When the old Maytag dryer that came with the house stopped working about
10 years ago (or more) I went out and bought the cheapest dryer. Why?
Because it was what the apartment complex I lived in before had. It's
still working strong. Go figure.
Both the dishwasher and clothes washer are working well except that the
bottom rack on the dishwasher is crumbling. I ordered what was supposed
to be a new one from GE and it was the wrong part even though online it
showed it as the right part so sent it back. I found the right part out
of an east coast parts store for $155 before shipping. Figured with
that I might as well just put in a new dishwasher.
On 04/05/2014 05:43 AM, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote:
Wish you'd done this a few weeks earlier, 'cuz we just had to buy a
new washing machine. Our three remaining appliances from 1994 all
failed, sequentially, over the course of a month. First we replaced
the dryer, which was taking hours to dry a load. A couple weeks later,
the dishwasher pump started making a loud, bearing going out kind of
noise. And, a couple weeks after that, the washing machine started
drawing huge amounts of current and filling the laundry room with
electrical stink (thankfully, it managed to finish the load of towels
and not leave us with a failed machine full of wet mess.)
20 years ago, my appliance buying philosophy was to buy the highest
end that still had mechanical controls instead of the newfangled
electronic controls. And, I attribute that strategy for getting almost
20 years out of our old appliances. These days, everything has
electronic controls, and we just went with the best rated, high end
stuff. The washer and dryer are Kenmore Elite (made by LG), and the
dishwasher is an 800 series Bosch. I doubt we'll get 20 years out of
these new machines, but they do a much better job than the old ones,
especially the dishwasher, which completely cleans stuff that had to
be well rinsed with the old dishwasher, and in almost complete silence.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoi...@yahoo.com> wrote :
* Offering a new washing machine to the lotus feet of Sri Alex, who
manifested the siddhi of retaining his sense of humor about It All
despite having to be a moderator at FFL.
