Is your dryer shutting off after only a few minutes during a cycle? Then this is the guide for you. Simply check out each possible cause so you can find which one is responsible for your dryer not working as it should. Once you find the cause, you can then follow our step-by-step instructions for how to fix the problem. …
A bad smell coming from your dishwasher usually indicates that food particles have become trapped somewhere inside. The odor itself usually comes from bacteria or mold growth. So, getting rid of the smell is also a hygiene issue. This guide will outline the most common causes of a nasty odor coming from your dishwasher and tell you what you can …
LG electric ovens lock when self-cleaning mode is on because the extreme temperatures reached during the cleaning cycle can be dangerous. Sometimes the lock can fail to disengage once the cycle has finished and the oven has cooled down. Read on to find out why this happens and what you can do to fix it. The following models of LG …
Refrigerators are only supposed to activate their cooling functions every few hours or so. If yours is running constantly without switching off, this is a malfunction. The noise from your refrigerator running all the time is irritating, and it adds to your power bill, so this is important to fix. This guide will run through the most common causes and …
GE is one of the largest companies in the world. One of their core businesses is to manufacture high-quality home appliances, such as ovens. Many models of GE ovens include a self-cleaning function that, as the name suggests, automatically cleans a consumer’s oven without them having to do any work. However, sometimes after the cleaning cycle is completed, the oven …
The dryer is one of the hottest appliances in your home. But most of that heat is shielded and contained inside the dryer drum. This is ideal except when the heat is too much. Because dryers create heat, they can also fail in dangerous ways relating to heat. You may have noticed that your dryer is extremely hot to the …
Has your microwave touchpad stopped working, or have certain buttons stopped responding? This is usually caused by an aged or damaged touchpad membrane. The membrane is a very light set of contacts that respond when the over-buttons are pressed on the microwave control surface. If these contacts wear out, burn out, or are displaced, then they can’t activate when you …
Dryers create a lot of heat. They have their own heating element inside. The heat is necessary to help evaporate water out of clothes, but too much heat is definitely a bad thing. As humans, we have a way of identifying when something has become dangerously hot: our sense of smell. A scorchy burning smell coming from your dryer is …
When any appliance makes noise, it is a worrying occurrence. However, not all oven noises mean there is necessarily a problem. For example, if you hear hissing in your gas oven or even a mild boom, it is just the gas releasing and eventually igniting. It is a completely normal noise, but when appliance owners notice it for the first …
Washing machines, by nature, move a lot of water. Water goes in, is thrown with great force around the tub, and then rushes out through the drain. It speaks to the great accomplishments of modern appliance engineering that they don’t leak all the time, but it’s no surprise when the occasional puddle of water winds up on the floor. You can …