Few appliance owners actually know the usual run time for a dishwasher. You just know that it cleans a load of dishes in some amount of reasonable time and if you don’t notice it, it works great. Typically, a healthy dishwasher will complete a wash anywhere between 30 minutes and 4 hours. This is a huge time discrepancy, but there …
From quickly warming up leftovers to cooking an entire meal in minutes, it’s safe to say most households benefit from the convenience of a microwave. Unfortunately, like any hardworking appliance, microwave malfunctions are bound to occur. While you may think buying a new microwave is easier than fixing your old one, you may be surprised to find how painless and …
No matter how careful you are when you cook, eventually your cooktop will become dirty. It could be a drip from a spoon, it could be a boiled over the pot, but most likely, it will just happen from the ambient particles that come from the cooking process. However, cleaning your cooktop isn’t hard. There are a lot of substances …
Your front load Samsung washer model WF206AN is equipped with a small component called a check valve. The valve is located at the end of the drain pump’s discharge port. Its purpose is preventing wastewater from flowing back into your washing machine. If you open your washer door at the end of a drain cycle and find dirty water inside the inner …
The modern clothes dryer is among the best things about living in a post-1950s world. Dryers not only speed up the time it takes to dry clothes but if you’ve ever hung-dried a whole load of clothes because your dryer is busted, you know there’s a serious fluffiness factor as well. Clothes that hang dry tend to be stiffer and …
In order to wash your dishes, the dishwasher is filled with water and that water is combined with detergent. That soapy water is then sprayed rather forcefully out of the spray arm that rotates to create solid water coverage. However, if your dishwasher is turning out dirty dishes and you don’t hear the telltale sounds of water spraying, you have …
Your dishwasher is one of those heavy lifting cleaning tools in your kitchen, but it is prone to growing dirty just like any other appliance. The detergent you put in does a decent job of removing food and grease from your dishes, but it doesn’t always have the same effect on the dishwasher tub. When that food and grease remains, …
An above normal temperature in your refrigerator’s fresh food compartment or a below normal temperature in your freezer indicates the evaporator coils in your appliance are frosted over. A common cause of frozen coils is a faulty defrost heater. The defrost heater’s main purpose is melting the frost off the evaporator coils, meaning when the heater fails, frost build-up is …
Half baked cakes, raw chicken, cold frozen food – If your oven is no longer producing fully cooked food despite cooking it according to directions or on the same temperature you have always looked at, it is not your fault. You are probably not doing anything wrong, but rather your electric oven is no longer working as it once was. …
It is only natural for a microwave to make a light humming noise as it is heating up your food. That means everything is working as it should be. However, any other noise your microwave makes, including a louder humming that becomes quite noticeable, means that your appliance is not healthy. The noise will not only become irritating, but it …