January 2010

An Application of the Kinetic Impact Method to Clearing a Frozen Icemaker Fill Tube

January 27, 2010 Haiku

    Ice bucket empty; inner Babe Ruth awakens. Batting a thousand.   To learn more about your ice maker, or to order parts, click here.   To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

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How to Test the Evaporator Fan Motor in a GE Profile Refrigerator

January 26, 2010 Refrigerator Repair

Le Procédure: Unplug the refrigumerator. This resets the main control board. Warm up the freezer thermistor to 70°F– an infrared temperature gun makes for an easy, quick, and accurate way to tell when the desired temperature is reached. Set the temperature controls to das middle settings. Plug the refrigumerator back in. Use your meter to [...]

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Whirlpool-Kenmore Side-by-Side Refrigerator with In-Door Ice Dispenser: Poor Ice Production and Deformed Cubes

January 25, 2010 Haiku

  Kenmore Side by Side, sporadic ice, deformed cubes. Nouveau torque module.     To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

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Maytag-JennAir Side by Side Refrigerator with a Block of Ice in the Bottom of the Freezer Compartment

January 24, 2010 Refrigerator Repair

… and may have water pooled at the bottom and running out the front, too. This is a classic case of a plugged condensate drain hole in the freezer. “Condensate” is the fancy word that we professional appliantologists call the water that gets melted off the evaporator during the defrost cycle. “Evaporator” is another fancy [...]

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High Altitude Icemaker Service Call on Franconia Ridge

January 23, 2010 Hillstomping Update

Oh, the places the Samurai doth go to service broken appliances. This place had 50 mph gusts and -15°F temps. Can you believe this was a broken icemaker call? And there was no way to get my service van up there– believe me, I tried! No, I had to trudge four miles up the mountain [...]

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Kenmore (Whirlpool) Dryer Runs a Short Time then Flashes an F11 Code

January 23, 2010 Dryer Repair

Emily wrote: Hi Have a kenmore dryer 110.85089400 that will run for a while then flash F11. Please enlighten me, O Samurai!   F11 code on Kenmore dryer console. Mr. Thermistor.     To learn more about your dryer, or to order parts, click here.

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BSH Home Appliances Corp. Expands Recall of Thermador® Built-In Ovens Due to Fire Hazard

January 22, 2010 Appliance Recalls

  To learn more about your range/stove/oven, or to order parts, click here.

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Broken Appliance? Samurai Appliance Repair Man Makes Service Calls!

January 21, 2010 Haiku

    Samurai at work; burrito grande´ rumbles. Customer clears out.  

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Maytag MDB-model Dishwasher Leaves Food Residue on Dishes

January 20, 2010 Dishwasher Repair

  Maytag dishwasher Leaves food gookus on dishes. Clean those dirty slits!   (Click to Enlarge)     To learn more about your dishwasher, or to order parts, click here.

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Trail Break

January 19, 2010 Hillstomping Update

All this appliance repair talk is eating my brain! I’ve uploaded some pics from a few of my winter hikes this season. Best viewed in fullscreen mode. Turn your speakers up and click the thumbnail images below to watch the slideshows. Enjoy! Mt. Cardigan   Mt. Moosilauke   Southern Saints Romp (Mt. Antipas and Webster [...]

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Dryer Doesn’t Run: Burnt Connections on Dryer Power Cord Terminal Block Lugs

January 19, 2010 Dryer Repair

    Loose lug on dryer: Live and learn or Learn and live? Meditate with beer.   To learn more about your dryer, or to order parts, click here.

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Whirlpool Duet Washer Leaks from the Front Panel

January 18, 2010 Haiku

    Duet washer leaks, dribbling water from the front. Thy bellows hath blown.     Wisdom! Whirlpool Duet Washer Repair Manual. Has complete, illustrated instructions for how to replace the bellows, troubleshooting and diagnostics, complete teardown info and much, much, more! To learn more about your washing machine, or to order parts, click here.

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GE Profile PSS25 Refrigerator Freezing Everything in the Fresh Food Compartment Regardless of Temperature Setting; and the Water Dispenser Quit Working, too!

January 17, 2010 Haiku

  GE Profile fridge: freezes beers; dispenser quit. Frikkin’ flapper froze!    

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GE Monogram ZIS Side by Side Refrigerator: Freezer Evaporator Continually Ices Up

January 16, 2010 Haiku

  Repeated icing GE Monogram freezer Band-aid repair kit.     Instamallation Tips:   To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

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Locating the Model Number Tag in a Refrigerator

January 15, 2010 Haiku

  Refrigerator model number: where art thou? Hither, thither, yon.     To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

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