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But who knows? They still call Bathrooms/Restrooms "Washrooms" in Canada. What am I washing?
Hopefully your hands!
But who knows? They still call Bathrooms/Restrooms "Washrooms" in Canada. What am I washing?
But who knows? They still call Bathrooms/Restrooms "Washrooms" in Canada. What am I washing?
Hopefully your hands!
Pinhole leak in the copper fixed with rubber hose and a clamp.
Sometimes you just have to improvise. Did this quick, temporary fix for the non-profit. We need it for the next 5 days, so this isn't permanent. Pinhole leak in the copper fixed with rubber hose and a clamp.
Nice, thanks for sharing. Any idea why this won't be a semi-permanent fix? Lets say for couple of years?
Sometimes you just have to improvise. Did this quick, temporary fix for the non-profit. We need it for the next 5 days, so this isn't permanent. Pinhole leak in the copper fixed with rubber hose and a clamp.
A few things:
BTW, Sharkbites have rubber in them but they are code approved due to the design and blah, blah.
Cool. Thanks. Not my father's O-rings.The "rubber" seal in the Sharkbite is actually a thermoplastic elastomer.
I keep a couple Sharkbites on hand for emergency repairs, but looking at your pic there wouldn't have been room for one.
A couple years ago I did the exact same job on our decades-old Kenmore (made by Whirlpool) dryer. One coil is two-terminal, the other is 3-terminal. One of them opened up, don't remember which. I went with Whirlpool FSP parts, from one of the online appliance parts places. Or maybe it was Sears parts online.The Maytag gas dryer here was not heating properly - the igniter would light the flame, burn a few seconds, then go out.
A little searching indicated a likely fault in one or both of the gas solenoid valve coils. Fortunately, this model had a handy access panel for easy parts removal.
Maytag parts wanted ~$40 plus shipping, I found some on Amazon for $8.40 delivered, so took a chance.
Two days later, we are back in business, I like when that happens.
A couple years ago I did the exact same job on our decades-old Kenmore (made by Whirlpool) dryer. One coil is two-terminal, the other is 3-terminal. One of them opened up, don't remember which. I went with Whirlpool FSP parts, from one of the online appliance parts places. Or maybe it was Sears parts online.
Repair timeline:
- Woke up a 3AM, felt warm, didn't hear any noises at all, complete silence
- Temperature was rising and failing to achieve set point, uh oh
- Went outside, compressor is not running, flipped breaker and hear a 500 ms attempt at a start (loud buzz) then nothing
- Wait until dawn, open unit, see capacitor is swollen and oil leaked. That's an easy diagnosis of a failure. You can see the picture below, the top connection is crowned and if you look hard, you can see oil dropped out too.
- Order device at 7:30am on Amazon. $20.
- Device arrives at 3:05pm
- AC back running at 3:30pm. Good thing, it was hottest day, 102F degrees
I had three AC capacitor failures within 2-3 years on the rental house I have been maintaining.
I don't know whether or not these large size caps were part of the great 'capacitor plague' of 1999-2007. In any case, only one showed a slight swelling, the other two looked perfect.
When the failure is on the fan side only, the blade can be push started to buy a little time (get through the night) while sourcing the replacement.
I thought my trans fluid drip was getting worse, under my 1988 GTA Trans Am, but it turned out to be an antifreeze leak. I traced it up to a 7 inch length of heater hose in front of the air intake. Old and rotted. Removed the old hose, will go out today to Autozone for a new foot of hose. Surprising how much effort it was to get the old one off. Without damaging any of the other stuff in the area. Waiting for that feeling of satisfaction when I hook up the new hose !
For me, I'm going to hold onto this R-22 system as long as possible. It is built like a tank. The installer was a master at brazing copper. R-22 runs lower pressure, and isn't as likely to leak. Yeah, it is 24 years old. It may go out tomorrow, but it may also last another 5 years. I don't touch the service ports and have no intention of anyone touching those schrader valves until it finally dies. The last time they were opened was 2001.
OK, maybe I didn't save $8,500. I absolutely, definitely saved $250. Let me explain.
We're in our hottest heat wave of the year in the southeast. My AC went out. I successfully diagnosed the problem as a failed start up capacitor. I replaced the capacitor for $20. This definitely saved $250 for a repair call, perhaps more.
My sort-of-joke about $8,500 is due to the fact that many companies may recommend a full replacement of the system. Oh, they may make this fix, but the story goes like this: "Your system is 24 years old, it is on borrowed time. I can make this quick patch, but let me have our sales department call you to get you a modern system."
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