Argh, it's been one of those weeks!
Frist the fridge freezer decides to pack up. We;ve had it just a little over 2 and a half years, guess how long the warranty is?
Yep, 2 years. It's a large American style fridge freezer and was about £700, a replacement cost we could do without! It wasn't totally broken though, things at the bottom were frozen (both sides) and at the top was about 17 degrees.
I decided to do some googling of common faults and then set to work with a multimeter to see if I could find a fault. Luckily I did!
Unfortunately the part number on the fan didn't match with anything, so I had to order one that looked like the right part! Risky at 45 quid, as it could be throwing good money after bad.
Luckily when it turned up, I changed out the old unit and by the end of the day the fridge freezer was acting normally again. I'd honestly be willing to pay a lot more for appliances if they'd just last a bit longer. Imagaine this going to landfill for the want of a fan!
Then I flooded my boys room out by leaving a valve open. A silly mistake and one I won't be making again!
Thirdly my (very expensive) sander broke this week. Again I was annoyed, but could soon see what had broken luckily. I ordered the part at 1pm on Friday and had the new bit by 11AM on Saturday! Talk about good service!
This tool gets used a lot and has a hard life so I'm not mad that it broke in the first place, being used for hours at a time can't be easy on something like this.
Thankfully my Hubby is a 'fixer', and is a techno wizard as well. We have so many things still giving us good service here on this old farm, because he has fixed them, replaced parts, or made something that works. I just fix the holey clothes that are sometimes the result!
ReplyDeleteWe're getting my daughter trained up to fix my clothes as my wife never has the time!
DeleteYup and am a very vocal supporter of Right to Repair.https://repair.eu/
ReplyDeleteIT does seem like things are deigned to break these days. I was so glad we didn't have to fork out on a new fridge freezer!
DeleteThat is great Kev. Here in the US parts are a bit touch and go, depending on what it is.
ReplyDeleteThere is a few good websites with them over here. Nothing is cheap to fix but far cheaper than buying a new appliance. The good thing is most have videos of how to do the fix as well!
DeleteThe availability of repair information is amazing now. Once upon a time, one would just wing it.
DeleteWell, hubbs is a very handy dandy indeed, and he can usually fix most things that break. We are blessed. He's fixed both of our fridges at least once.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found the parts and were able to get things back up and running!
It's a good feeling when you fix it and it works!
DeleteWe have a chest freezer that is 45 yrs old and still working.
ReplyDeleteThey used to make appliances(white goods) to last. No more .Not recently but I have changed the element in my dryer. The temperature sensor in oven.