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brooklyn1

On Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:29:02 -0400, wrote:

>On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 06:56:56 -0500, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 12/8/2016 11:27 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Quiite coincdentally my clothes dryer just broke. I put a load of wet
>>>> clothes in it and pushed the Start button... nothing. I tried changing
>>>> the settings, Start? Nope, no go. Grrrrr.
>>>
>>> Did you check the circuit breaker?
>>>
>>>> I called my home warranty company and they will send a tech to repair
>>>> and likely replace it. Meanwhile I have a bunch of wet clothes and no
>>>> good way to dry them. I cannot have an outdoor clothes line where I
>>>> live. I can hang some things in the bathroom but this is really an
>>>> inconvenience.
>>>
>>> I'd think a neighborly neighbor would rescue your one load of
>>> laundry... however I'd bet it's the circuit breaker.
>>
>>I checked the breaker. Do you think I'm that stupid? Everything else
>>works, the washer is on the same circuit and it works fine. The dryer
>>is 25 years old.
>>
>>> If it's the breaker still have an electrician check it out, after so many years
>>> circuit breakers go bad. Once a year it's a good idea to "exercise"
>>> all the circuit breakers by flipping their switch a couple of times
>>> each, cleans the oxidation so their points make good contact. And
>>> eventually a breaker's points become burned and it needs to be
>>> replaced... especially with high amperage breakers like for a dryer.
>>> It's extremely rare that a dryer motor would suddenly die, much more
>>> likely a belt would wear/break. It's very likely the breaker but
>>> knowing how you look for every opportunity to rank on me I know you
>>> would never say I am correct. Odds are you never thought to check the
>>> breaker.
>>>
>>I'm not ranking on you. In this case you are NOT correct. The first
>>thing I checked was the circuit breakers. I flipped all the switches
>>from ON to OFF. The dryer is dead. It happens. Appliances do not last
>>forever. That's why I have a home warranty to cover replacing/repairing
>>them.
>>
>>Jill
>
>
>First off, if it's 25 years old you're mad not to have replaced it
>already for newer, it is just sucking up the power! They are greatly
>improved in that way, 'fridges too, even more so!

Jill is doing laundry for one, I doubt she does more than one or two
loads a week... makes no economic sense to spend near about $400 on a
new dryer just to save maybe 25¢ in electric each billing period. My
dryer is more than 25 years old but it's not going in the trash unless
it dies. I save far more on electric bills by switching to LED
lighting.

>Secondly those warranties cost you far more than normal replacement.
>Figure out how much you have paid over the years and the cost of a new
>dryer.

These days those plans are not expensive and it covers a lot more than
just her dryer. Amazon is selling extended warrantys... it cost me
$2.34 to double the two year manufacturer's warranty on the humidifier
I just ordered. I thought it was well worth the 0.2¢/day. These kind
of appliances run 24/7, odds are in favor it won't last four years.