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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 10:29 am Post subject: Washing machine.

i have a washing machine which does not work. If it did work, it would be quite a lot better than the one that I am using, but I don't know too much about fixing them.
I think the error code says "communication error" and I've asked the manufacturer for clarification of what that might mean, but they have declined to reply.
I could of course, engage the service of a professional, but I suspect it may be beyond economic repair and I object to paying to be told that.
Or I could just break it up, and see what interesting things can be made out of the insides...

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 10:56 am Post subject:
it only cost me a tenner to discover that i could get a new one cheaper than fixing the old one useful things include planter/burner many things need a motor and a few drive wheels water pump/maybe some pipes the ferrocrete is a nice dense mass as a counter weight for something i spose the case would make a luxury gerbil cage ,chook roost or similar

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 11:20 am Post subject:
We are thinking of using the drum of an old one to act as an agitator for washing apples.

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 11:30 am Post subject:
I was thinking of making something I could bolt onto a concrete mixer in place of the drum for seiving compost....

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
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Location: Lampeter

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 12:43 pm Post subject:

Pilsbury wrote:

I was thinking of making something I could bolt onto a concrete mixer in place of the drum for seiving compost....

That should be easy enough to achieve,

One Smallmine i worked at,made a similar system for screening housecoal,they used a Parker diesel mixer,welded different sized mesh in lengths,running through tractor back tyres as stabilisers for the length,set at a graded height to the hopper which fed the length of mesh screen,and produced 4 sizes of housecoal.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: Washing machine.

Hairyloon wrote:

Who is the manufacturer? We sell a variety of lab based equipment made by household names, and six feet nehind me is the engineering workshop, and six feet in front, the warehouse full of Smeg, Miele and Bosch type equipment.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: Washing machine.

Nick wrote:

Who is the manufacturer?

Indesit.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 7:51 pm Post subject:
Don't recognise the brand (as a supplier here) but they may come in disguise. Let me ask.

Hairyloon

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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 8:43 pm Post subject:
dpack had me almost convinced, so don't go to a lot of trouble, but thank you. Do you want the model number?

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: Washing machine.

Hairyloon wrote:

I think the error code says "communication error" and I've asked the manufacturer for clarification of what that might mean, but they have declined to reply.

That will be the communication error then.

The drum makes a great garden incinerator or chiminea.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 9:27 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

dpack had me almost convinced, so don't go to a lot of trouble, but thank you.
Do you want the model number?

Not yet. I'll ask the engineers tomorrow.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 14 9:31 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Do you want the model number?

Have it anyway: Widl 126. Quite a good name for a leaky washing machine I thought.

ETA: I'd not spotted you'd said "no".

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 14 10:02 am Post subject:

Pilsbury wrote:

I was thinking of making something I could bolt onto a concrete mixer in place of the drum for seiving compost....

I woke up this morning wondering if I could make it into a cement mixer...

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 14 2:51 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

Do you want the model number?

Have it anyway: Widl 126. Quite a good name for a leaky washing machine I thought.

ETA: I'd not spotted you'd said "no".

No problem, but no, cannot help. Apparently, if you'd bought another shoddy but good looking Italian brand (Smeg) we'd be all over it.

They suggest you buy Bosch. Miele are the very best, but no-one can afford them, even with our trade discount. Bosch are very good, and the best to repair. This is probably no help.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 14 3:00 pm Post subject:

Nick wrote:

They suggest you buy Bosch....

When it is a freebie, you can't really be fussy about the make. At worst it's worth its weigh in scrap.

Thank you for trying. If I don't get any better ideas before next time I'm here, I think I'll break it up...

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