Recently bought a Zanussi.It's got a pretty little digital programmer that tells you how long there is left of the washing cycle.......the lying little so and so has never told the truth yet.
They all lie. 2 mins was timed at 8 mins on the final spin bit on our hotpoint.Recently bought a Zanussi.It's got a pretty little digital programmer that tells you how long there is left of the washing cycle.......the lying little so and so has never told the truth yet.
.. and there are some very helpful people at ukwhitegoods who have helped me to keep my Bosch washing machine running like new for over 20 years.the internet has made it easy to source cheap parts and there are plenty of videos on youtube giving tips on how to dismantle domestic applicances.
I've a Bosch washing machine which is now 22 years old. It stopped working last year and I traced the fault to worn motor brushes. It cost me £6.99 for a new set of brushes, two local phone calls, 40 minutes cycling to collect the brushes, 30 minutes of my time fitting them and it's still going strong...
Possibly just jinxed it now typing this
I / we had this with a Hotpoint. I think what it's displaying is the time remaining of that particular part of the cycle, not the time till its completely finished.Recently bought a Zanussi.It's got a pretty little digital programmer that tells you how long there is left of the washing cycle.......the lying little so and so has never told the truth yet.
Depends which one you get. Washing machines are the one appliance where I'll pay the extra for a Miele. They take a tremendous amount of stress - imagine what the main bearing goes through, spinning loads of soaking material at 1000 RPM+. 10 years+ is bare minimum for a Miele - twice that is not uncommon. They're not cheap, but buy carefully from eBay and you can get a near-new machine for about what you'd pay for a new 'other'.
http://www.tdspares.co.uk/manufacturer/askollLooks like I did jinx myself with the above post, the pump has started playing up so I decided to find go on the hunt for a pump which is exactly the same model as originally fitted and found one on the bay of flees
This is the picture of the pump I ordered and as per their advertisement which matches exactly what I have right down to the part number. So far so good and it arrived today by Royal Mail...
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Unfortunately the POS that arrived looks nothing like what I have paid for, more like a cheap replica from the far east, it weighs around 2/3rds of the original pump and the copper winding is around half the size of the original pump which could easily overheat and set the house on fire.
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So after raising a complaint via eBay I decided to call a local repair shop and asked if they had a genuine Askoll M50 pump only to be told they only have pattern pumps and every single washing machine pump in "THE WORLD" is made by Askoll but with a different plastic outer casing... Yes they really must think I came up the Clyde on a banana boat.
Not a happy (Easter) bunny... Rant over
Coat dry yet?I asked my mate Tom Jones if washing machines lasted five years or more.He replied,it's not unusual
Coat dry yet?
.....for which I am truly grateful.They don't build them like they used to.