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I hate my repair guy.
If I'm lucky he can squeeze me in between other jobs.
He's inept, takes forever to get anything done and usually leaves a mess.
I really should hire someone else to do it, but I too cheap usually.
He's me.
Since our dryer decided not to heat clothes to dry them anymore, I broke down and called repair guy. ( the real one who derives him income from this)
as he was taking things apart i knew the options.
bad heating element, bad heating element relay, bad thermostat, bad control board.
good news, bad thermostat. $10. Excellent.
of course that was on top of the $159 service call.
But he knew how to break into the dryer, where it was hidden and what the open circuit values were.
Without schematics I'd have floundered for a while.
All of your appliances should have a schematic hidden somewhere in the machine. I the days when I worked on appliances with my F-I-L appliances were easy to troubleshoot. The hard part was knowing how to disassemble the machine to find the parts.
Now a days with so many computers in appliances it is hard to work on them. Does it sound like our cars?
All of your appliances should have a schematic hidden somewhere in the machine. I the days when I worked on appliances with my F-I-L appliances were easy to troubleshoot. The hard part was knowing how to disassemble the machine to find the parts.
Now a days with so many computers in appliances it is hard to work on them. Does it sound like our cars?
Yes it does. Remember points distributor and plugs.
The dryer repair worked for a while before it rolled over and played dead.
This time a different failure mode But i went back to my old guy for repair, ME.
I learned a few quick things from repair guy last time which made it easier.
Sometimes failures are self evident.
Like this one.
It appears to be going to the starter cap which I suspect is toast.
Of course parts lists don't include starter caps just motors. ( $196)
this is where not having a schematic is tedious.
I hear clicking from the control board. need to dive deeper.
Control board is $280. service call by tech is $175 to show up.
Did a quick query on home despot, found I maytag I like, back ordered until june 7
wonder if the neighbors would mind a clothes line for a while.
The dryer repair worked for a while before it rolled over and played dead.
This time a different failure mode But i went back to my old guy for repair, ME.
I learned a few quick things from repair guy last time which made it easier.
Sometimes failures are self evident.
Like this one.
It appears to be going to the starter cap which I suspect is toast.
Of course parts lists don't include starter caps just motors. ( $196)
this is where not having a schematic is tedious.
I hear clicking from the control board. need to dive deeper.
Control board is $280. service call by tech is $175 to show up.
Did a quick query on home despot, found I maytag I like, back ordered until june 7
wonder if the neighbors would mind a clothes line for a while.
If you know the size of the cap it is available on line. You can also check the cap with a meter.
can't quite see it. i also need to make sure relay is giving motor power.
then I'l get more ambitious and pull the motor.
I really don't like having to fix units that are only a few years old.
8 -20 years old yeah OK. I really want to be at 13-15 years before i open something up but i guess those days are gone.
