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re: Appliances - Throw Away
Posted on 4/9/24 at 4:17 pm to real turf fan
Posted on 4/9/24 at 4:17 pm to real turf fan
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Have you had mixer valves fail on the washing machines? We have limey water (our well intercepts limstone caverns) and ice makers also accumulate lime precipitate.
I have installed whole-house sized water filters in the cold side of our water heaters because the municipal water is full of rust and sediment. I drained and flushed our water heater before installing the filters and what came out was several gallons of gelatinous rust-colored sludge that had accumulated at the bottom. Replaced the anode when we bough the house, wasn't too bad but the water heater is only about 3 years old. It's a crappy 50-gal gas Rheem Performance unit that was stuck in to sell the house but I'd rather not have to plumb in a third water heater this year.
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Posted on 4/9/24 at 4:20 pm to AlumneyeJ93
Maytag commercial washer and dryer. Decent price and those mfers are simple machines that just work every single time. Probably one of the best purchases I have ever made
Posted on 4/9/24 at 4:45 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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Appliances - Throw Away
Cheap labor.
This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 4/9/24 at 5:23 pm to Evil Little Thing
quote:I have a family of 6. I was worried about the capacity of the Speed Queen washer, but it has not been an issue at all since we purchased a year ago. We have the TC5. The cycle is quick and clothes are clean.
I know the answer here is to buy a Speed Queen with an agitator and smaller capacity, but even the reviews on those aren’t great lately. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the old one we have lasts until I can make up my mind.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 5:29 pm to AlumneyeJ93
Samsung SUCKS do not buy this brand.
Purchased new microwave, refridgerator "ice maker POS" and range 6 years ago. Already replaced the microwave after 1 repair and then it popped and totally went out. Still fighting the ice maker after SamSUCK did their upgrade fix. Range seems slow never buying their POS appliances again.
Purchased new microwave, refridgerator "ice maker POS" and range 6 years ago. Already replaced the microwave after 1 repair and then it popped and totally went out. Still fighting the ice maker after SamSUCK did their upgrade fix. Range seems slow never buying their POS appliances again.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 5:29 pm to AlumneyeJ93
My personal belief is products now are intentionally designed to have sub standard parts. Just look at the history of the lightbulb. There is a story (can't remember where I saw it, probably YouTube). A lightbulb made over a hundred years ago was still working. The people making them said it wasn't economical to have them last as long. So they made them to crap out after a short time.
I have a old stove and dishwasher that has never failed in over 20 yrs. Bought a new Samsung refrigerator that needed service a month before warranty went out. It's all about the bottom line with manufacturers. Squeeze all the money out of the people to boost your stock. But that's just business.
I have a old stove and dishwasher that has never failed in over 20 yrs. Bought a new Samsung refrigerator that needed service a month before warranty went out. It's all about the bottom line with manufacturers. Squeeze all the money out of the people to boost your stock. But that's just business.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 5:47 pm to fallguy_1978
I've a Chest freezer that is about fifty years old. It belonged to my inlaws. A refrigerator and washer that are over twenty-five years old. Dryer that is about five years old. The Dryer has had two malfuntions in the last year. Belt tension pulley then a thermostat.
Most repairs can be illustrated with a google search, Youtube.
Most repairs can be illustrated with a google search, Youtube.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 6:02 pm to real turf fan
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Have you had mixer valves fail on the washing machines? We have limey water (our well intercepts limstone caverns) and ice makers also accumulate lime precipitate.
No mixer valve issue or lime buildup, we have city water. We did get black mold buildup (on two front loaders that the wife had to have, couldn't talk her out of it even though I knew they were bad purchases. No matter how much wiped and cleaned, couldn't get rid of the mold. The others were circuit boards that I replaced in each one and a motor. The current machine, I just replaced the solenoid that activates the spinning gizmo and a plastic gear, pulley and belt. The other plastic gear is worn but is on the shaft of what I would call the transmission and if I had to replace that, the thing is going to the curb for the trashman.
Posted on 4/9/24 at 7:20 pm to AlumneyeJ93
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I'm convinced either the house was built on an old graveyard and is haunted or there is an electrical gremlin, some kind of power fluctuation that is damaging the circuit boards. As an added note, I replaced light bulbs in the house weekly. Those GE light bulbs that say they are good for 13 years is absolute crap. I pop those bulbs if 3-4 months.
Have not read the whole thread so someone may have said this, but it is possible your house is having “voltage spikes.” Some appliances don’t handle fluctuations well, as explained by a repair guy to a friend having similar issues. There is some kind of monitoring device you can install that might prove it, might not. But a whole home surge protector was the recommendation that guy made to protect all your stuff if that’s what is going on.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:04 pm to Queen
So, the electrician came out and found a couple of things.
1. On our street we have a common transformer with he was guessing at least three other homes. He noticed that when my neighbors ac kicked on, it dropped one leg of my incoming volts by about 6-7 volts. He said I should contact electric company and have them inspect the transformer. Highly likely, they haven't ever done any maintenance on it.
2. He found one switch in the house, light dimmer, that isn't designed for LED light bulbs to be on it. Could replace it for $400 or just use different light bulbs.
3. Also said that LED light bulbs are extremely sensitive to voltage changes as little as 1 volt. So, going to back to item 1, this could be the cause of the flickering.
4. Didn't identify any voltage spikes just the drop on one leg.
Other than that, he didn't find anything wrong with the wiring, outlets, breakers/breaker box, etc. Said we had a large enough service of 200 amps to handle the needs of the house.
I guess I can rest a bit easier knowing the house is electrically okay. Electrician couldn't offer an explanation for the appliance failures.
1. On our street we have a common transformer with he was guessing at least three other homes. He noticed that when my neighbors ac kicked on, it dropped one leg of my incoming volts by about 6-7 volts. He said I should contact electric company and have them inspect the transformer. Highly likely, they haven't ever done any maintenance on it.
2. He found one switch in the house, light dimmer, that isn't designed for LED light bulbs to be on it. Could replace it for $400 or just use different light bulbs.
3. Also said that LED light bulbs are extremely sensitive to voltage changes as little as 1 volt. So, going to back to item 1, this could be the cause of the flickering.
4. Didn't identify any voltage spikes just the drop on one leg.
Other than that, he didn't find anything wrong with the wiring, outlets, breakers/breaker box, etc. Said we had a large enough service of 200 amps to handle the needs of the house.
I guess I can rest a bit easier knowing the house is electrically okay. Electrician couldn't offer an explanation for the appliance failures.
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