Is there an appliance repair tech on here or am I getting my forums crossed?
If not, hey appliance repair tech...please dm me.
If not, hey appliance repair tech...please dm me.
Appliance Repair
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Relax
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I've found most appliance repairs to be pretty simple, and sites like https://www.repairclinic.com make diagnosing common issues pretty easy. The only hard part seems to be pulling my fridge out of the cubby without scratching the floor, or getting to my washer with the dryer stacked on top of it.
LG linear compressor?
Unless the fridge is giant money like a sub-zero, most people are better off throwing it out and buying a new fridge with a new warranty. Replacing a compressor isn't too hard but you need papers to get the refrigerant. By the time you do the parts and labour to replace a compressor, you are getting close to the price of a new fridge. I've been trying to collect the equipment over time but don't have enough to get it done competently yet.
Yup. And I am full aware of the POS this is.
We have gone out looking for replacement units but keep coming back to LG as the options and size fit best. I understand the Samsung units are equally problematic.
Unfortunately, anything other than LG or Samsung doesn't really fit what we want well. This is the only reason why I'm considering the repair. If all I am doing is replacing my problem with another problem then I am only transferring my problem anyway. Why not do it with the unit that has what we want.
Priller
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Oof. They might make decent phones and TV's, but they mostly make absolute junk appliances. One thing I've learned over the past 10 years of buying houses that came with with Korean appliances, it's that they all fail sooner than later, and if a repair is possible (it wasn't on one Samsung french door fridge with a known major unfixable defect that they continued to sell for years), it's often approaching the cost of a new unit. LG is better than Samsung in some categories, worse in others.
We had an LG fridge with the cursed linear compressor that came with our current house, and it died within a year. The cost to replace/repair was high enough that we just bought a Bosch instead. It's not likely a huge amount better, but it's better enough...
I've always been of the mind that I buy the best I can afford that also fits our needs. I don't like making compromises and won't for a few hundred dollars. The unfortunate part is that the "better" options do not fit well. They are too big or do not have features we use daily. The house is busy and the space is tight so making compromises has impacts that will constantly be a point of frustration.
I would love to buy a Bosch unit. They do not offer a size that fits and I am not tearing down walls to make it fit.
My appliance repair guy ( now retired) also hates Frigidaire . I have no real idea why , he says he has terrible luck repairing them . He fixed my water dispenser on my Kitchenaid three times in a week , then I bought a Frigidaire. Maybe it was him ….
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