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Actually when you swich off the electrical supply, the pilot goes out. Its just in normal operation when the main burners are not on that the pilot stays on. Could this be the relay thing on the PCB or the gas valve. The diagnosis and install of the mercury switch was by a supposedly corgi...

My retired elderly relative has an old potterton netaheat 10-16mk2 installed way back in 1981. Everything in running tops, purring like a kitten........ until the chaps renewing the gas pipework in the street did a leak test from the meter and said there was a gas leak. They then found that...

I was just wondering. Could the fast slow spin be due to an OUT OF BALANCE sensor thingy (Anti-Balance Controls) ? The motor starts to spin but just as it gains speed it cuts out but then starts up again just as the motor is slowing but never gets up to speed. Where are these OOB sensors...

I took the tacho thing off and the motor spun at full speed. I fitted another tacho from a working machine but its just the same. Spins s l o w l y with the tacho on but when you take the tacho it spins at full speed. I guess this means the speed controller pcb is knackered. What I dont...

I have changes the dryer heating element and now thankfully it doesn't trip. BUT The main motor hardly spins now again just like before I changed the carbon brushes!! After I changed the brushes, the motor started to spin fast in a test run. When I put in a looad of clothes, its back to...

Thanks for ALL the replies not Anyway, after disconnecting various items one at a time, I have found that when I take the wire off the heater element for the dryer, I get no trips. :lol: However when I took apart the machine and extracted the heater, it was fairly warm so I assume it is...

I have a roughly 7 year old Ariston Margerita av838 Washer Dryer. Its a fairly basic model. The machine washes and rinses the clothes ok but after the spin cycle has finished and the timer moves on to the final setting (door release I think) it trips the RCD of the main electric board...

I just love it when I hear those words and wish i got a pound for every time I heard them. I love to see customers jaws drop when after they have said such nonsense, I connect up my powerflushing equiptment and just circulate the water (no chemicals) and the water turns discoloured enough. No...

Sorry, it does look bigger through the window. I wasn't here when the engineer arrived but my brother was. Speaking to him now he says it was definitely more than 4mm but less than 12mm. More like 6 or 7mm. Does anyone know how long it should take for the boiler to fire up initially? It still...

Is that an invitation?

I can clearly see the ignition rod and the grounding terminal through that the spark jumps across too through the small window. I do not need to open the combustion chamber. Even though 12mm seems a lot, the spark seems happy enough to jump across in regular repetition. Well when I say...

I need some advice here as I don't know know if this is a problem or if it is acceptable performance. From cold, the timer switches on, the boiler goes through its quick check, flue fan kicks in and the pilot sparks all as normal. Now comes the problem. It is taking at least 4 minutes of...