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Freddy Kruger is in the kitchen getting ready for guests. Plus lots of black accents for Halloween. Where’ the dish of candy corn? Eddie

Ryne, Here is a You Tube video that is similar to how I wash and rinse my dishes by hand. I don’t use a dishpan like the lady in the video does, it otherwise her method is pretty much like mine. If you have a large kitchen sink like hers in the video and have a plastic dish pan you could wash...

Thanks Ryne for the validation! And yes, my washer works just like yours during the fill part of the wash cycles. Eddie

Ryne, Even though we have a twin sink I only use the left hand sink for washing and rinsing. By adding a minimal amount of hottest water to begin and allowing the hot rinse water to go into the wash water by rinsing OVER the wash water I don’t waste water. I use a very fine stream of water to...

Re:17 “Having worked in this field a long time we see mistakes all the time that manufacturers make many people on this site, including you, Eddie, know more than many manufacturers.” Well John, I just looked at the owners manual for your beloved Speed Queen TL’s and it says explicitly to...

The owners manual from the last three TL’s that I’ve owned ALL say to put the detergent in the BOTTOM of the tub before adding the laundry, NOT on top of the clothing. I can follow directions. I believe this advice is because newer TL’s have flow restrictors that don’t allow the fill water...

Ryne, I knew it would only be a matter of time before your DW started to leak when you last relayed your report about how the door wasn’t latching but the DW would still run. I rediscovered my preference for washing the dishes by hand when our DW stopped working in April 2018 and I had to...

Shutoff Valves John, Yes, everything eventually wears out. But so far in well over 10 years of use the 1/4 turn brass shutoff valves on my washing machine shutoff valves aren’t leaking. If they do, then I’ll replace them. In my mind it’s far better to assure that I won’t have a flood in my...

Turning Of Water Valves We live in a two story townhouse and the washer and dryer are on the second floor. Right after we moved in 30 years ago the next door neighbors fire alarm went off. There was no fire. Turns out one of the fill hoses on their washer failed and burst sending water down...

Re:#6 Ryne, My machine is essentially the same as yours. When I use powder or liquid detergent I always add it to the bottom of the tub first, then add the laundry to be washed on top of it. I’ve been using Ariel 2X power powdered detergent for the last 3 mo or so and I LOVE it! Doesn’t...

That house is certainly a time capsule. The owners must be the original owners and they took very good care of it. There is little to no wear showing on anything, the carpets, the woodwork, the wall paper all look to be in very good condition for a house that’s at least 50 years old. I...

Very, very impressive collection indeed! Congratulations! That drop door Bendix is really something else. ALL of those machines are spectacular. Eddie

Very impressive Christopher! I never knew before that some of the older electric percolators had adjustable thermostats. Mt experience with the Farberware electric percolators and their thermostats was once they went bad the only remedy was to replace them, they didn’t have any way to adjust...

Photo #5 appears to have a gas line in the  upper area of the photo with a shut off valve so I would bet the rent that this is a gas dryer.   Eddie

Re:#32 You can’t beat the Yama vacuum pot with a Cory glass rod for siphon coffee!  Excellent flavor and easy cleanup, no filters to wash.  The best  vacuum pot for a daily driver.   I’ve had vintage Cory and Silex vac pots with rubber gaskets and they can be very iffy.  The rubber ages and...

In the Fall of 1985 right after I went to work for the County Human Serv. Dept. we bought a brand new Magic Chef W/D set that was Norge based.  I’d been doing our laundry in the Maytag A50 twin tub which did an excellent job, but the 10 hour days and heavy traffic commute made me  want to  go...

There’s also a standard bleach dispenser in  the lower left hand corner of the washer opening?     Eddie

Christopher, the thermostat may not be functioning properly,  and if that’s the case there isn’t much you can do about it unless you can somehow locate a new replacement thermostat which is highly unlikely.     Try filling the perc with plain water, set the control to strong and let the cycle...

My rule of thumb for brewing coffee in any percolator is to measure the coffee using a flatware tablespoon/soup spoon (not a standard coffee measuring scoop) and allow 1 slightly rounded spoonful per cup plus 1 for the pot, ie: if brewing 8 cups of coffee use 9 slightly  rounded spoonfuls.    ...

Re: #9 Amen to that statement Ryne!  Bigger is not always better.  I will never have one of the huge new generation FL’s in our home.  First of all we don’t NEED that large a capacity of a machine and secondly we can’t FIT one of these behemoths into the dedicated space we have for our laundry...