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Re: 1000’s still blissfully unaware!
I once had a 2002 fiat punto mark 2. It was recalled in 2003 over a dodgy tow bar fittings but the irony was that the car itself did not have a tow bar. That was from Fiat who did the recall via DVLA.
It’s a case of finding out if this applies to you and to your car.
More to the point, how many people have trouble finding the model number and fd numbers on Bosch dishwasher? I get that all the time. Surely do you expect them to find it let alone phoning for the recall?
Re: 1000’s still blissfully unaware!
Attended the same fault to a Siemens dishwasher few weeks ago. Melted the plastics, etc. it was switched on while owner was in the kitchen making a cup of tea. smelt burning smell and smoke. Disaster averted by quick thinking action. She called me out for second opinion as the first guy mis diagnosed the fault.
The question is would Bosch engineer come out to fix it after it was damaged for free? A grey area there. It’s a case of getting there before a fault develops.
I suggest that all engineers out on the job regardless to look out for Bosch, Siemens and Neff dw and check if it’s due for recall. Your customer will thank you for it.
I saved quite a few customers over Beko fridge freezer and Bosch based dw.
Would be good to have a list of models and fd numbers affected by it though.
Re: Hotpoint Dishwasher FDW85 – Rinse aid not working
I’m having trouble finding replacement dispenser for this model. Basically it’s a rinse aid light activated (not the window type) and it’s a reed connector. The one that are listed have two pin plugs which are no good for this job.
Has anyone got a part number for this dishwasher?
Any help would be appreciated…
Re: Waste Carriers Licence
The £840 price tag was born out of the idea that the officials have their costs covered by visiting the registered address to check that the licence holder are complying with the regulations.
It’s really more paperworks and establishing traceability. I once ran an Organic fruit and veg box scheme, to trade organic produce you need a licence from the Soil Assc costing £500 a year which was very expensive for small business and yet the large retailers with a turnover of millions buy the same licence for £900.
Some would say £840 is cheap for three years as you would only need to sell 9 machines at £100 to pay for the licence. Easily done but do you want to spend half of the repair time taking notes of what parts used and what happened to unwanted parts?
Re: Waste Carriers Licence
There is a description on T11 exemption guidelines – about a fridge, a house clearance receives a fridge and it needs a new lightbulb before reselling then a T11 exemption is required.
So as buying Raw appliance with a view to fit new parts is the same principle as the fridge needing new light bulb. Now you are saying no need for licence because the appliances are not waste just broken needing new parts or take to scrap yards.
As for WCL, i never had a scrap yard asking for WCL yet, just driving licence and address. Birmingham have hundreds of scrap yards and not one of them asked to see a copy of WCL even if I offered to show it and they are not interested. All they want a copy of your driving licence.
Re: electrical safety testing ?
according to the attachment posted by Martin from the 0800 website, the bottom line says “It’s all colour coded and it is all Electrician’s first basic lesson is to know how to wire a plug”
yes… but he was a plumber so surely you can’t expect him to know how to wire up a plug?
It didn’t say if he was carrying out electrical work.
Re: Creda Tumble dryer T632cw
Airflow seems ok. Very draughty. Drum action is fine and no delays between rotation.
Bought new stats kit and see what happens.
Re: Negative feedback on repair services
Scrap machine is kept on the van and yes I do hold waste carrier licence. I do not store it at my address just in the van. Most scrap yards require two appliances to meet the minimum scrap value to make it worthwhile as it’s all cheque based transaction. Mine is minimum of £10 but others could be £20. Few months ago you can easily drop it off and be paid in cash.
I go through a lot of scrap machines usually Hoover, Hotpoint with welded tub bearings failure. Before scrapping, check the sump and filter for money!
Re: Negative feedback on repair services
I work from home too. I collect dead machines and take over to scrap yard on my way to Connect. Licence cost £150 for three years licence. Good investment.
Re: Zanussi t/dryer TD4112w – how hot the dryer should be?
It looks like the low heat button was accidentally pressed.
It was the second time I was called out to the same dryer with same fault description. Both times no faults found possibly down to heat button.
Re: electrical safety testing ?
Regulations costs money thus pushes up the cost of repairs.
If you are talking about £400 a year to register then it makes domestic appliance repair unsustainable. Where do you draw the line? There was a huge ooh aah’s over who should wire up a plug years ago. In came moulded plugs which kinda reiterate that ONLY qualified technician should wire up a plug. We now know it’s not the case.
As for plumbing, should a qualified plumber be employed to install the washing machine because we could be contaminating the water supply?
Should a window cleaner need to be FENSA registered because of working at height?
We are not a police state.
