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Birthday
Sep 15, 1945 (Age: 80)
Location
Rochester, NY
Real name
Craig
Favorite major appliance
Refrigerator/Freezers
Favorite vintage brand
Philco
Favorite modern brand
Speed Queen
Number of automatic washers you have
1
Number of dryers you have
1
Number of dishwashers you have
1
Number of electric ranges you have
1
Number of other major appliances you have
3
Tell us about your collection
Westinghouse elec. range, KitchenAid dishwasher, Amana fridge, Speed Queen old school top load washer, Kenmore elec. dryer (1970!), Magic Chef freezer, 1951 Philco fridge for beer keg, Samsung over range microwave
What is the history of appliances you have owned?
Owned 1970 Kenmore elec. dryer since new. only replaced belt once, no other repairs, just take apart to clean once. Matching 1970 Kenmore (ie. Whirlpool) washer died 2017. 1971 KitchenAid Superba dishwasher still working, 1951 Philco beer keg fridge still working, no repairs knock on wood.
Have you ever worked on, repaired and/or restored any major appliances?
Yes, installed bullet piercing valve to use vacuum pump to evacuate Magic Chef upright freezer which had lost most of its R134a Freon. Freezer condenser coils hidden in the sidewalls so can't find leak. Used 1/3 of a 3 oz can of metal leak stop and recharged with factory amount of 5.3 oz of R134a. Still works fine 1½ yr later. Have fixed 5 yr old Samsung microwave 3x- broken door latch spring perch, shorting control panel ribbon cable, broken door microswitch. Repaired KitchenAid dishwasher vinyl racks many times with Performix ReRACK vinyl repair liquid, replaced stovetop and oven elements and switchof elec. range, replaced timer, filter, fill valve of washer
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