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Unlike the gas burners in similar locations under griddles which reduced the size of the flame when the "Burner with a Brain" throttled back the input under the griddle, the heating pattern did not change with the electric element's heat heat output so the heating pattern remained constant...

There was another shlock house dating from this time called Arlens. Arlens was generally located in slightly lower class areas, like sections of towns that were turning from white to Black. Woolworth's got into the act with Woolco Department stores in the early 60s. These were sad affairs, but...

I just saw this on YouTube:

You could either go with a front loader or get a machine with the sudsaver feature and reuse the wash water or you could use two toploaders and drain the wash water from one into the other. Two is better than one and as a member of AW.org, any excuse to have a second machine is valid. Do you...

Pierre, checking the dryer vent for lint buildup is a great place to start. The other thing to consider is the slow spin speed of the belt drive washer (515 rpm). Maybe you could look around and find a small extracteur to spin laundry before drying. There are probably many European brands of...

I guess I should have included this information. The big ol' Beam power unit on the lowest level has plenty of power to run the Turbocat and provide enough suction to lift rugs.

Can you share what happened to damage the gasket while you were baking? Did you use gun powder instead of baking powder?

I am very happy with my Turbocat rug nozzle from Central Vacuum Sales. It is very powerful and can be used with any hose ; no need for an electric one. The air to power the brush is sucked in on the top side of the nozzle so dirty air from the vacuuming process does not get into the drive...

Is this maybe a foreign model? I ask because I have the American model and the trim is totally different. By the way, you have the support for the Speed Heat element under the regular 6 inch element. It's the one with the little silvery insert in the center. The plug out bake element should be...

A wooden clothes pin can be used.

When Consumer Reports tested this generation APEX in the permanently installed version, they discovered that the performance was greatly improved by resetting the timer to add a second rinse.

She looks like mine, but mine has no chip.

Thanks, Launderess.

A woman I worked with years ago was from Slovenia as was her husband. His brother was a big deal at VOA, but hopefully he is long since retired and dead. What an ignominious end to a famous, long time institution. Glad you still have a job.

Congrats! I love the child killer door latch on those older dryers!