January 2003

Appliance Tip of the Day Encore: Genuine Appliance Manufacturer’s Repair Manuals

January 31, 2003 General Appliance Wisdom

Yes, Grasshopper, your journey into appliance repair excellence begins with good technical information. While it’s true that Fixitnow.com is the Muthah of all appliance repair websites and offers an extensive online library of information, a do-it-yourself repair forum, and live help, there’s just no way we can reproduce all the esoteric information contained in genuine [...]

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Appliance Usage Handbook

January 31, 2003 General Appliance Wisdom

Ahh, yes, the Appliance Usage Handbook: the bible of optimal appliance usage. This fine comprehensive reference was compiled by Maytag and is invaluable for answering questions on using your washer and dryer, dishwasher, stove and refrigerator. Additionally, this valuable handbook contains information on the basic operation of all household major appliances, regardless of brand. I [...]

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Appliance Tip of the Day: Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances

January 31, 2003 General Appliance Wisdom

Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances. If you need to learn the fundamentals of appliance repair, like how to make basic electrical tests, how to read a schematic diagram, testing a refrigerator defrost timer, how to read a washer timing chart, and lots and lots of other cool fundamental stuff then buy this book. Don’t tell [...]

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Live Help Update

January 30, 2003 Website Updates

I’ll be online for live help tonight from about 9:00pm (New Hampster time) ’till whenever right here at Fixitnow.com. Talk to you then.

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Whirlpool Microwave Oven Tidbits From the Factory

January 29, 2003 Microwave Ovens

If your Whirlpool Microwave Combination Built-In oven is giving you the error code “door” in the display and you can’t restart the unit, then the door-monitoring portion of the microcomputer board is fried. The only cure is to replace the microcomputer board. Whirlpool just started making more of these boards in July 2002 so there [...]

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Appliance Tip of the Day: No Ice in Your Whirlpool or KitchenAid Side-by-Side Fridge with In-Door Ice

January 29, 2003 Ice Maker Repair

So your fancy Whirlpool or KitchenAid Side-by-Side with the in-door icemaker quit making ice for your margaritas? And it’s one of those space-age looking icemakers with the red LED and infrared ice level sensor? Well, Grasshopper, go pour yourself a tall cold one, and get me one while you’re at it, because the Samurai is [...]

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Samurai Web Cam

January 28, 2003 Karaoke Lounge

I just got one of those cool web cams, you know, those X-10′s that you see in popup ads everywhere you go on the web? Yeah, one o’ those. Well, I finally broke down and bought one. It was easy to set up and seems to work pretty well. I have it set up here [...]

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Network Update

January 25, 2003 Compooting

Looks like Microslop provided more fertile ground for yet another internet worm attack. Maybe this is what’s behind the .NET passport outage.

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All Systems are GO (if you don’t count Microslop)

January 25, 2003 Compooting

Looks like MSN .NET passport servers are having another bad hair day. I can’t sign in to .NET passport to check email or answer questions at the Appliantology Group. Anyone else having this problem? Seems like the .NET passport servers go down about once a week. I’m just glad Microslop didn’t surprise me by going [...]

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A Higher Source

January 23, 2003 Website Updates

So, Grasshopper, you’ve carefully studied the vast repository of appliance diagnostic and repair information in the Appliantology Files but you are still confoosed. In this case, you must seek wisdom from a Higher Source. Two founts of divine appliance wisdom are available to you: The Appliantology Group and The Samurai School of Appliantology Forum. What’s [...]

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Appliance Tip of the Day: Hooking Up a Gas Dryer

January 21, 2003 Dryer Repair

Here are some fundamental guidelines that you shall obey when installing a gas dryer: The flex gas line diameter shall be 3/8″ and the length shall not less then 6 feet. The 6 ft. length is so the dryer can be slid forward to clean and work behind it without having to remove the gas [...]

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Kid’s Letters to God

January 21, 2003 Karaoke Lounge

Dear God, Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. Ginny Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up. Joyce Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make [...]

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IM Madness

January 19, 2003 Compooting

The IM world used to drive me nuts. Some of my friends are on Yahoo Messenger, some on MSN Messenger, others on AOL Instant Messenger. I got so fed up with all the fragmentation in the IM world that I just punted IMing altogether. But I just discovered a very cool service that changed all [...]

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Return from the Dark Side

January 18, 2003 Compooting

I’m back from my brief foray into the Dark Side of the Web: MSN 8. I jumped over to the Dark Side a couple of months ago after I downloaded Intellisync from Yahoo and it crashed my computer. In a fit of rage, I deleted the Appliantology group at Yahoo Groups and reincarnated it at [...]

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Stop the Madness!

January 9, 2003 Karaoke Lounge

I hate junk faxes. People that send ‘em are nothing more than sleazy little thieves. They’re even a notch below email spammers because they steal my paper and toner to get their stupid message to me. And what kind of half-wit responds to scam offers in unsolicited faxes? There must be enough mental midgets out [...]

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