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The DRSNews
November
2009
(Happy
Thanksgiving!)
Published by 'double opt-in' subscription only,
by Dave's Repair Service
(c)2009 All Rights Reserved
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In this issue:
1) On a personal note: 'Think maybe it's time to retire...
2) A common dryer control thermostat that causes trouble
3) Yep, the free shipping deal's still running!
4) I need your opinion: do you prefer blog or newsletter?
1) I’ve been a professional
appliance service technician for 37 years as of
December 1st, and two weeks ago I walked away from
my first refrigerator
ever, giving up in disgust.
I was going for 40 years as a
tech, but think it’s time to retire and just
concentrate
on the
website full-time. It’s nearly full-time anyway,
and I’m having a *blast*
helping you guys with your appliance problems. Not
to mention how much fun it is
staying home up here on the mountain with Gracie
every day, not burning $3 gasoline.
(Scroll to the end of this issue to see her photo
and you'll understand <grin>).
Anyway, a well-known ‘offshore’
brand, this beast
refrigerator ’takes the cake'
for most ‘whistles and bells’. With a huge
‘motherboard’, nearly full-width
keypad, all kinds of audio output, 7 thermistors
sensing temperatures everywhere,
3 tiny low-torque 12 volt DC, variable-speed fan
motors, and mostly metric
hardware! And no service manual available anywhere
that I can find. Amazing!
I’ve done electrical work all of my life,
trained in and serviced electronics over
the years, but this is really getting ridiculous.
All this to refrigerate food?
I’ve said it before, but if you’re buying, or
have recently purchased, a new
refrigerator, budget for another one in about 5
years. I say that not to be cynical
or negative, it’s just a plain, but sad, fact.
They’re not lasting much longer than
that. With their tiny lowest-bidder sourced
compressors, they use very little
energy, but are filling up landfills fast!
Yep, think I’ll retire from in-home service
ASAP. ‘Need more time to hunt and
ridge-run, anyway. ;-)
2) I've been telling
folks about this problem for many years, but it just dawned on me that
I've never told YOU, my loyal (and longsuffering) DRSNews reader!
Many Whirlpool-built
dryers use a particular 4-wire control thermostat, part #3387134, that's
infamous for cycling high, and blowing the dryer's thermal fuse in the
process. I've been in the habit, for some 10 years now, of always
replacing one whenever I find a blown thermal fuse - usually part
#3392519 - sitting next to a #3387134.
This habit has saved
me the callbacks that I used to experience with this problem, so I'm
passing it on to you guys. Sorry I didn't think of letting you know
about it before.
So, if you have a
dryer that has blown its thermal fuse (the motor won't run at all when
this one blows in electric models; causes 'no heat' in gas models), and
you find a #3387134 alongside, I recommend replacing both.
The good news is
threefold: 1) new ones don't appear to have this problem. I've never
been called back to replace one a second time when I handled it this
way, and 2) this tstat's not expensive, at just $18.50. I sell the
thermal and tstat, packaged together, for $25.00 plus the Priority
shipping, and 3) it's an easy job to do.
3) Many of you have put up with my rambling for so long (some of you for
over 7 years now! Amazing! Oh, the endurance!), and one
of ways I've been saying thank you for your incredible support is to
refund subscribers their Priority shipping costs on any two or more
items from the web specials page (only), at:
http://www.DavesRepair.com/Parts/
If there are any parts you don't see there, let me know and I should be
able to combine them as well. I have many parts that haven't made it to
the website yet, and probably have your part in stock, so feel free to
ask. (Offer limited to US-only subscribers. Sorry!)
Pass the word if you know anyone who's in the market for any of the parts
and tools I have on sale. Subscribing is free, of course, but they
do have to put up with my rambling every month ;-)
4) I've just started a blog, and I wonder if you'd
let me know how you'd feel about
replacing this monthly newsletter with blog articles? It'd be easier for
me to keep up
with, as well as a shorter read for you. 'Would be more frequent short
articles once in a
while, instead of a long email like this every month, and you can easily
sign up to be
notified when a new article was posted. I'd cover all sorts of subjects
in addition to
appliance repairs. And blogs tend to be more personal, so we'd get to
know each other
better if you prefer.
Click
here to send me your opinion via email
Also: I'd sure welcome any advice from those of you
with blogging experience. I'm a
total 'newbie' at it!
The brand new blog is:
http://www.blog.davesrepair.com/
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May God richly bless you and yours.
Warmly,
Dave Harnish
Dave's Repair Service
New Albany, PA
drs@sosbbs.com
www.DavesRepair.com
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