We'd been annoyed that the through-the-door icemaker in our year old fridge was freezing up and we frequently had to open the door and pound on it to break up the ice so it would dispense. We were ready to call the repair man, if it was covered by warranty.
The electronic message center had been telling us to change the water filter for quite awhile. We finally did. And guess what? The water dispenses much faster, in a thick stream. And the ice isn't freezing up anymore. Imagine that.
Our Keurig hot beverage maker started giving weird error messages and only filling cups half full, then waiting and filling them more. I figured it was time to buy a teakettle. Hubby dug out the owner's manual, and lo and behold the error message meant it needed to be delimed. Guess what? Vinegar saved the Keurig. Imagine that.
My two year old washer is giving weird error messages. One was for an unbalanced load. I don't stuff it as full as I used to, so this was unexpected. The other message doesn't match anything in the owner's manual. I'll ask hubby if there is some way to clean it's filter to.
By the way, please make sure you clean your dryer lint trap after every use. Dryer fires are the second cause of residential house fires. Food forgotten cooking on the stove is the first. And we can't forget about falling asleep smoking.
Anyone else have filters in need of cleaning?
7 comments:
Can this post be circulated as a public service announcement Sherry? Your timely reminders could save lives! Thanks!
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Change the furnace/AC filter...more frequently if someone in the house has asthma. It makes a huge difference in life quality.
Excellent addition, Anny. Thank you!
I'm trying again after screwing up my first response. Excellent post Jewel and one I'm contemplating a lot these days. Except for my nonfiction book, I'm not selfpubbed in romance so my publisher sets the price. I agree the ebook publishing world is baffling. My 25,000 word novellas go for far more than full novels sell for these days and my novels, of course, are priced for even more (except an older title my publisher permanently reduced to 2.99). Even that's still higher than .99.
Are my stories better than some gong for far less? Quite probably. :) But will the readers see the difference, or is it really all about the price?
It seems to me that for authors to continually offer novels at .99 or give them away is ultimately hurting us all.
Good post, Sherry. I bought a wire dryer brush and try to catch the lint that gets past the filter.
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