Recent content by pete267

Anyone tell me what the magnet/sensor on the rear of the motor is? and where the brushes are?. I've not taken the motor out yet.

Hi, My Mums Diplomat 8702 washing Machine will not spin. The drum turns ok on the wash cycle but it at slow speed when it's meant to be spinning. I've removed the ring magnet from the rear of the motor and it looks ok to the naked eye. Any ideas greatfully received Thanks Pete

Right, I had a proper look at this today in daylight. The boiler is a 12kw Trianco Aztec not an Amptec!. It is a sealed system and the pressure is ok. It didnt fail whilst I was there but i'm assured it does. The boiler temp was set to about 30% which seemed low so i turned up to 60%. I also...

I'm going to have a good look this morning. It is in a very cold attic and the tennant did say it seems to cut out more when the weather is cold, I may build a lagged box around the boiler (with ventilation) and see if that helps. The boiler is over a year old but hasn't seen much use.

Chris, The boiler can work fine for a few days yet today its cutout 3 times. The pipes get nice and hot and ive checked that the pump over run is working, it is. Pete

Hi, I have a Heatrae Sadia 12KW Amptec electic boiler. The boiler keeps cutting out and displays the red error light, the only way to reset it is to power off & on. Any ideas? Thanks

Gents, Sorry to reserect this old topic but my parent have intermittant hot water. They have an Alpha CB28 that intermittantly fires up when the hot tap is turned on. The boiler is 6 yrs old and they have had this problem before, the plumber (now moved abroad) fixed the problem by changing the...