GE lpg dryer approximately 4 years old. I just replaced the gas valve solenoid coils for the second time. Counting on the originals this is the third set of these things. Anybody have a clue as to why these things do not last? They always go out at the most inconvenient time. The replacements have all been genuine GE parts.
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Old Codger, Sounds like me. Nothing lasts anymore. It's hit or miss. Waiting for our 3rd above stove microwave (GE) in 12 years to explode or something next cup 'o' coffee I reheat. Cheap junk. Dang cabinet has gosh how many mounting holes in it now. Stupid push-pad is not beeping, timer not beeping, aggravating and disappointing. Gonna do some good research before I buy another one to replace it. I don't care how much it is as long as it works.
It might be time to cut your losses and buy an electric dryer.
I’ve decided to do away with my above stove microwave, when it goes out. I’ll replace with a dedicated range hood and buy a countertop microwave.
Many people are committed in a way to an OTR if they have a backsplash.
I'm guessing he doesn't have a 240v plug behind his gas dryer, as much as I may agree with you.
We have a back-up micro in the basement as we got it when we first moved here and there WAS a stove hood there!! Sounds like a plan. Our wonderful LG fridge has been ok for 12 years...started leaking water to the auto ice & water somewhere...screw it, got tired of it all and let it drain, unhooked the hose, capped the water spigot and now I use ice cube trays and keep a gallon of water in the fridge. Done. Tired of fighting everything, next to go is the TV's.
No electric dryer or stove for me. Hurricanes Camille and Katrina broke me from wanting an all electric home. Outage lasted 5 weeks after Camille and 4 weeks after Katrina. We can cook on an lpg stove and wife can wash and dry on lpg dryer on generator power.
Strange, I've had to replace the ignitor on our gas oven after I found out the ignitor gradually increases resistance so it still glows but it's in series with the gas valve. The idea is if the ignitor burns out and fails open, then the gas valve doesn't open, but the symptom it's getting weak is you can see it glowing, the oven gets up to about 120 degrees, but the valve never opens.
Crossing my fingers that our Samsung refrigerator keeps going, friends of mine have no kind words about them. The indicator lights seem to be going out and the ice maker occasionally gets stuck, but so far so good.
I'm predicting the dishwasher will be next. It doesn't always want to start unless I slam the door a few times. It did die outright last year, but that was because the outlet behind it burned up.
Crossing my fingers that our Samsung refrigerator keeps going, friends of mine have no kind words about them. The indicator lights seem to be going out and the ice maker occasionally gets stuck, but so far so good.
I'm predicting the dishwasher will be next. It doesn't always want to start unless I slam the door a few times. It did die outright last year, but that was because the outlet behind it burned up.
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it's all garbage, science has proven this
https://pirg.org/articles/youre-not-crazy-your-appliances-were-built-to-fail-you/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619300514
The average age of a repaired washing machine is less than 10 years old in three cases: foreign objects detected, pumps, heaters and thermostats. Looking at the unrepaired appliances, however, the critical components are again drum and tub. The average age of a repaired dishwasher is less than 10 years old in four cases: heaters and thermostats, pumps, electronics and the remaining category “others”. Looking at the unrepaired appliances, however, the critical components are the drain system, and the heaters and thermostats. Looking at the specific datasets of the 2016 database, these represent the recurring failure modes, namely the components more prone to fail, before the appliance reaches the age of 10. The failure modes observed in this subset of data were generally in line with what was observed in the 2009–2015 database.
The fact that repair was often considered too expensive by the clients of the repair centre is the main reason to conclude the average service life of an appliance and to proceed with its replacement.
I believe most appliances nowadays are “designed,” not engineered.
And the distinction is critical because most appliance manufacturers are managed by “bean counters” focused on low cost production, distribution, and sales.
What happens after the product is delivered, installed, and one day past the warranty is your problem.
And the distinction is critical because most appliance manufacturers are managed by “bean counters” focused on low cost production, distribution, and sales.
What happens after the product is delivered, installed, and one day past the warranty is your problem.
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Bite your tongue. My LP Whirlpool front loader is in 19th year and literally costs nada to operate; sips LP. Electric offers increased operation cost with no correlation to reliability. Of course if you have rather low electric rates it could be a wash and if so let us know your kw/hr cost.
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I'm with you there. CAD allows "designers" to create parts meant to last to a specific use scale whereas engineers in the past had a different outlook.
When the dryer was diagnosed was the amp draw on the ignitor tested? The coils are sensitive to amperage fluctuations as one of the coils [s in line with the glow bar ignitor.
The only thing that burns LP gas at my home is my 22kW Generac.
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2 Bad for U. My Generac tears up LP when things go dark and it's teens or below. God bless ya!
It’s actually not too bad. We only have to deal with outages after severe thunderstorms, tropical storms, vehicles taking out power poles, or a rare ice storm. It doesn’t have a lot of run time on it. Two years and 17 total hours. Our electric provider is pretty good with response time. A big improvement over our former home. There, we were at the mercy of a municipal provider.
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Similar to you, I can't complain about hours run over the years. Ice storms seem to still cause havoc here over the snow. Some of that is due to our provider, Central Hudson and the lackluster tree trimming program. They have gotten better of the last 5 years or so.. Only 2 long term outages. One was a rare tornado that took 5-6 days for restoration and another was a little over 2ft snow that was a 4 day outage.
Man I've wanted to do that for years.
Always buy discounted floor models or "scratch-n-dent". That's the best you can do.
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