? I am a strong believer that manufacturer made the product that it was designed to do and the parts used fits for what it was designed to do. Some are of a questionable quality but on the whole if Bosch uses the diverter then it is reasonable to expect that the machine should be respected by fitting brand new heater box with diverter built in then you have a fully functional machine that it was designed for as all components in it compliments each other.
Having said that based on my experiences they tend to blow the board out (before or after) and it may not be obvious to start with, after fitting new heater then the board blew out then you send it away for repair providing the heater box is still intact then refit the board. After all you are simply making the customer wait a little longer (if they can cope but I found half of them says “forget it”) and I think they will respect you (the other half who would agree to it) for that as you are saving their dishwasher by doing a proper job. The reason why some people says “forget it”, they do not want to live any longer without a broken dishwasher and are often persuaded by the knowledge that they can get new dishwasher for £200 these days. You do not need to tell them the price of new dishwashers as they already knew about it.
Re: bosch lower spray arm
Johnnyboy wrote:Anyway I changed the heater box assembled all ok fitted the machine back into position switched it on and BANG, pcb blown s**t,,,,,,,,
Sorry to hear that but this is often the case I found myself personally. Generally nowadays I would write it off as heater and board are not marriage made in heaven so to speak. Like I said, nothing is so soul destroying to find that you gone at great length to replace the heater box only to find the board blown. on the upside, at least eh board blew up and you can get that fixed for about £40 as long the heater is not blown as well!
Re: bosch lower spray arm
roy1 wrote:If you remove the top arm feed pipe & check the diverter disc with a long terminal screwdriver,if its tight you can drill a hole in the disc through the front hole.If you unclip the valve cover you can then unplug the diverter motor just in case it starts turning again,i have done this a few times & the dishwashers have worked fine also customer might not want to go to the expense of a new heater box.
Either you are brave or foolish but I wouldn’t do that as it is bad working practice and false economy.
Re: bosch lower spray arm
My experiences that it is better to leave the base firmly on the floor as it’s there to catch the water. Time consuming yes but this way is easier.
I can’t imagine an easier way to change heater by tipping on the side unless you can remove the “lid”.
Also look out for spiders but be warned to check pcb as by the time you fitted the heater and there’s nothing more soul destroying to find the sodding board blown. Both are related fault and hey you solved half of it then send away the board to finish the second half.
