December 2005

Gas oven goes boom when starts

December 30, 2005 Oven Repair

corrected burner tube / gas oven goes boom

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The Reason for the Season

December 25, 2005 Samurai Incarnate

(Iconographic greeting card courtesy of Tregubov Studios)

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Maytag Shareholders OK Sale to Whirlpool

December 22, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

And then there were three.

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It’s not a question of if, but when and how bad the next emergency will impact your life. Even the various tentacles of the federal gubmint are urging people to make preparations for at least a 72 hour emergency, but anyone with any common sense is preparing for a much more protracted scenario. When I [...]

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Staber Washer: A Customer’s First Impression

December 8, 2005 Washer Repair

The Staber washer is a horizontal axis washer (commonly referred to as “front-loaders”) but with the unique feature of loading from top. It has all the advantages that come with horizontal axis washers: uses much less washer and electricity, no inefficient, clunky transmission, needs less detergent, and clothes last longer because they’re not whipped back [...]

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Refrigerator Warming Up and Makes an Occasional Clicking Noise

December 1, 2005 Refrigerator Repair

This is usually a burned out start relay on the compressor. The function of the start relay is to momentarily energize the start winding in the compressor motor and then cut power to the start winding as soon as the motor is running. In the good ol’ days, these relays were mechanical: heavy copper wire [...]

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