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Thanks Andy. Just tried WD40 and it did shift it but it was hard work. Tried white spirit and that was roughly the same, or maybe slightly better. Tried a petroleum distillate based "sticky stuff" remover and that didn't do much. Then had a flash of inspiration and tried Swarfega - and that...

I've had a couple of electronic items - a small air-band radio receiver (Maycom AR-108), and now a mini-keyboard/trackpad/mouse device (XEBEC HTPC) - which have a matt non slip coating of some sort on the plastic shell to make it easier to grip. Whatever it is is thin - like a paint. Looks...

@NotaJock you're welcome. Looking at your photo, I'm just thinking that you have a lot more gunge below that left hand joint than I had, yet it's still surprisingly clean above it. I've just dug out this posting of a similar example where you can see the point I'm trying to make - i.e. it is a...

@NotaJock - no, I never found out why it refused to throw an error code. Guess it will remain one of life's little mysteries! That YouTube video you posted is a LOT clearer than my description so thanks for adding it. If you look at photo Leak1, my Siemens machine is a slightly different...

I'll bear that stuff in mind. :)

Just to close the loop on this, the orange neons I got from ebay arrived this morning and I've just soldered them to the original wires/clips and insulated with heat shrink sleeve. These miniature neons are just the right size to get into the cavity where the lens is. Thanks all.

You're probably right, so will go with making my own up I think. The ebay ref in the thread is for miniature neons that are just right at 5mm diameter. Thanks.

Thanks. Looks like it might be 17270SS from it's description, but hardly any hits on the net to actually buy. Think I'll run with the £4 solution of making my own by the look of things!

I'll probably go for that - cheers.

Have a couple of these cooker outlets (part code K5061WHI) in our kitchen, and being MK they cost upwards of £23 each. Of the four neons, one is dead, one is dying, one is flickering like mad, and only one is left working. They are a push fit into the back which suggests MK might do...

Model number?

As a degreaser it would probably be OK - just rinse thoroughly afterwards and dry. JB Weld suggestion is as follows: We recommend using acetone or lacquer thinner. In the absence of these two, soap and water can be used. Just be sure that the surface is completely dry before applying J-B Weld...

That looks like it was a very nice pasta dish - it's got me feeling hungry! :)

I'm with bodgedbuild - I'm not convinced standard Araldite would cope with the conditions. If you look at this temp fix I did a while ago with Araldite in a dishwasher, the high temp and the fact it was under water had the adhesive starting to deteriorate and detach quite quickly. Because the...

You're welcome. It doesn't take much of an earth fault either - a few tens of milliamps is enough to trip an RCD. I remember Mrs Midge washing the powder drawer of our washing machine many years ago, and shoving it back in without drying the outside of it. The water dripping off it tracked by...

Just for reference of anyone experiencing a similar fault, this was indeed a magnatron failure. Note that the Panasonic magnatron model I originally mentioned for this model has been superseded by Panasonic 2M236-M42E2 and the going rate for it is around £60, and NOT the £120 the official UK...

Yeah - it does seem a bit weird and counter intuitive doesn't it? :) Basic principle here. The timers are electromechanical in older machines and the shortest duration I've found from a dig about is 6 hours (and some generic adjustable ones that go down to 4 hours) - but I can't see a...

It seems likely now from what you have said, let's put it that way. The only way you can be sure is to dig it out and do a bit of testing yourself. Heating elements are one of the main causes of RCD trips. The insulation starts to break down - and you get a tiny leakage current to the outside...

Only thing that doesn't quite make sense is the timing period for the defrost cycle would be a bit shorter than usual at 5 hours - 8 or 12 is more typical so it comes on 3 or 2 times/day. It sometimes says on the timer case what the cycle and operate time is.

Could be something to do with auto-defrost functionality such as the heater. That comes on periodically on fridge freezers on a timer, to reduce the frost build up.