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Model: RDG8643WWUKN Bought this from Appliances direct. High ratings for efficiency etc and reasonable price (About £350) so went ahead. When its running (on wash or dry) there is a bang on the water pipes every 15 or 20 seconds. The dryer is useless and a tea towel on its own is still wet...

Greetings fellow TEF people... As the title thread says, I am connecting up this mitsubishi unit in our band room. The unit is a Mitsubishi SAF1000E7 ventilation and heat exchange unit. Basically a big air handling unit up in the roof with ducting in and out from outside and feed and return...

Currently trying to repair a Cello C85ANSMT-4K LED TV. Its just over 2 years old and cost over £2K new. Customer says it just went blank when he switched it on one morning. Still playing sound but no picture at all. TV powers up but no backlighting coming on hence lack of picture. Backlighting...

So here we are, locked down again in Wales. Only 2 weeks, its the weekend so catching up on some work around the house. Decided to finish off a shed and outside WC project. SWA already in, ran cables around for sockets and lights etc. Now its time to make off the SWA cable, wheres me junior...

I have recently unearthed a pile of old VHS tapes. Mainly home video of my family etc. I want to get them all on to the PC to edit and sort out storage properly. I bought a cheap USB stick with composite cables that can go into the VCR but its poor and lots of interference. VHS plugged directly...

Was called to a lathe this afternoon. Runs for a while and trips control circuit MCB which is 1a. Even without main motor running it will eventually trip. I have eliminated the coolant pump and 50v light transformer. Anyone had experience with sucha machine? its a harrison M400.

OK. I built a large garage/mancave next to my house a couple of years ago. Mancave part has comfy seating running water, electricity etc and now (thanks to 25mm conduit I ran under the concrete from house when I built it) I have a cat 5e cable and a coax which will reach to the sky box in the...

asked to take a look at a table saw. Kity 0618 which is French. Owner was using it quite happily and his son turned it off using rotary insulator rather than off button. Saw wouldn't start after that. no power out of rotary switch. not the problem. Contactor burnt contacts. replaced contractor...

I just bought a van from my son. More of a camper type 'day' van. Its a Honda Stepwagon, jap import dated at 1998. There is a great big hole with a normal sized stereo in it. I am looking for something that has: 2 Din size DAB radio CD player Bluetooth hands free etc Reversing camera input...

I live in a house which is detached and has a 12' stone wall around it. To the rear is the back alley of the next street. I regularly get rubbish thrown over, (entire recycling bins, big bags of dog excrement, waste food, you name it, it comes over) I have lived here nearly 3 years and have been...

Anyone had any experience? I ordered a temperature sensor for my dishwasher a month ago. Nothing, no explanations. I decided to phone them, kept on the line for 20 minutes despite a pre recorded message saying the call would be answered in 1 minute. Gave up in the end and phoned Belling. They...

Hello chaps/ chapesses..... Moved into this house just over 2 years ago and new kitchen had just been fitted including this Belling IDW45 integral dishwasher. Recently Mrs RevJ has been complaining the dishes arent clean coming out and it seems that the water isnt getting hot enough. Its on a...

Painters from work brought us their trusty burco boiler (an old tea urn I think), quite a large one, they use it for boiling up lobsters and crabs in their shed.  I thought it looked a bit drab so gave it a little makeover while I was fixing it!

Bought this house last July. House had been refurbished including 9 new windows and 2 new doors. Obviously this was done for the previous owner and his name is on the paperwork. I am having problems with some of the windows and particularly the rear French doors. I contacted the company and at...

Just browsed wish on my phone and came across a 2xdin android head unit that does DVD, radio, MP3 reverse camera, GPS etc....... Had to look twice as it was listed as £6 With P&P it came to just under £8 and paid via paypal so its protected. Long delivery time (about a month). Am I...

I have just acquired a bit of a project car from my son. A Toyota MR2 mk2 non turbo. Looking at doing a few jobs and tidying it up and using it at weekends etc for a bit of fun. There is a track on the island and the thought had occurred to me about having a blast around on occasion. Whats the...

I live in a cul de sac and everyone in my street turns round outside my house. My car has been hit several times, last time was a bumper scuff requiring it to be sprayed. Its just happened again. No one owns up and I just get a nasty surprise the next time I go to the car. I want to install a...

Guy at work (a fitter) told us his lights were going dim at home and TVs dropping out etc. We lent him a MFT and told him to plug it in and observe the voltage. He took photos of the display, which at one point was indicating 135v!  Heres the strange thing. When the voltage is low, if he...

I recently cleared all the rainwater drains around my house - 7 in all as a lot of them had been neglected by previous owners and were full of rubbish. I also used a pressure washer and most of the drains now run freely. One of them round the back was not so easy. It refused to clear. I put the...