On Thursday, 8 February 2018 19:09:20 UTC, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp wrote:
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:34:55 -0800 (PST), tabbypurr wrote:
On Thursday, 8 February 2018 15:08:30 UTC, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 8 February 2018 13:32:11 UTC, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp

If errors from these people can hit the market, then I would not have
too much faith in Argos acting as a "gateway" for goods.

I would until someone proved differnt.

I once was given a value hoover of theirs, and ended up using it twice before I planned to pass it to someone. It worked well, but the mains lead got hot _unwound_, I'd hate to imagine what would happen if not fully unwound. The noise level was so bad I had to wear ear defenders. I chopped the lead off & binned it on safety grounds, better no hoover than a total fire hazard.

Hot unwound isn't right. What power was it?

600W. I presume it was a CCS lead or similar.

Even at 1kW, I wouldn't have thought that the cable should have been
obviously warm to the touch.

Sounds like the rotor might have had a shorted turn. Was the mains
fuse correct for the power rating?

no idea

Still as is evident from the number of tumble dryer fires, a popular
make with tens of thousands of sales is no guarantee that there isn't
an inherent problem.

AB

I expect the design was fine when approved by their buyer, but you know how chinese manufacturers cut corners afterwards. The excessive noise level leads me to think it wasn't just a fault. And if it had been a motor fault, a mains lead going from cold to hot would mean the motor windings going from hot to meltdown fairly quickly. I did have a quick look at the motor, it showed no sign of overheating.

And they evidently became aware of the problem, so it wasn't a 1 off, as their following replacement model was unusually quiet.


NT