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Hot take: the guy who fixed my dryer by slapping the top is a genius and I owe him lunch
My dryer quit heating on a Tuesday morning with a full load of wet towels, so I called a guy named Ray who charged me $60 to walk in, lean on the cabinet, and give it one hard whack near the control panel. It fired right up, and he said a stuck relay inside those Whirlpool models does that all the time, then he showed me the exact spot to hit if it happens again. Has anyone else run into a machine that responds to a good smack, or is Ray just lucky?
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craig.reese11d ago
Ever notice how half the stuff in your house has a secret handshake you only learn after it breaks? My old TV needed a smack on the side to stop the picture from going green, and my fridge fan only quiets down if you bump the door with your hip. It's not luck, it's just how machines are built, some part gets stuck and a little jolt frees it up again. Ray knew exactly where to hit because he's seen that same relay fail a hundred times, so he didn't fix your dryer, he fixed the design flaw Whirlpool never bothered to change. That's the thing about a lot of broken stuff around the house, it's not really broken, it's just stuck and waiting for someone who knows the spot. $60 for that kind of knowledge is honestly a steal, the guy probably saved you $200 on a new machine.
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