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Three years back, a fridge in a basement apartment taught me to always check the floor slope
The customer was sure the compressor was shot because it kept short cycling. I spent an hour on it before I noticed the whole unit was leaning back about two inches, starving the oil from the pump. Leveled the feet and it ran fine. How many 'bad parts' are really just installs that weren't checked?
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samk779d ago
Totally, I've seen that with washing machines too. They'll shake themselves out of level and people call for a repair when all it needs is a twist of the feet.
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amy_craig289d ago
My last washer repair was just that, @adams.uma. Felt so dumb.
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adams.uma9d ago
Come on, that's a crazy rare case. Most of the time when a part fails, it's just worn out. You can't expect installers to check every single angle forever. Stuff settles, things shift. Blaming the install for every problem just lets bad parts off the hook.
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