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Re: Kenwood Chef A901 – smoke coming out
thanks specialist, will wait tomorrow and see what you can come up with.
My limited expereinces on Kenwood chef are my wife’s kenwood chef but it was a simple mains lead change as the old one was all brittle with grease. Found an good length of Dyson lead and used it for the kenwood chef. Feeling rather pleased with the result. People commented on why there’s a grey Dyson moulded plug on the kenwood chef.
A good starting point for conversation for like minded blokes.
I had another request about 2 years ago from a long standing customer, turned out that the brushes were worn and pointed her to a specialist in the Midlands. Turned out that the repair costed her £20 and out of that she had new flex, brushes, new greasing, etc and the result she had an almost as new Kenwood Chef. It was the same model as mine which is A701 – Made in the 1970’s (I think).
this current job I am enquiring about was referred to me by a good electrician. People seem to phone him thinking he would repair Oven, kenwood chef and the odd treadmill. He simply pointed them to me. I get all those weird jobs! The treadmill is the weirdest one of them all.
Re: The silly thing people do with plugs…
Sometimes it is best not to ask questions. It’s my neighbour’s daughter’s house a mile away from my house and he did the work. So I am avoiding potential conflicts. After all he lives opposite me!
Re: Whirlpool AWM8163 – F12 fault code
I could offer her a tenner but I was dealing with a useless husband of hers who was unable to make a decision for himself.
Martin – The washing machine was stamped as Made in Germany. It’s a very solid machine with steel tank and drum. Like you said at that price for new heater, I tend to agree that I would be put off having it fixed. If you love your machine so much then you would have it fixed. In her case is time the issue rather than costs.
Re: Whirlpool AWM8163 – F12 fault code
Downside is that the heater is special order. The customer decided not to wait for new heater and opted for a new washing machine. The trouble with special order, it can take up to 4 weeks for the part to arrive, and all of the suppliers (Connect, Qualtex and Masterpart) have the part listed but as special order. I wish I could say it takes up to a week and they may tolerate it. My experiences with special order that it can take up to 4 weeks for it to arrive.
How soul destroying that was! It was a decent german built machine and all it needs a new heater.
So much for “saving” the washing machine from being consigned to the scrap heap as people do not have the patience for it! 😯
Re: Whirlpool AWM8163 – F12 fault code
That what’s I’m doing at the mo. sodding heater on the front so I will have to remove the front panel. Pain in the backside…
Re: Magno calc thingy
Yes. People seem to buy them thinking it would eliminate limescale. My point was that I was asked to check the washing machine’s heater after three years of using calc block to see if it’s free from limescale.
In this case it did not seem to do the job. Where are the evidence to back up the claim that it would eliminate limescale if you use calc block or magno ball?
Re: Another Referral Service
I just had £10 taken off my bank for FME. I thought well I have had any referrals or communications from them. The last email was October 2012. I cancelled the direct debit.
I thought I cancel the listing and discovered their website is out or expired. Does anyone know what happened to it? Their email bounced back.
Re: Dodgy advice given by my local supplier
spimps wrote:
Are genuine not supplied in a sealed bag complete with silica gel pack inside.some do and some don’t. Most of my Bosch elements doesn’t come with silica gel pack and it was not even in sealed bag. Not from where I collect my parts from Connect.
Only those that came via mail order came with sealed bag with silica gel pack like from Masterpart and Qualtex
Re: Dodgy advice given by my local supplier
Martin wrote:
twicknix wrote:
Dishwasher, I understand that and I have used the heat exhaust from the wet vac to dry it out.That must take best part of forever to do. Just use a hair dryer. They are smaller, lighter and you can direct a hot air blast over windings and wiring much more effectively.
twicknix wrote:But oven?
The wet vac has a connection at the end that I simply connect the hose and use the crevice, it gives out a strong blast of hot air from the motor and it doesn’t take very long. You can easily snake the pipe inside the dishwasher even further.
Besides, why would a bald man like me want to carry a hair dryer? It would give my customer something to talk and joke about wouldn’t it?
Re: Dodgy advice given by my local supplier
Dishwasher, I understand that and I have used the heat exhaust from the wet vac to dry it out.
Washing machine that you set it to spin then insulation restored after cleaning and change the brushes.
But oven?
Re: Haus dishwasher WQP12/9250
Turned out it was poorly fitted hose clamp by the factory. Replaced with proper screw hose clip.
Nice n easy job.
Re: What PAT test equipment do you suggest?
Thank you, I already have a copy of IET code of practice book and I have C&G 2377 certificate. I passed the course last year with 96{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} pass rate and I have used the information in my line of work using my Robin continuity/insulation tester. I found the course invaluable but I was unsure of the trainer who was effing and blinding in every sentences. It got a bit weary after two days of constants effing and blinding. Think of Roy Chubby Brown, I swear that it was his twin brother! I resented the fact I paid him £250 to train me not for two days of constant swearing. Having said that he was a good trainer.
I didn’t use anything fancy, I used the Robin continuity and insulation tester and adapter where you plug in the leads and put the mains plug on it. It gives me the readings for appliance repairs and checks. But I have not used it for other purposes specifically as PAT test. I simply took the PAT course as part of “adding another bow tied to the ribbon”.
I will keep looking for other makes, do you know of a website or two to suggest?
Re: Bosch Dishwasher Recall
Allsorts wrote:I may sound thick on this as I am not great at all this maths and have no calculator to hand … But, running a 2kw heater at 240v instead of 220v you’ll get an increase in resistance of 19{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} as is said above, however, taking into consideration that a lot of people run their dishwashers during the night for the cheaper rate electric, and at night voltage can rise most commonly to 247v (26{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d}) notwithstanding this, in some cases to as high as 253v 32{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} higher resistance than the board is set for…
Nevertheless, this should not cause fires unless the wrong board plastics have been used… The board should blow far before the heat caused by the over-powering is able to cause a fire.
George
There is a school of thoughts that due to voltage fluctuations, you can prevent it happening by having voltage stabiliser at the fuse board. It costs around £100, it was claimed that it can save you money in terms of energy consumption like you said night time voltage is higher and it’s excess electricity you do not need and it get used up needlessly which you are paying for the excess. The stabiliser can in theory monitor the household power intake and allow certain appliance to come on when there’s spare capacity of power such as prevent the fridge running during peak time and allow it to come on a little later as soon there’s space. Complicated but it this system would or could have saved the Bosch dishwasher and many other electronically based whitegoods. I’m not an expert in this but from what I gathered may have some weightings behind it if you give it some more thoughts. If every homes have this installed the it would shut down at least one power station at night time thus reducing carbon emission and costs.
Besides most of my customers don’t have cheap electricity and they turn their dishwasher at nights because it’s easier and out of sight and mind while you sleep. I do the same with dishwasher and washing machine as they take so long to clean, makes sense to do it overnight so that it ready in the morning. Some engineers advise against it because of fire and flooding risk, I had that warning from Comet years ago. I rather take the risk and so do many of my customers.
Matt
