Appliance Repair Peeps

Luck of the draw.

Thought so. I have a washer main board, pump and an idler pulley/belt/heating element stashed in my basement at all times.

Been in the business 40 years. My greatest advice is to try and get the model that has the least amount of electronics/bells and whistles. Doesn't really matter what brand it is, but I would stay away from the Korean made appliances (LG, Samsung), because they have a tendency to over design their appliances before technology is proven……basic is best…good luck.

Speed Queen for the win!

Found a floor model, basic, no frills, performs flawlessly and will for many years.

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Generally. Appliances are now like phones and other consumer electronics. 90% won't make it 24 months without a catastrophic (and often engineered) failure.

Building for quality died decades ago. All the suburbanite fucksticks needed their cheap, disposable lives!

25 years here.

MIele is the top of the line, no equals.

You're 100% correct the Asian companies and SMEG in Europe over engineer appliances to the point when one part failing will take out others.


3 1/2 hours for a Panasonic tub change on a washer is just daft.


I miss the days when you could strip down a timer, clean the contacts and grease the timer instead of changing a pcb.

And as for those new induction hobs, fook me £745 for pcbs alone after 12 months.

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40 years guy has a bigger penis than you.

Yeah, but I've probably shagged more housewives.

Maytag washer and dryer.

Had a set for 14 years, moved and bought a new set.

They last forever. Get clothes super clean.

BTW, I would never buy anything LG or Samsung. They are crap, even appliance sales people agree.

OK let's call it a draw.

Anything can shit itself.

get a maytag or whirlpool or a used kenmore and avoid all that "high efficiency" crap, you can probably get something used on craigslist for cheap, i think home depot or lowe's rent trucks for like $25 for 3 hours to make the delivery, or buy from someone who has a truck

wasn't samsung washers/dryers recalled a couple years back for catching on fire

Samsung support is horrible. My 1 year old fridge crapped the bed due to coil ice-up problems from a poorly designed drain system. Took me over 1 month to get it resolved. Huge delay in getting their authorized local repair shop to come out, then huge delays in getting parts. Imagine living without your fridge for 1 month?

Phone support is outsourced to a third party company who plays games with support ticket numbers, opening and closing, issuing a new one, to make it look like their resolution time/rate is good. Every time the case got closed and a new one opened, they assigned the wrong service company (not the same one who diagnosed and then started the repair!!). Never buying another Samsung product PERIOD.

I buy about the cheapest I can and change it every 5 years.

Minor things like a belt or a seal I will change, anything more it gets replaced,

The washer has been less trouble than the dryer, but the fixes are more expensive. The ejection pump has gone out 3x. Each time it fries something on the motherboard. Stupid design as well. THe motherboard is dipped in an inch of glue so you can't just replace something on it easy.

The dryer is something all the time but it's mostly due to cheap parts. THey don't use bearings and the pulley that puts tension on the belt has lasted 5 years or 6 months take your pick. Cheap parts. I'd spend 20 bucks on a part if it was designed properly vs the 10 buck pos. It's a racket.

I swear, if I had enough capital I would start my own appliance company and put these crackers out of business.

Had a samsung fridge that crapped the bed at 6 years. Pump went out. 600 to replace? Buy a new one is the only realistic option.

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I get the old used domestic ones for about $50 or free and they last 5 to ten years with little repair.

My daughter has been through three new expensive fancy ones in the last 6 years.

Oh, I'm sorry that you experienced that with your dryer. Unfortunately, appliances nowadays are so fragile that would break after a few months of exploitation. Yeah, that happened to me. My LG oven broke after three months of working and that made me really mad. I think that companies release weak products on purpose so we would buy their products again and again. Fortunately, my father recommended me to contact [link to www.appliancetechnician.ca (secure)] who is considered to be one of the best oven technicians in our city. He professionally did his job and now my oven works even better than before.

Check the voltage at the outlet, preferably when under load. Be certain there is a green ground wire and a white neutral wire, both going back to the breaker box, both correct.

Secure the breaker for the machine, take the female connector out of the wall outlet box, extend it some so you can AC voltmeter check it while the the machine is running through it. Plug in the machine, breaker on and run, voltage test.

Don't electrocute yourself.

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Buy appliances made by companies not making cell phones

Speedqueen is ideal, but they tend to charge for it now that everyone knows about it.

Amana has some cheap washing machine options for a simple machine with a real agitator. And is made in the US.

I bought one a few years ago at Home Depot and love it. It also cleans better and much faster than the big fancy machine it replaced. Actually I kept the big Cabrio platinum hooked up as well, for when I want to wash a huge bed comforter. It works, but the cycle is about twice as long as the Amana, and lacking a proper agitator, it doesn't clean very well. But it does have an enormous capacity.

My gas dryer has never had a problem in 26 years of usage. Bought it in 1995. Kenmore. Well, I did have to clean the lint out from around the insides 2 years ago.


Probably worth it to make sure your machines are on a surge protector if they have a lot of delicate electronics that you want to keep working. Cheap Chinese capacitors (and maybe some resistors and MOSFETs), tend to fail from minor voltage spikes.

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