http://blog.davesrepair.com Practical Appliance Repair Help for the Handy Homeowner Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:39:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry it's been so long! The old busyness demon just won't leave me alone. A belated Happy New Year to you! Here's a little trick I've used many times over the years but had forgotten to tell you about. 'Don't think I ever mentioned it before. When dealing with the heavy vertical ... http://blog.davesrepair.com/2010/01/15/easily-dealing-with-big-topload-washer-springs/ A very Happy Thanksgiving to you! I appreciate you guys! Way back in November '04, I wrote an article on oven temperature calibration that I thought might be helpful right about now. The link is below...  If your oven burns the cookies or always takes longer than Betty C. says it should, this ... http://blog.davesrepair.com/2009/11/25/happy-thanksgiving/ Happy Veterans' Day! I've been a professional appliance service technician for 37 years as of December first, and two weeks ago I walked away from my first refrigerator ever, giving up in disgust. I think it's time to retire and just concentrate on the website full-time. It's nearly full-time anyway, and I'm having ... http://blog.davesrepair.com/2009/11/11/with-new-refrigerators-lasting-5-6-years-im-ready-to-retire/ Glad you could stop by! After publishing the 'DRSNews' ezine since May 2002, I'm just getting started with blogging. (In fact, you're reading my very first post!) To be honest, I've been getting a bit bored with writing an email newsletter every month. And maybe, just maybe, my subscribers are getting tired ... http://blog.davesrepair.com/2009/11/09/hello-world/