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Archive for the 'General Appliance Wisdom' Category

Maytag Appliance Use and Care Manuals

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Roni Finkelstein wrote:

Your Precious Words: I own a Maytag Neptune clothes washer but have lost the manual. What does the “colors” button do as opposed to the “whites” button?

Normally, you could just download a new manual from the Maytag website. But the clever webmeisters at Maytag, ever thinking of you, the consumer, […]

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Use the Forum, Luke!

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

One of the main features of this site is the whirled-flamous Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. Grasshoppers by the buttload, er, I mean, boatload come to the forum for expert help from Master Appliantologists with their insolent appliances.
Recently, Grasshopper Ed joined the forum and sent me a private message (PM) from within […]

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Using GFCI Outlets with Appliances

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Don’t do it. It’s unnecessary, it’s not required by the National Electrical Code (NEC), and will likely cause nuisance trips (killing the circuit when there’s nothing wrong), especially on older appliances. The NEC does not require GFCI on permanent appliances such as disposals, dishwashers, refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc., as long as they are […]

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How to Find Appliance Parts Without Having to Know Much

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Now it’s easier than ever to find the appliance parts you need using the new pretty yellow appliance parts search box at the top of the page.
Let’s walk through a quick example of how easy it is to find parts with the new Part Detective using the Whirlpool Duet Sport washer as an […]

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The Famous Three-Step Samurai Appliance Repair Program

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

So you have a broken appliance; you’re trying to figure out what’s wrong and how to fix it. And you’re all flustered because you don’t even know where to start getting help. Well, you just unfurrow that brow and unbunch those panties, Grasshoppah, because the Samurai will walk you through your repair journey […]

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Working with Electronic Circuit Boards in Appliance Repair

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Most appliances today use electronic circuit boards. For example, many appliances use an “electronic control system” consisting of a dime-store calculator LCD display, a plastic touch pad, and a cheesy circuit board, all made in a Chinese sweat shop. Although these boards are manufactured for pennies, replacement circuit boards sell for big bucks, […]

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Mafia Goon Learns Appliance Repair from the Samurai

Monday, November 26th, 2007

As many of you already know, the Samurai practices a unique style of appliance repair called Fixite Do (pronounced “fixi-tay doh”), shown here (click the picture for the larger view).
My aggressive appliance repair techniques attracted the attention of none other than the Goddfaddah himself! He recently approached the Samurai and “asked” him […]

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Tips for Painting Appliances

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Re-modeled the house and you’d like to spruce up the looks of your otherwise fully-functional appliances so they match the new decor? One way of doing this is to re-paint the appliances. Yeah, it’s tedious, detailed, unforgiving work but, for some, it’s a treasured tradition in the appliance repair martial arts. Here, […]

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Spiffy New Parts Search Engine from RepairClinic

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Now it’s super easy to find appliance parts! You can just enter the appliance type, brand or part type. Try it out!

Search by part number or model number for best results.

If you don’t know your model number - try searching by appliance type, brand or part type.

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Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

This is the latest edition (2007) of this very useful primer on appliance repair, Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances. I own a copy of the first edition, which came out in 1995 and it occupies prime real estate on my bookshelf among my more valuable appliance repair references. This latest edition has added […]

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Appliantology Newsletter, Fall 2007

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Konnichiwa, My Friends!
Another edition of our award-winning newsletter, Appliantology, has hit the streets face-first and screaming! Download this issue now (about 580 kb, PDF file). Lots of cool new features have been added to Fixitnow.com and are ’splained in this newsletter so hurry and download it today before it gets all used up. […]

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Cool Tools for Fixit Fools

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

In his continuing efforts to enhance your repair experience, the Samurai has spent hundreds of hours scouring through Amazon.com’s vast selection of tools to find the best tools for appliance repair. I call them Cool Tools for Fixit Fools and they’re all just aching to be fondled in your sweaty, hairy palms. Come […]

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The Rational Art of Troubleshooting

Monday, September 17th, 2007

This email from one of my Live Help disciples is a great illustration of the kind of attention to detail and concentration you need to have while troubleshooting. I like to call troubleshooting the “rational art.” Yes, there are techniques and cause-and-effect relationships that you need to know but, as illustrated in this repair story, […]

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How to Get Help in the World-Famous Samurai Appliance Repair Forum

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

From: hottip
Subject: When you were offline (via LivePerson)
I want to post a problem with my GE GSS25LGMB CC. Da Refrig side freezes da fud and da Moose Drool. Where do I start. I Have big sledgehammer and chainsaw tools. ready to order da parts now. While sunning wife in tropics, water filter froze and […]

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Appliance War Story: Urban Appliance Repair

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Even in the best of circumstances, it can be a battle doing appliance repair. But in the inner cities of modern Ameedica, like Deetroit, it’s an all out war zone. Check out this appliance repair war story from my brother-at-arms in the The Craft, Da Detroit Kaveman:

I listened to one of your podcasts […]

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