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I came across a Maytag Neptune MAH6500AWW that requires new bearings. I am debating replacing the bearings and selling the machine on Kijiji, keeping it for myself, or, I thought maybe someone here would want it or parts from it? The machine functions perfectly, it just needs new bearings. I...

So how often do you inspect all your appliances? Is there any routine maintenance you do on the machines?   Usually once a month I check the sumps/screens/filters on the DWs for snots and gunk. I also give the spray arms a once over to see if any snots got caught in the holes.   I send the...

The thickness of the tines was also laughable. I think the only thing you could load, like I said, would be plates. That would be about it. I would imagine bowls (thanks to Bob), and big items like pots and pans, would be near impossible to load. They also got rid of the upper wash arm too, the...

A few months ago I was at Home Depot. I looked at a BOL Hotpoint DW, and found the racks are much different. The tines are thinner, but the biggest change is this. There are no verticle tines, the verticle tines are now apart of one continuous wave of tine that runs front to back of the whole...

That is a HUGE ground lead is right! Thats Canada though for you, regulation nation!   That would be neet to see Cory. It would be neet to see how homes were suposed to be constructed and what was available as options, like intercoms and things!   Im surprised no one has made comments on the...

...The water main. You can see the huge ground lead from the panel makes its way to here.    So at no point in either panel or either house are the ground and neutral tied together.     

Here is a picture of the panel in my house. This is a new house, and as you can see it has arc-flash protectant breakers. These arc-flash breakers are for the bedrooms only.    This panel is divided into two sections, top and bottom (or right and left depending on its orientation). You can see...

Perhaps the US  and Canadian electrical codes are widely different. Canada is super heavily regulated with respect to a lot of things. I know there is a copy of the CSA 22.1 at work, and when I return Monday I will try to take a look. There are only three wires that lead to my house from the...

Cory! You cannot and should not ever connect neutral and ground together. Ever. Neutral and ground are two totally different things. Should never mix. It doesn't tie in back at the panel in your house at all. Neutral goes back out to the pole which then goes to the nearest substation, back to...

Hey Rex! We use fuses in conjunction with our breakers too. All of our VSD/VFDs are breaker controlled, but have a fuse right after the modulating component and before the filtering device.    I dont think you will be able to find unpolarized or ungrounded plugs anymore Rich. They are no...

Thanks Bob, it was way before the two-pump models too.

Wow! Looks rather feature-laden. I would like to get my hands on one of these as they look like they would be a fun machine to play with.    Speaking of Frigidaire, who made their DWs in the mid 80s? I can't remember who, but a member posted about it a few months ago, a friend of his moved...

I wouldn't go as far as saying fuses are "fool proof". Breakers are far more reliable and safer than fuses. Breakers can be equipped with multiple other devices such as arc flash, residual current devices, and ground fault detectors. The only way a breaker would wear out is from improper use...

WOW! Thats a rare sight!   Up until now, I always thought NuTone sold doorbells, central vac, range hoods, and exhaust fans. 

As everyone else has stated... The only way to rid this problem is to have the house re-wired. It may/will be costly, but I think it is worth it, not only for the added safety.    Other members have said your house would probably lack grounded service, (using older, obsolete and illegal NEMA...