Home appliance diy

General appliance repair tips.

Please read the smallprint below ,before accessing this site.

Use caution when repairing electrical appliances ,with the machine always unplugged from the mains supply.

I have been repairing domestic appliance for over 25 years and my knowledge has been recorded on this site .

The information in this site is free for anyone to read as you wish as long as you read and understand the smallprint.

These pages are demonstrations of how i repair various faults.

If you have a problem with your machine let me know and i will try to do a page on it or if you need advice

If you find any bugs on this site please let me know.

Contact me at Appdiy@yahoo.co.uk


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Home Appliance Diy

Hotpoint Indesit dryer how it works
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The timer tells the Capacitor to give the motor a push start to allow it to turn ( it may turn with nothing in if the capacitor fail, then again it may not turn at all ).The timer then supplies power to the heater.It draws in cold air throught the cabinet and blows it through the heater.


The cold air is blown through the heater(to warm it up).Then the warm air is blown into the drum.The clothes are falling around in the drum with warm air.The moist air is then blown through the filter(to catch the excess fluff) and is vented through the rear of the machine.

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