Common Problems This troubleshooting article or guide is meant as a general guideline to the most common problems that people are faced with on front loading washing machines. In it we will explain the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) in relation to washing machines and washer d…
Category: Appliance Self Repair
Repair Your Own Appliance
Can you diagnose the problem and fix your own washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, cooker or fridge freezer?
In this section we explain the top problems with domestic appliances, how they work and often how to go about diagnosing the fault and curing it, what spare part you might need and advice on how to avoid common appliance problems and maintain your appliances so they work better and last longer.
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Whirlpool American Side By Side Fridge Freezer Clicking
Whirlpool Fridge Freezer Clicking Noises Various symptoms have been reported by owners of the Italian produced side by side American style fridge freezers produced by Whirlpool and sold under various brands including, but not limited to, Whirlpool, Maytag, Admiral, Hotpoint and Smeg. …
Understanding Frost Free Refrigeration
Frost Free Fridges And Freezers The reason that is being written is because we get asked constantly and have to answer the same questions over and over about frost free fridge freezers. It’s the same old questions again and again, “it doesn’t cool so what’s wrong?’, ‘The motor doesn…
Poor Extraction from A Cooker Hood
Cooker Hood Not Extracting A cooker hood not extracting correctly is a very common compliant that people have with these appliances and there is a number of simple things that you can do yourself to prove or disprove that there is a fault with your extractor. The first thing to realis…
Fridge And Freezer Thermistors
Fridge Freezer Thermistors On modern electronically controlled fridge freezers you will find that, instead of an old analogue thermostat that we now have small digital temperature sensors known as thermistors. These electronic sensors are also widely being used in other appliances as …
How To Remove A Built In Oven
How To Get An Oven Out Of A Unit Often the oven will have to be removed from the housing in order to obtain the correct model and serial number information but it is also often the case that the oven has to be removed so as to effect a repair. Many people see this as a daunting task t…
Blomberg & Brandt Washing Machines Not Spinning
In common with all modern washing machines, these will not spin if they have water in them. The catch is that these machines can pump out the water and still not spin because they think that they are still full. This is because the water level control works by air pressure to a diaphragm switch a…
How Fridges And Freezers Work In The Real World
Real World Domestic Refrigeration If you browse around the internet you will find bucketloads of websites that will tell you how a fridge works, a freezer works or a fridge freezer works but, when you read them, they will all say pretty much the same thing and explain the basic premis…
How To Replace Oven Door Hinges
Oven Hinge Replacement Instructions There are many different types of cooker hinge and, not surprisingly, just as many ways in which that they are fitted to a door or oven chassis but it is uncommon for the oven door hinge not to be mounted on the door itself. The reason for this is t…
Appliance Service Manuals
Service Manuals Why you will normally not be able to get a service manual for your appliance We get asked constantly about service manuals for appliance, especially washing machines, dishwashers and tumble dryers as well as service manuals for fridges and fridge freezers a…