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To: IronJack

Sorry to have to break this to you, but unless your washer/dryer is over 30 years old, it was designed for a 7 to 10 year lifespan.

Really. My family has been in the repair biz for 45 years. Little is designed for longevity anymore, because you don’t make money selling product that lasts.


24 posted on 11/20/2017 8:59:53 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W
I've always been the "Mr Fixit" in my Family and for friends & neighbors and always enjoyed it.

I ran a 'West Coast Video' store and had a side gig doing repairs - saw the shift from repairable to replaceable in real time with VCR's.

I have a higher-end oven, replaced the controller board once (issue with the triplex from the pole, blew a number of things). Few years later, baker element wouldn't heat, ID'd the issue (poor workmanship/component on the replacement board). The controller board was no longer available, anywhere.

Ended up finding a suitable relay in my "stuff that I can't get rid of because I may need it someday" pile.

33 posted on 11/20/2017 9:20:21 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Don W

I was only half serious. My point is, a structure built with taxpayer money should probably be expected to last longer than a spring flower.


35 posted on 11/20/2017 9:20:53 AM PST by IronJack
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To: Don W

Like I told another poster, mine are from the 1980’s. My late husband had to replace a heating element in the dryer but he died in 2006. Both are Kenmore.


54 posted on 11/20/2017 9:47:44 AM PST by MamaB (Heb : 13)
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