There's possibly a big catch buried in the Terms and Conditions:
"These warranties are only available through Ebac retailers in selected Northern England locations during the product launch period."
Given the way their website splashes the 10 year warranty on the page selling them without even mentioning that it is subject to T&Cs ISTM shady at best and very possibly over the edge.
That was Sony IIRC Toshiba took over Bush at Plymouth.
+1 - you beat me to it. Used to drive past their factory on the way to work.
They have a factory shop which sells 2nds
This web site is helpful:
Even if you can find one, you can be sure that the fill valves and level sensor will be Italian.
In these days of globalisation, you'd be lucky to find anything like that totally made in the UK. Possibly partially assembled. But the chances are the oily bits will come from elsewhere.
not Sony - they were st Bridgend.
Blame customers. GEC and Hitachi TVs used to come off the same production line in wales, the only thing different was the badge. GEC couldn't sell them and they sold their share of the plant and then it got closed down.
More likely Chinese.
That's the one I mentioned earlier.
When the current Hotpoint cooker goes 'pop', I'll have a look at Stoves.
I remember that 3 decades ago when a 2 models of a VHS video recorder came off the same production line and were identical apart from the case cosmetics the badge. Which? tested them both and gave one with the JCV badge a best buy recommendation and slated the other as rubbish.
they did the same with Fergusson & HMV tv sets - and that was in the '60s.
I once had a radiator hose spew out water on a 3 month old VW Transporter. Big hole in the hose. "Technician" said faulty manufacturing.
Criminal company
Company vehicle. It happened whilst I was going home late Friday afternoon. I was 150 miles from home and not too pleased.
My Ebac homedry dehumidifier was bought 2nd hand in 1988, shipped out to Fiji, spent 2 years running almost continuously, then shipped back in
1990 and I have used it every winter since then.Unlike my car, it has never needed regassing (probably full of CFC though).
In the USSR you needed a live-in fireman to deal with their locally-made colour tv's.
Noted, thank you.
Gazco (devon) ?.
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