Microwave Oven Diagnostic & Repair Guide

Problem

Possible Causes

It’s completely dead.

Check the circuit breaker and make sure you have 120v at the outlet, Hoss.
Fuse blown in the control panel. Sounds easy and it is if you know how to take the thing apart without getting your gluteus flabbeous shocked off by the capacitor in there [...]

Wiring in a new power cord for your electric dryer? Upgrading your electric dryer outlet from the old three-prong to the new four-prong outlet? Well, grab hold of those two large lumps at the base of your spinal cord and let’s romp through the wild and wacky world of dryer cords and outlets.

These [...]

This is a pretty common problem and the solution is blindingly simple. It’s caused by the drain hose siphoning water out of the washer tub. There are two common causes for siphoning and I’ll explain both of them below.

One cause for siphoning is simply that the drain hose discharge is below the fill [...]

Dryer (Gas and Electric) Diagnostic & Repair Guide

Problem

Possible Causes

[Gas and Electric]Dryer drum won’t turn.

The belt’s broken. Turn the drum by hand. If it turns reeel easy, you gotsa broken belt, Hoss. Also, look for contributing causes for the belt to break such as worn drum rollers, damaged felt kit, or stiff idler [...]

‘Twixt running appliance service calls and hiking, I haven’t had much time to post Hillstomping Updates. Well, Budrow, urine luck ‘cuz here ya go…
Me and the boyz (Stephen, Sam, and Bubba) hiked up Mt. Liberty one fine Thursday (July 29). Here, the boyz are reveling in their pre-manhood tumidity and flexing their inchoately [...]

When your dryer drum isn’t turning anymore, it’s usually a broken belt. Tearing the dryer apart is usually straight-forward enough but stringing the new belt on the motor and idler pulley can be tricky. This handy little picture shows the proper belt configurations for eight different makes of dryers. Your dryer is most likely included [...]

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Disposal Diagnostic & Repair Guide

Problem

Possible Causes

Disposal is completely dead.

The circuit breaker for the disposal is tripped. At least check it and make sure you’ve got 120v to the disposal before you freak out. And how do we check for voltage? Can we look at it and see that it has voltage? [...]

Of all appliances, the humble dishwasher is the most misunderstood. In the course of servicing and repairing all types of appliances for our customers, I’ve heard more crazy myths about dishwashers than any other appliance. This article will shine the light of truth on some of the more common dishwasher myths I’ve heard.
Myth [...]

In most refrigerators, the icemaker is a completely independent appliance that just happens to live inside the freezer. The one exception to this is the gawd-awful flex-tray icemaker that has the refrigerator’s defrost timer built into it making it an integral part of the fridge. All icemakers work with a water fill valve [...]

I use the Callwave (more aptly named, Callgrave) internet answering machine service to run the Toll-free Appliance Repair Hotline. Here’s a heads-up on a glitch I’ve been having with the Callgrave service.
When you call the Toll-free Appliance Repair Hotline phone number, it only rings my phone three times, even though you’ll hear it [...]

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Ron wrote:
1997 GE washer keeps filling with cold water, even with
machine unpluged. Recently cleaned plugged inlet screens.
Why?????
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Washer keeps filling.
Unplugged–still trickle, trickle.
Replace inlet valve.

Washer water control problems just gotsta be in the top five most frequent appliance complaints I get. The complaint is either:

very slow water flow into the washer (usually on the cold water only), or
water keeps trickling in even with the washer unplugged.

Thang about it is that the solution is just so gawd-awful simple [...]