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Disassembling an LG electric dryer to test or replace the thermostat and thermal limiter

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Let’s listen with amazement as Sublime Master john63 from the Samurai School of Appliantology unveils the mysteries of disassembling an LG dryer. This particular procedure was for model number DLE7177WM but is largely applicable to all current LG models. 1) Unplug the dryer.

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Early model Maytag Neptune stacked laundry unit: washer won’t spin

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Model numbers MHS2000 MHW2000 MLE2000 If you have a unit with the MHS model number, it’s the same as the MLE and MHW units. Maytag labeled the washer MHS so they could be tracked at the assembly plant and just to confuse everybody else outside of the assembly plant.

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Things to check when troubleshooting the “tE” thermistor error code in LG washers

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Example LG model number: WM2277HW but applies to many others. Sublime Master of Appliantology john63 enumerates the dance steps in this repair for us in the Samurai School of Appliantology : Possible causes: 1) Damaged/broken wiring at the THERMISTOR PLUG (very common) 2) Weak/Intermittent connection at the THERMISTOR PLUG (add small amount of dielectric grease to plug) 3) Weak/Intermittent connection at PLUG behind CONTROL PANEL (disconnect all plugs behind the “jog dial” add dielectric grease) 4) Failed THERMISTOR (rare)—Should be 2.5 ohms to 180 ohms (changes ohms at differing temperatures) 5) Failed HEATING ELEMENT (rare-but does occur): 10 ohms to 30 ohms 6) Failed MAIN BOARD (rare): 120 volts at HEATER connections during TEST MODE. This test can be performed at the MAIN BOARD connector for the HEATING ELEMENT The correct MAIN BOARD should be ordered using both the MODEL *and* SERIAL NUMBERS

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Are you a Master Appliantologist? A special offer for Brethren in The Craft

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Do you repair appliances for a living? If so, you could get a complimentary upgrade to Master Appliantologist at the world-famous Samurai School of Appliantology ! Just drop me an email (samurai _AT_ appliantology.org) and let me know something about your background in The Craft: years of experience, companies worked for, brands trained on– don’t go crazy, just give me enough info so it’s obvious that you’re a professional appliance repair tech.

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The Samurai School of Appliantology, www.appliantology.org

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Konnichiwa! Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family. In between mouthfuls of turkey and beer, I was busy morphing the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums into our shiny new Samurai School of Appliantology at http://appliantology.org — add this to your bookmarks and all those other presents under your Christmas tree. The new School has been running for about three weeks now.

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Introduction to Microwave Oven Repair

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Someone posted this nifty Youtube video from Dave’s Farm in the Samurai School of Appliantology .

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Introduction to Microwave Oven Repair

Hall Effect sensors in LG washing machines

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

The LG front loading washers don’t use your typical belt and motor drive arrangement to move the wash basket.

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Hall Effect sensors in LG washing machines

Understanding Spin Sense in Older LG front load washers

Monday, December 6th, 2010

On some older LG front loading washing machines, you’ll see a button called “Spin Sense.” The instructions on the panel say to press and hold for three seconds to activate. When you do, you’ll hear a chime but the machine seems to run the same way and you can’t even tell if the feature is working. Wassup w’dat “Spin Sense” bidness?

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Understanding Spin Sense in Older LG front load washers

Frigidaire Affinity washer won’t start; E68 error code; replacing the water heating element

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Example model number: ATF7000EG0 You may or may not see a fault code with this problem.

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Frigidaire Affinity washer won’t start; E68 error code; replacing the water heating element

Grand Opening of our new Carbon-neutral Samurai Appliance Repair Facility

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

We’re proud of our carbon-neutral policy of hike in-only access and we’ve invested millions of Federal Reserve Notes in our new appliance repair facility. We’re green, we’re crunchy, do bidness with us! Hope to see you here at our brand new carbon-neutral appliance repair facility! Samurai Appliance Repair Man http://fixitnow.com Parts==> http://parts.fixitnow.com Forum==> http://applianceguru.com Facebook==> http://facebook.com/FixitnowSamurai Twitter==> http://twitter.com/FixitnowSamurai Sent from my iPhone Tweet Related posts: Grand Opening: Samurai’s Staber Store The Samurai School of Appliantology Intergalactic Chat Facility Free appliance repair help via Twitter

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Grand Opening of our new Carbon-neutral Samurai Appliance Repair Facility