White goods forum - Yes or No?

Dan · Apr 17, 2015

Do we need a white goods forum? See quite a few threads on such appliances. Perhaps a dedicated forum wouldn't go a miss?

pennychew · Apr 17, 2015

I would be interested in this, I spend a bit of time messing with dishwashers and ice machines and stuff...

Pete999 · Apr 17, 2015

Why not could be interesting

telectrix · Apr 17, 2015

be swamped with women asking where to put the soap in a washing machine.

Dan · Apr 17, 2015

telectrix said:
be swamped with women asking where to put the soap in a washing machine.

It'd be nice have some women on here.

Silly Sausage · Apr 17, 2015

Dan said:
It'd be nice have some women on here.

I thought there were already quite a few, the way some people witter on! :smilielol5:

Leesparkykent · Apr 17, 2015

Sounds good

pennychew · Apr 17, 2015

Dan said:
It'd be nice have some women on here.

I think you better edit that to 'more' women so you don't upset the ladies already on here!

Plonker 3 · Apr 17, 2015

Dan said:
It'd be nice have some women on here.

You though trolling was bad between the normal members, you should see the testosterone flying round when a female posts on here.

Iddy · Apr 18, 2015

I think it would be useful.

Guest77 · Apr 18, 2015

Actually a good idea if-----------there is actually qualified people on here who know what they are talking about regarding dishing out advice. If a member or 2 who know what they are doing when it comes to repairing white goods then I would say it is a very good idea Dan, if not perhaps it may be worth waiting until you can confirm any advice given out is good advice, just a thought Fella.

LeeH · Apr 18, 2015

Nobody has to prove their competence to give out advice on any other forum on here, so why should the White goods section be any different.

Do you confirm all advice is good advice already?

Octopus · Apr 18, 2015

bad, bad, bad idea UNLESS its a "protected" area or else every Tom, Dick, Henrietta and Mary will be all over the forum.

Silly Sausage · Apr 18, 2015

telectrix said:
be swamped with women asking where to put the soap in a washing machine.

Two nuns in a bath.
One of them says,"Where's the soap?"
The other says, "Yes, it does, doesn't it!"

Guest77 · Apr 18, 2015

LeeH said:
Nobody has to prove their competence to give out advice on any other forum on here, so why should the White goods section be any different.

Do you confirm all advice is good advice already?

The point is Lee this forum is browsed by a few very experienced Electricians, if bad advice is given it is usually seen quickly and jumped on regarding Electrical Installation advice, if not by the members then by the Admins who are both very experienced Electricians. The point I am making is we are lacking heavily in appliance maintenance engineers rather than Electricians so until we can confim there are these type of experienced guys on here we should be cautious.

Regarding your first comment, at one time to become an arms member you had to send a scanned copy of your grade card or show your business details via pm to prove to the team you were competant, things may be different now but there are still some good sparks here.

Regards.

Geordie Spark · Apr 18, 2015

MDJ said:
The point is Lee this forum is browsed by a few very experienced Electricians, if bad advice is given it is usually seen quickly and jumped on regarding Electrical Installation advice, if not by the members then by the Admins who are both very experienced Electricians. The point I am making is we are lacking heavily in appliance maintenance engineers rather than Electricians so until we can confim there are these type of experienced guys on here we should be cautious.

Regarding your first comment, at one time to become an arms member you had to send a scanned copy of your grade card or show your business details via pm to prove to the team you were competant, things may be different now but there are still some good sparks here.

Regards.

I just sent them a copy of my C. I. U. card, my T. A. S. S. union card, my Musicians Union card and cheque for £10 made out to a bloke called Marvo and I was in.

(It's competEnt btw

)

telectrix · Apr 18, 2015

cheque for £10 made out to a bloke called Marvo .

and you could have got away with a string of shells.

Guest77 · Apr 18, 2015

Geordie Spark said:
I just sent them a copy of my C. I. U. card, my T. A. S. S. union card, my Musicians Union card and cheque for £10 made out to a bloke called Marvo and I was in.

(It's competEnt btw )

:dita:

amlu · Apr 18, 2015

yes please. there is uk whitegoods forum on the net, but too much hassle login in there .
i regularly repair washing machins (80% hairbands stuck in the pump) , oven (broken element), kitchen hood (greasy fan).
induction hobs are easy too (mostly control switches too greasy and not condutcting anymore).

with all the tools and testers sparks have its not a complicated business...

Guest77 · Apr 18, 2015

amlu said:
yes please. there is uk whitegoods forum on the net, but too much hassle login in there .
i regularly repair washing machins (80% hairbands stuck in the pump) , oven (broken element), kitchen hood (greasy fan).
induction hobs are easy too (mostly control switches too greasy and not condutcting anymore).

with all the tools and testers sparks have its not a complicated business...

But surely some of it is electronic equipment which is out of the sparks skill range?

ruston · Apr 18, 2015

MDJ said:
But surely some of it is electronic equipment which is out of the sparks skill range?

Washers / dish washers etc are getting a bit like cars , no software no fix.

Guest77 · Apr 18, 2015

ruston said:
Washers / dish washers etc are getting a bit like cars , no software no fix.

Well my dishwasher is very complecated, it has electronic boards in it and micro chips as well, and it was only 300 notes, so I have no idea where you are attempting to go with this fella lol.

ruston · Apr 18, 2015

Scrapyard unfortunately I think.

telectrix · Apr 18, 2015

MDJ said:
Well my dishwasher is very complecated, it has electronic boards in it and micro chips as well, and it was only 300 notes, so I have no idea where you are attempting to go with this fella lol.

mine is as well. no microchips or circuitr boards, but she's got a fair gob on her.

ian.settle1 · Apr 18, 2015

MDJ said:
Well my dishwasher is very complecated, it has electronic boards in it and micro chips as well, and it was only 300 notes, so I have no idea where you are attempting to go with this fella lol.

What an Ogre with a dishwasher thought you would have just licked the dishes.