A cautionary tale....
Jan. 6th, 2013 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Last fall, I noticed that my dryer wasn't working well. It was taking two dryer cycles to get my clothes dry after washing them.
Then a couple months later, I would push the start button and hear an odd buzz, as if I answered incorrectly on a game show. Then it stopped working altogether. So I called my appliance repair guy (I use Mr. Appliance), and he diagnosed the problem as a burnt-out motor. Sure enough, when he popped open the panel (which I didn't know how to do), there was lots of lint that hadn't been trapped by the lint filter. I had about 14 years' worth of accumulated lint in there.
So, about $300 later, and a little wiser, my dryer is working again.
The scary part is that I had enough dryer lint trapped inside the dryer that it could have started a fire. (Note that dryer lint makes for great tinder, if you're intentionally trying to start a campfire.)
So the lesson is: Vacuum out your dryer at least once a year (as a minimum). The dryer and the life you save may be your own.
Then a couple months later, I would push the start button and hear an odd buzz, as if I answered incorrectly on a game show. Then it stopped working altogether. So I called my appliance repair guy (I use Mr. Appliance), and he diagnosed the problem as a burnt-out motor. Sure enough, when he popped open the panel (which I didn't know how to do), there was lots of lint that hadn't been trapped by the lint filter. I had about 14 years' worth of accumulated lint in there.
So, about $300 later, and a little wiser, my dryer is working again.
The scary part is that I had enough dryer lint trapped inside the dryer that it could have started a fire. (Note that dryer lint makes for great tinder, if you're intentionally trying to start a campfire.)
So the lesson is: Vacuum out your dryer at least once a year (as a minimum). The dryer and the life you save may be your own.
