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How can i fix my ghd straighteners?

My ghd straighteners are coming on but the red light flickers on and of and when they flicker they make a noise.

paula, November 2005

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my straighters just wont go on ?

peggy, October 2014

My GHD got wet and and after a few days of drying it out i turned on the power at the powerpoint with the straightener turned off and the plates heat up with it turned off, what do i have to replace to fix this problem please

lisa johnson, August 2013

I have a verthos straightner that i bought about 6 months ago , it was working fine yesterday and i went to use it today and the red light is flashing but it wont heat up..... Is it dunzzzooo? I dont have the manual

Nicole, June 2013

Plates falling out

Boo, April 2013

Hi, my GHD straightener turns on and the light flashes but there is no heat coming from the plates. Is it fixable?

tp, April 2012

hi my starightners will not switch on nor is the light coming on i have changed the fuse and they still are not working does any one no wat eles i can try please

louise, September 2010

they are not broken

this is the saftey feature

it means that it is too cold, and if the ghds were to be turned on it would damage the insides of it or something lol

there is more info in the manual

livi, August 2010

iv had my ghds for about a month and they just stoped heating up and the light just keeps flashing to late to send them bk and its driving me crazy used the twice! any1 have any ideas wots wrong x x

cayleigh x, July 2010

where can i get my tresemme phillips straightners fix in sittingbourne kent

wendy, July 2010

my ghds were working then i went downstairs and left them on and when i came back up they wernt working light wasnt flashing whats happennd ?:s

natalie, May 2010

have ghd and has lost the heat in one of the plates. how to fix please? if repairable.

nathaie, May 2010

Tried to switch on my GHD straightners and light won't come on??

Foz Khan, February 2010

That is supposed to happen because it means they are ready to use as they are heated up. It does that on mine too!

Amy, December 2009

one of the plates is coming off my ghd straighteners. I have had them for about 6 years I think. They do still work but are catching on my hair. Can they be repaired?

debs, December 2009

my ghds stopped heating up after about 3months of havin them the light comes on but they jst dont heat up any suggestions

shelly, December 2009

my hair straightners light turns on but they dont heat up, whats wrong with the?

Kelly, November 2009

this morning i dropped my ghd streightners and now they wont turn on. Any ideas of how to fix them? x

Lauren Lloydon, November 2009

this morning i put my ghds on the light came on then went off checked fuse its not that any ideas?

emily, November 2009

You can buy a lead for about £10.
Close the straighteners and tape together.
There's a rubber band by the flex, roll it off.
Loosen two small screws with a fine crosshead screwdriver and remove the flex holder.
Simply pull out the whole flex from the circuit board and replace with new one.
Put the appliance back together and you're good....till the next time.....it's a common fault on these.

john, August 2009

Mine do the same thing. But found out it's a function that when it's too cold they don't heat up because it can crack plates.

Beca, July 2009

but when the light goes off the go cold!!!

anita - west bromwich, June 2009

Someone please help!! when i turn my straightners on the light starts flickering and then when i start straigtning my hair the light completley goes off!! then when i put them down the light comes on again!! ive had them for 4 years please could someone help me i cant manage without them!!

anita - west bromwich west midlands, June 2009

they're supposed to do that, it indicates that they are at the correct temperature. :-S

toppo, May 2009

i have just brought pink ghds off the internet from what i thought was a shop i received the ghds and the light comes on but they do not heat up i have tryed to contact the place i brought them they do not answer my emails and the address they had on the invoice they have never been heard of hope you can help

sue hammett, September 2008

my ghd just out of warranty and stopped working while using, checked the fuse and plugged back in and red light came on for a few mins then went again, before I go and spend £120.00 -reply for Brett might do the trick - how do I get into the plate to check out?

anne tavendale, November 2007

After a quick fix for the Mrs's straighteners I found a faulty 2amp 230VAC axial fuse located underneath one of the ceramic plates.If no power when the mains is appliied try checking this is not open circuit. :) Easy fix
Spare part cost 94p from
www.rswww.co.uk

Brett, November 2007

The light is supposed to flicker. This indicates they are at the correct temperature. Not sure about the noise though

catherine Watson, September 2007

I haven't had my GHD's long, way less than a year anyway! The other day, the little red light started flickering on and off, then gradually they just more or less went off. So i went to my hairdressers and they told me to send them off to the company or whatever. So yesterday, I sent them off, with a note saying what was wrong with them. I haven't heard anything yet obviously, but hope to soon. I can't live without them, and I hate going to school without straightening my hair with GHD's. Does anyone know what is going to happen from here, or has experienced this themselves?

Please e-mail me and let me know. Thanks: Soccermadamy7@aol.com

Amy Broady, December 2006

on my wifes one it was a poor connection to the element. same symptoms. light would come on and then go off just after it started flashing. or the light would go off when you clamped the irons together. The connection has broken about 3mm away from the element, so ideally it needs a new element. you can replace it yourself with a medium screwdriver and a fine screwdriver. pop off the round side caps (use a pick or a small flatblade driver.) undo the bigish philips screws and push the shaft through. Pull the two ends away from each other. WATCH OUT FOR THE SPRING. it's designed to sit one way and not the other. undo every casing screw you can find and pull it to bits. hopefully that's it :-)

Joe Blair, January 2006

poor mains connection (usually input to tongs or damaged wire by twisting). The noise heard will be the bad connection sparking and generating heat in the break (may end up with the opposite hair type).

sparky, November 2005