Refrigerators ultimately serve one main function in your home: to cool and store foods to a temperature below room temperature. If your GE refrigerator is currently failing to do this, it’s vital that you find a quick solution. This simple guide to diagnosing and fixing various faults relating to the temperature of the unit is the perfect resource to find … Read More
Why is your GE Washer making strange sounds?
If your GE Washer is making some less-than-pleasant noises that are cause for concern, you’ve come to the right place to troubleshoot it. This diagnostic guide and repair guide is ideal for the following GE models: GTW460 GTW485 GTW490 GTW500 GTW680 GTW750 What sounds are normal? If any of these above-mentioned models are new to you, you may not be … Read More
Why Does Your KitchenAid Bottom-Freezer Fridge Keep Freezing Food?
Most people encounter faults with their refrigerator at one time or another. While a lack of power, faulty doors, or an overly warm temperature are just some of the issues you may have considered, you may not have thought about the threat of the fridge becoming too cold! After all, storing food below room temperature is the main purpose of … Read More
Diagnosing and Fixing a Whirpool Top Load Washer
If your Whirlpool Washer model WTW4850HW or WTW4955HW is making no noise and is not working, there is a handful of reasons that it may be malfunctioning. While there are a variety of reasons you may need to troubleshoot your Whirlpool, such as the water not filling enough or overfilling, use this guide only when you are noticing that there … Read More
6 Ways to Tether Your Tools Where You Need Them
Appliance repair is not always as graceful as we might prefer. Sometimes, you need to get head-down, or shoulder-deep in an appliance to fix it. In that moment, you don’t have time to reach into your toolbox for the right item. You also probably don’t have a spare hand to hold your next-needed tool at the ready. In these moments, … Read More
Common Mistakes That Novice Appliance Technicians Make
When you are learning, mistakes are just another tool to enhance your education. You make a mistake, you learn what went wrong and what you should have done, and then you come out a more knowledgeable technician on the other side. However, that doesn’t change the fact that when you are first starting out as an appliance technician, every mistake … Read More
10 Reasons to Send Your Graduate to Appliance Repair School
Every year, teens grow into graduates and start making plans to leave home. Whether they launch immediately or hang around the house for another few years, parents always have the same worry. Have you prepared them enough? Are they ready, and do they have the tools they need to live on their own? Of course, you’ll always be there to … Read More
Appliance Repair Lessons Learned Only in the Field
No one starts out as an appliance repair expert. Even if you have a natural talent for appliances and plumbing, everyone makes beginner mistakes. Before you’re trained or have repaired a few dozen appliances, most home handy family members have duct-taped and questionably plumbed a few things along the way. It takes hours of manual reading and months of hands-on training … Read More
Appliance Industry 2020 Q1 Results
Take a look at the following info from Whirlpool, Electrolux, Samsung, and LG to see how each performed in the last quarter. Q1Statement Q1Analysis CEOInterview Q1Statement Q1Analysis Q1Statement Q1Analysis Q1Statement Q1Analysis
The 7 Reasons Why Appliance Repair Technicians Carry Cleaning Supplies
Working with tools is an essential part of appliance repair. You have to be comfortable with your screwdriver and combination wrench sets. You need to be handy with pliers and know when it’s time for the stubby tool. But one aspect of the toolkit sometimes surprises rookies: The cleaning supplies. A well-stocked appliance repair truck often includes a wide array … Read More
