Produced by the Chicago-based Hurley Electric Laundry Equipment Company, the 1907 Thor is believed to be the first electrically powered washer ever manufactured, crediting Hurley as the inventor of the first automatic washing machine.
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If you are in the appliance repair business, you are going to have to learn how to use an oxy-acetylene torch. This is a torch that uses fuel, gas, and oxygen in order to generate extremely high heat. This is used for welding, soldering, and cutting numerous materials, including steel, brass, and copper.
We have put together a quick guide on how to operate this tool that you will be using quite often as an appliance repair technician. 👨🔧
YOU’RE NOT CRAZY—YOUR SOCKS CAN REALLY DISAPPEAR IN THE WASH
You won't believe where they end up. Vanishing socks are not your imagination. Check out some fun facts on how your socks get lost, and where you can find them. 🧦
Washer and dryer repair service is a very much needed service in the appliance repair industry. It is estimated that a typical apartment building with on-site laundry has about one washer and dryer for every 15 units. It’s also estimated that over 80-85% of residential households in the U.S. have a washing machine and dryer. This presents great opportunities for service repair technicians looking for work. 🔧👔
The garbage disposal, as you know, has the job of grinding down leftover food and washing it down the drain. At some point, however, we have all experienced a problem with our garbage disposal. You turn it on and all you hear is a buzz. Unlike many of your other appliances, fixing the garbage disposal is often as easy as unclogging or resetting the device. 😁
The first clothes dryer was patented by George T. Sampson in 1892 and used heat from the stove to function. Sampson was a Black American inventor who continued to refine his invention until he realized placing a rack over the stove prevented the clothes from catching on fire. 👕👖👔🔥
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I think we have all experienced this one at some point. You hear the washer shut off and you think the cycle is done. Only, when you open the lid, you see a full barrel of dirty water. The machine has not drained and your clothes are still soaking wet. What can you do?
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Originally, microwave ovens were large and heavy. The first commercial microwave oven, the Raytheon RadaRange, weighed 750 pounds and was 6 feet tall. The price? About $5,000 in 1945. The first prototype was used by a Boston restaurant. 🏪
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When an appliance is old and isn’t working efficiently, it may seem natural to decide to replace it rather than repair it - may it rest in peace. ☠️
But appliances often break before their time, making the repair-or-replace decision harder. Also, the replacement cost may give you second thoughts. 💵💸
Those are a lot of ifs, and the repair-or-replace dilemma is often hard to resolve. Here are some guidelines to help you decide.
I can still remember the first time I used the self-cleaning mode in my oven. The smell was completely awful and I thought something had gone wrong. 🤢 It turns out, this is a common issue when using this feature on the oven. For this reason, even though many ovens today have the feature, people do not use it because of the awful smell when the oven runs through the cycle.
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If you have a furball in your home, you know how frustrating pet hair can be when it comes time to do laundry. 🐱🐶 Pet hair can also be a nightmare in terms of creating mechanical problems for the washer, so we want to look at some of the best and easiest ways to remove pet hair from clothing.
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