clueless 2,989 #1 Posted January 9, 2023 This morning my daughter called and said her old kenmore dryer stop working, so I headed over there once the sun got a little higher and the temp was about 60 degrees. Multimeter says power going in is okay, check the thermal fuse, bad, I told her to find a local appliance parts store on her phone while I clean all lint out of it. Find out there is only one that sells to the public in Pensacola Fl. (not a small town) and he is an hour and fifteen minutes round trip away. Call him, he's doesn't have one but can get one by Wed. (two days) for $10.00. My daughter orders one on from Amazon, two days delivery for $5.89. Twenty five years age I would of spent about thirty minutes picking up one at my Sears store or the Sears warehouse part store, a number of appliance stores or must hardwares, installed it and put the dryer back together in less than thirty minutes and she'd be drying clothes. I just had to vent to somebody who gets it, wife doesn't want to hear it anymore. 8 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,318 #2 Posted January 9, 2023 Welcome to the next generation!! No hassles to return the amazom item if not right or defective. BT,DT.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,553 #3 Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Wait. You actually should be very proud. Your daughter did the unthinkable... she called someone with brains, asked them to look at it, took the advice given and is fixing it!!! Kudos to you and your daughter!!! Most common reaction now is to the curb with it and new one gets delivered... Now as for parts stores etc... that just sucks. Edited January 9, 2023 by SylvanLakeWH 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darb1964 1,042 #4 Posted January 9, 2023 Nobody wants to keep anything in stock, they pay tax on it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,215 #5 Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, clueless said: while I clean all lint out of it. Did the concept of lint accumulation being a potential fire hazard come up in conversation? Years back I put a jumper in my neighbor's dryer, showed him where the new fuse link would go and headed home while they did the laundry. A couple of weeks later I asked if he had gotten the fuse link and installed it. "No, dryer works fine since you fixed it". I removed the jumper and reminded him the link is there for a reason. 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clueless 2,989 #6 Posted January 10, 2023 43 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Wait. You actually should be very proud. Your daughter did the unthinkable... she called someone with brains, asked them to look at it, took the advice given and is fixing it!!! Kudos to you and your daughter!!! Most common reaction now is to the curb with it and new one gets delivered... Now as for parts stores etc... that just sucks. Actually when I got there she and her boyfriend already had it a part after watching a youtube video trying to fig out what was wrong ( they both grew up with dads that fixed thing or at least tried to) When I pulled out the multimeter she said that's the DM thing they show on youtube we don't have but knew you would, we finely decided that DM stood for digital multimeter. Her boyfriend said we got to get on of those. They both like learning new thing and building and working on things. They have hung all new interior door in the 60 year old house they live in with a little help (mostly Instructions) from his dad and me (why isn't the door level and some of the hinge screws won't tighten". Also replaced both toilets after watching some youtube videos. Proud of both of them. 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,217 #7 Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Darb1964 said: Nobody wants to keep anything in stock, they pay tax on it. Capital investment and management effort for keeping an inventory of repair parts is unsustainable at the local level and rarely feasible even in regional depots. Be thankful the part could even be gotten in two days! Last year a “general” hardware store in the next town closed and I got to talking with the accountant during the closeout sale. He was planning to write off somwhere in the neighborhood of $600,000 in inventory they either discounted big time or had to discard. Some items had been in the store for 15 years. The only stuff they got full cost value for were the drawers of nuts, bolts, screws, washers, etc. (a contractor bought it all, with the drawers). 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clueless 2,989 #8 Posted January 10, 2023 33 minutes ago, 953 nut said: Did the concept of lint accumulation being a potential fire hazard come up in conversation? Years back I put a jumper in my neighbor's dryer, showed him where the new fuse link would go and headed home while they did the laundry. A couple of weeks later I asked if he had gotten the fuse link and installed it. "No, dryer works fine since you fixed it". I removed the jumper and reminded him the link is there for a reason. Yep had the conversation and showed them how to clean it out with the shop vac they have. Told them since you have a dog that sheds a lot living in the house and sleeping on the bed, don't get me started on that, they need to clean it out every couple of years. When I got there I said at least you unplugged it before taking it apart, she looked at me and said I'm not rubber head Fred, ahh the things they do remember you saying growing up. 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,099 #9 Posted January 10, 2023 Had the same thing happen to our dryer on a Saturday night. Nobody open. Ordered from Amazon for $5 free delivery for Monday. Monday I went to the appliance store in case the Amazon one didn't show up . She orders them by the 100. $14.95. Brought it home and now I have a spare. Actually I have 2 spares. A week later I was in one of my cabinets and found another one so had one here the whole time! 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
