You checked everything you can think to check on your dishwasher and you’re still getting that pesky gritty stuff all over your dishes? Well, budrow, the solution could be something as simple as the type of detergent you’re using.

If you’re not familiar with the innards of these washers, properly diagnosing transmission problems and distinguishing them from other drive train or even control problems can be a real trick for the uninitiated. For example, your washer doesn’t spin or agitate but you hear and maybe even see the motor running. BTW, one […]

Sublime Master Appliantologist Willie in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum illumines us with this handy quick check of the transmission in a Frigidaire top-loading washer:

Here’s how to check the transmission by hand. I forget which way to turn for agitate and spin but you should be easily able to figure that out.

Try to turn the […]

This just in from the appliance repair hotline, a special advisory against using Powerball cleaning tablets in Fisher-Paykel dishdrawers, also marketed in Ameedica under the Whirlpool and Kitchenaid brands:

Reports that a new type of dishwasher detergent tablet damaged switches in some dishwasher models has prompted the New Zealand Consumer Institute to order the tablet manufacturer […]

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Oven not getting hot and you’re thinking you need to replace the bake element? Well, for starters, how do you know the element is bad? Could be the function selector switch, a burnt wire, lots of things. And then there’s the question of how to replace the element. RandyC, a grasshopper […]

This is usually a bad clock, more properly called an electronic range control (ERC). Wanna be absotootly, posilootly sure? Ok, read this.

Here are some juicy pearls of appliantology wisdom from our friends at Maytag for understanding F1 fault codes. In some models, there are subcodes that make diagnosis even easier. Here’s a simple explanation of what’s going on and how to troubleshoot:

The F1 code indicates that:

a. The electronic range control (ERC) is sensing […]

This new washer offered by Kenmore is actually manufactured by Fisher Paykel. You can read some service tips on this washer here.

Some good troubleshooting tips and techniques explained by a Master.

Now, you might be tempted to conclude that your dishwasher’s $300 control panel is defective. And you might even go out and buy you a new one, install it, and… you still have the same problem! The solution could be blindingly simple and require no parts at all.

If you’re having erratic temperature control and/or and dim display in your Jenn Air range, then you need to understand how the temperature control circuit works before you can fix it. Sublime Master, Trying to Help, offers this very succinct and easy-to-digest explanation.

Frustrated by an annoying leak from the bottom of the door on your Frigidaire dishwasher, model number starting with PLD? Sublime Master Willie has the fix.

Hearing a squeaky sound in your Maytag washer? This forum topic has a sound clip you can listen to and compare with what you’re hearing and explains a common cause and cure. See also this article for more information on noises in the Maytag Performa and Atlantis washers.

One of the Master Appliantologists at the repair forum posted this handy tip for fixing this little annoyance.