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Hello all I have dug our Sony combined VHS/DVD Surround Sound system out of the loft to play some VHS cassettes to enable recording to DVD. The VHS part has hardly ever been used but now when I put a video in it runs for a count of 15 (seconds?) on the little display and then ejects. I’ve...

Thank you! I'll take adigital snap next time!

Hello all I am about to fit a new heater element to my Hotpoint WM63 washing mc. Foolishly I did not make a note of which way around the old one sat in the drum before I removed it, so before I fit the new one can anyone advise? Facing the drum, should the green ceramic terminal be to...

Hmmmm still can't figure why it trips. Seems to be totally random!

Hmmmm…. Disconnected heater yesterday, switched on and it didn’t trip… so I thought it was solved. This morning I reconnected the heater to repeat the test before ordering a heater element… and it didn’t trip. With the lid and front off I took the opportunity to rock the drum quite violently...

Ok... had a chance to have a decent look at it..... First of all I removed the wet washing and drained out the standing water. Closed the door switched it on and amazingly it all worked fine and completed the recycle. So I put wet washing back in (heavy), reset to a new program, switched...

It didnt get to the spin cycle....the rcd tripped before it got there, but it was next according to the dial. once the rcd was reset it just trips the second it is switched back on

Hello I have a Hotpoint Aquarius 1100 washing machine that has stopped mid cycle, just prior to the spin and is tripping the RCD. I understand that the likely culprits on this model are heating element blown, door switch failure or chaffing loom. I can check for chafing looms and blown...

[quote If this is a plug in transformer, how do you plan to put a dimmer in-between the transformer and the supply? It's not a plug in transformer per se.... it's a transformer with a flying lead and a 3 pin plug..... with an output to the ELV lights. But anyway......I'll just experiment...

Agreed... but this is a transformer with a moulded plug mounted indoors powering some lights..... just like Christmas lights!! Where do draw the eline??

To Mr Ban all Sheds.....This is an off-the-shelf 4 light B&Q set, everything included.... if I need planning permission and a letter from the Queen to install them maybe you know something they don't and you should share your wisdom with them? To everyone else.... Thanks for your replies...

Thanks for the replies... Yes, the lights are 12V so that makes them ELV. The transformer is mounted inside the garage (ie it's not IP rated for outdoor use). the bulbs are 35W Halogen. Is there a way of telling if the transformer is dimable? thanks!

Hi.... I'm installing some low voltage garden ligts and would like to incorporate a dimmer. My question is.... I have a standard dimmer switch (designed for low LV lights 40W - 300W and the lights are about 200W total).....but where does it go? On the input or output side of the...

Hotpoint guy came today, first thing he did was check the socket with a "socket and see" device and pronounced a neutral fault in the socket and promptly went on his way!! I changed the socket ... restarted the machine that caused the whole ring main to drop out, but the RCCD and MCB didnt...

sorry.... I meant a non factory engineer not being able to reset the machine... is that right? Seems as a consumer i'm over a barrell!!

Thanks for the replies. For speed I decided to call out the local repairer. He checked the element and declared it OK… and diagnosed a main control board fault, but advised he couldn’t fix it as it would require some sort of reset that only Hotpoint engineers have…… so now I have ended up...

Hi We have a Hotpoint Ultima WT 761 washing machine that causes the RCD to trip within seconds of being switched on. No fuses blow and I haven’t seen any fault codes. It’s about 4 years old I have done some googling and believe this may be cased by the heating element on its way out...