We realized on Saturday of this weekend that the dryer never stopped running. Even though the lint filter was clean and the ductwork was clean too. It looks like it is the timer. No matter where we set the timer (auto, timed, etc.), it never moved while the dryer was running. This isn’t going to be a $2.67 repair (like the dishwasher). A new timer is a little more than that. While I had some of the dryer apart I decided to vacuum out the cabinet inside. While rotating the drum by hand, I saw some noticeable wear on the drive belt. Oh well, another part.
New timer and drive belt have been ordered from www.appliancepartspros.com.
Our dishwasher (D/W) decided to act up recently. It was making ugly noises when doing something (I never figured out a pattern). It also wasn’t completely draining at the end of a cycle. I could hit the “Cancel” button and it would drain, but that bothered me and made me wonder just how clean it was if dirty water was left there after a part of a cycle.
This topic came up for discussion while I was laying on the physical therapist’s table getting my ankle worked on. Her recommendation (based on personal experience) was to put some white vinegar in the bottom of the D/W let it soak for a while then run it thru a cycle. I told her that I would try it.
We bought a gallon of white vinegar ($2.67) and I poured 3/4 of it in the bottom of the D/W this morning. I left it in there for at least 2 hours while we ran some errands.
After we put away all the groceries, I started the D/W. It ran thru a cycle with nothing in it. Actually I put the coffee maker filter basket in there since it had all that vinegar and I could kill two birds with one stone.
Well it drained completely! I also watched the force of water coming into the disposal drain and it was significantly stronger than before. Yay! I’m running one more cycle now (with a few items in the racks) to verify that it is indeed fixed. The noise is gone too.
$2.67 is a whole lot cheaper than a new D/W.