What did you accomplish today?

manfredo

manfredo

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xtsho said:
The clothes dryer stopped heating on Saturday. Did some quick research and ordered a kit off of Amazon for $35. New heating element, fuses, sensors etc... Ordered it Saturday night and had it Monday morning. Put it in today. Took longer than I thought as the model of dryer I had didn't match up to anything I could find online with instructions so I had to take it slow with the disassembly.

Swapped all the parts out, turned it on and it worked. Sure beats paying a couple hundred dollars for someone to come out.

So now I've repaired the dishwasher, stove, and dryer for under $100. I'm guessing the washer is next. There's going to be some doo dad that goes out and I'll tear it apart and fix it for under $50. Appliances are actually really simple to work on and parts are usually inexpensive. No way I'm paying $100 for a diagnosis and then another $200 for a $15 part.
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That's another thing there are shortages of right now...major appliances.

I always at least attempt to repair them myself, and if I can't, I replace it, because unless you know someone, repairmen and parts is a huge racket.
 
curious2garden

curious2garden

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manfredo said:
That's another thing there are shortages of right now...major appliances.

I always at least attempt to repair them myself, and if I can't, I replace it, because unless you know someone, repairmen and parts is a huge racket.
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I need a door switch for my dryer. I just turn the dryer off before opening the door when it's running but I need to get one.
 
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