November 2006

Tales from the Buttcrack, Episode No. 1,897: Defective Customers

November 29, 2006 Forum

And now, for your reading pleasure, another inspirational episode of Tales from the Buttcrack, with your host, Samurai Appliance Repair Man. Today’s episode is brought to us by “Trying to Help,” one of the Sublime Masters of Appliantology in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. “Trying to Help” is a technical manager with the service division [...]

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Whirlpool-Kenmore Direct-Drive Washer with a Lazy Spin

November 28, 2006 Washer Repair

If you have a Whirlpool or Kenmore direct-drive washer with a weak or lazy spin which gets worse with a heavier load, it may have a bad clutch or transmission. How’s a grasshopper to know which it is? Fret thou not, my leetle seeker of arcane appliance wisdom, for this topic in the Samurai Appliance [...]

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Travails and Ultimate Triumph in a Maytag Refrigerator Repair

November 24, 2006 Fan Mail

A big fat domo to Faz, an Apprentice Appliantologist in the world-famous, award-winning Samurai Appliance Repair Forum, for posting his refrigerator repair saga in the Kitchen Forum. It was such a compelling and well-written epic that I had to re-post it here: Thank You for running this great website! I am an electrical engineer and [...]

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Jenn Air SVE47600B Cooling Fan Comes on Early and Often

November 24, 2006 Oven Repair

Come, follow the gripping saga of a blind, helpless grasshopper as he struggles with a cooling fan problem in his Jenn Air range. Watch with awe as Sublime Master “Trying To Help” leads him to the Promised Land of appliance enlightenment. For more information about your range or to order parts, click here.

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Home on the Range

November 20, 2006 Oven Repair

The most commonly misunderstood aspect of oven operation that we encounter in the field is oven temperature regulation. We find that many of our customers mistakenly believe that when they set their oven to cook at, say, 350ºF, that the oven will bake at exactly 350ºF for the duration of the cook. In fact, this [...]

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Dryer Venting Wisdom

November 16, 2006 Dryer Repair

MESSAGE SENT THROUGH YOUR WEBSITE name = Greg email = *********@yahoo.com country = USA comments = You have given me a TON of info about my dryer vent, and I appreciate it. Can you help me with the one problem that is driving me mad? I can’t get my vent to stay attached to the [...]

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Meet Cheeky the Appliance Repairclown…

November 16, 2006 General Appliance Wisdom

Or not. You know the drill: you have a broken appliance but you’re dreading calling Cheeky the Repairclown. Good news: you don’t have to! Fix it yourself and save big bucks. This website is all about helping you fix your own appliances so you don’t have to gouge out your eyeballs after getting an eye [...]

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Use the Form, Luke!

November 16, 2006 General Appliance Wisdom

This website has over 3,000 pages packed with pearls of appliance repair wisdom just waiting for you to feast your bleary, blood-shot squinties upon them. Just use the search form below. In my vast and awesome experience running this website for 10 years now, I’ve realized that most people don’t know how to use a [...]

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Fixitnow.com Turns 10 Years Old this Month!

November 16, 2006 Website Updates

I can’t believe it was 10 years ago this month that I registered the domain name, Fixitnow.com, and started this do-it-yourself appliance repair website. Yay me!

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Using a GFI (Ground Fault Interrupter) with Appliances

November 16, 2006 General Appliance Wisdom

Seems to be a lot of confusion about this among Grasshoppers. And lots of people have at least one major appliance on a GFI, usually the refrigerator on the kitchen GFI circuit. But most appliance manufacturers explicitly state that GFIs should not be used on appliances. For more info, see this topic in the Samurai [...]

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Your Online Jenn Air Stove Cartridge Store

November 16, 2006 Appliance Parts Smarts

In stock and ready to ship; 30-day money-back guarantee; 100% safe and secure ordering; next-day delivery available. Click it to git it. Jenn Air Cartridge – Conventional Coil, Stainless Steel (Manufacturer’s Number A100) – Designer Collection. Stainless steel. Jenn Air Cartridge – Conventional Coil, Black (Manufacturer’s Number A100B) – Designer Collection. Black. Jenn Air Griddle [...]

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Whirlpool Calypso Washer: RIP

November 15, 2006 Washer Repair

Nickfixit, a veteran appliance servicer with a large, national retail and appliance service company and one of the fine Sublime Masters of Appliantology in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum, offered this erudite analysis of the ill-fated Whirlpool Calypso washing machine. Take ye heed… Ok, I can see Whirlpool had good intentions when they came out [...]

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The Samurai Appliance Repair Forum Ch-ch-ch-changes

November 7, 2006 Forum

So, we just completed a detailed and exhaustive accounting of all the income and expenses associated with running Fixitnow.com and the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum and we discovered something verrrry interestink: the forum generates less than 7% of the revenue that the main site, Fixitnow.com, does yet it comprises more than 82% of the overhead [...]

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