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I have a quick wash on my Kenmore (LG) but I have never used it. I have a hard time trusting anything short of a normal cycle.

I loved secret rooms. Most of the ones at my elementary school were pretty boring, with nothing more than book cases, desks and textbooks, but one of them had interesting relics. Old/broken PCs from the 1980s, those ancient Buhl overhead projectors, a couple of Eureka (not Sanitaire) F&G...

I would love to run into something like an Aberdeen Farm... I'd give my eyeteeth just to have the opportunity to go through that field. Too bad it is now just that, a field. I couldn't imagine if there was an Aberdeen Farm FILLED with really old HVAC and, much better yet, really old commercial...

...I saw a Tappan electric range in JCPenney's Black Friday ad! I had to do a double take! I thought Tappan was no longer here. Not something I'm necessarily interested in as my preference for modern kitchen appliances are MOL Whirlpools with just a few niceties but nothing over the top, which...

Forgot to add, Puron is R410a, not R134a, which you won't (or shouldn't find, if this is the right planet) in refrigerators and freezers. This is heat pumps and cool-only ACs. Puron is the trademark used by Bryant and Carrier, though 410a is also known by other trademakrks such as Forane and...

In the six years I have been doing residential/commercial HVACR, I have never once run into a job where I couldn't find out what was charged into the sealed system. That is to say, I have never seen a refrigerator, freezer, heat pump, RTU or air conditioner that did not have the information...

I have a Whirlpool Gold dishwasher. It's about three years old. So far it hasn't had any problems and it washes well. It just takes too long--over three hours--to complete the cycle. That's not an issue because it is usually run after my wife and I has had dinner. The old 2004 Frigidaire that...

Can't go wrong with a Whirlpool direct drive. I had a circa-2000 Kenmore, which I replaced with a TOL Kenmore (LG) front loader. Nothing was wrong with it at all, I just wanted a front loader and got one from Sears on a deal I couldn't refuse. I donated it to Habitat for Humanity. No doubt it...

Judging by the tag and squinting a little, the dishwasher might be...drumroll...a General Electric. Yep, apparently they made commercial dishwashers along with their GE/Hotpoint ranges, ovens, griddles and fryers. I have a few photos of GE equipment in my "Commercial Appliances" library on my...

I've heard of small fans being used to aid in drying in a lot of older dishwashers. Naturally, the only feasible placement for these fans would be on the bottom of the machine, near the floor. How was this sanitary (being that the small squirrel cage/centrifugal fan would be taking in dust and...

Hmmm. I've always wondered why newer commercial fridges didn't have strike latches. I suppose those latches could cause injury if you slipped, too, since most of them were pointing "up" and could take an eye out. In fact, on one of my calls I was replacing the TXV on an old Foster commercial...

Found this out while I went in there for a couple of Torx bits. While I was chatting with a clerk, I was told that Sears will no longer carry Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air or Amana, but Whirlpool will still manufacture Kenmore appliances for right now. Surely this is related to their...

It's all fine by me EXCEPT for one little detail...my wife wants to roast a turkey. Im in a little bit of a panic, lol. Now call me crazy, but I don't like turkey. I can't stand the smell. So, instead of smelling the turkey as a guest in someone else's home, I will be smelling it in my own. I...

I've gotta funny story... Back in middle school I went on a first date, out for pizza and then across the street to a really old skating rink. It was so old it smelled old and really musty. Anyways, this place was HUGE and had several unit heaters, which were ancient. So, while skating...

My boss ran across an ancient CHRYSLER AC unit on a rooftop It's amazing to learn the bizarre business ventures some companies get into. Kind of like the Colt Firearms Company, they built Autosan dishwashers way back when my grandparents were kids. Singer, the sewing machine company as many...

I'm a little jealous... Especially when I see that CAST IRON spray arm. What a contrast to my MOL 2014 Whirlpool with a tinny "stainless" arm and the "fishtank" pump. That KitchenAid will probably still be running after my WP quits (I give it five more years, I'm not too confident that the fish...

I have an interest in old commercial equipment (and household appliances). From what I have heard about these, they originally did not have a door interlock (as did some other commercial/industrial FL machines at the time). After an unfortunate accident involving a lost limb, Troy/Ametek had...

I'm in early twenties and I can't stand today's music (or many other things associated with my generation). I love the 80s. My parents were young in the '80s and grew up listening to it so I grew up with it and like it. I also like oldies, classic rock and older country.

My grandparents lived in a late-1980's Windsor singlewide. It was really nice. It was equipped with a Magic Chef 30" propane range, a GE Potscruber (600 I think?) and a GE top freezer refrigerator with a separate little door on the outside of the freezer door for ice. It also was equipped with a...

I don't eat fast food very often but when I do go that route, I like Arby's, Carl's Jr/Hardee's, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Runza (a stuffed sandwich place in Nebraska--yum!), and Taco Time. Also like Subway, Popeye's and Long John Silvers and the occasional KFC. I used to like Wendy's but their...