That is a known issue in all sorts of areas - that the very act of performing maintenance can create problems that wouldn't have happened otherwise.Part of me suspects that all that dismantling, and handling, dropping, jarring, and general disturbance may be the very thing that reduces the life of the transducers, and of the whole thing in general
I agree: from what I can see, the dimplex 50 quid transducer is no different to the 3 quiders I now buy. They just charge an outrageous premium, partly for the reduced diameter they seem to(deliberately) have compared to all the ones on ebay, and partly because few people will figure things out and mess around trying to find alternatives like I have.
And all that ludicrous faffing around cleaning and dismantling every 14 days?? At 4 quid a pop(they've gone up), I'd rather just replace the transducer when it dies, and clean out the system at that time. Every 15 months(so far) . .
All in all, once you know all this, they are a great fireplace for those of us with just electric and no chimney.
Its a potentiometer behind the black dial, shouldn't be an expensive part to replace, but it involves removing parts of the fire, so you'd need to be competent with electronics really and be careful, always remove the mains power before starting.It would appear my young lad has turned this dial to the point where it no longer works. He’s overturned it and would appear he’s snapped the switch inside which triggers it on. Anyone know if it can be fixed or would be looking at a full unit
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