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Things That Are Dry
Aug. 18th, 2024 04:27 pm"Things That Are Dry" sounds like a clue from the $100,000 Pyramid, but it is a category here in the Roper household today. In this case, it includes Gretchen's clothes that had been in the washer.
There was one more thing to try with the dryer before giving up and calling a repair tech. The problem is that it was something that was really inconvenient for someone who doesn't like getting down on the floor and who has large hands and arms. It was, however, a *great* task for someone who doesn't like getting down on the floor and has small (but longish) hands and arms.
Yes, this was a job for K, who really doesn't like getting down on the floor -- apparently, I timed today's festivities for *after* she had showered -- but who was able to reach through the hole in the back of the dryer where I had removed the internal vent pipe and press the reset switch on the thermal cutoff fuse. Given the amount of lint that is no longer in the pipes, this cure had some reasonable chance of succeeding. (Mind you, I ended up cleaning *more* lint out of that internal vent pipe that had been left behind by the tech who had cleaned out the dryer last week. But I digress...)
Anyway, the switch was reset, the dryer reassembled and put back in position, and the wet load of clothes was removed from the washer to the dryer. Nigh miraculously, the clothes were warm and dry an hour later.
There is some danger that the thermal cutoff fuse will continue to misbehave. This is, however, a ten dollar part. It even looks like you can install this through the two holes in the back of the dryer if your arms are long and thin enough.
I can think of someone in the household who would qualify as a dryer service tech for this.
I am fairly convinced that they will not be happy about this if they are needed to do it.
But bribery! I am not above bribery! :)
(And I still have to do something about getting the dryer vent rerouted to avoid this entertainment in the future. But moving the dryer out of the "urgent" category is a plus...)
There was one more thing to try with the dryer before giving up and calling a repair tech. The problem is that it was something that was really inconvenient for someone who doesn't like getting down on the floor and who has large hands and arms. It was, however, a *great* task for someone who doesn't like getting down on the floor and has small (but longish) hands and arms.
Yes, this was a job for K, who really doesn't like getting down on the floor -- apparently, I timed today's festivities for *after* she had showered -- but who was able to reach through the hole in the back of the dryer where I had removed the internal vent pipe and press the reset switch on the thermal cutoff fuse. Given the amount of lint that is no longer in the pipes, this cure had some reasonable chance of succeeding. (Mind you, I ended up cleaning *more* lint out of that internal vent pipe that had been left behind by the tech who had cleaned out the dryer last week. But I digress...)
Anyway, the switch was reset, the dryer reassembled and put back in position, and the wet load of clothes was removed from the washer to the dryer. Nigh miraculously, the clothes were warm and dry an hour later.
There is some danger that the thermal cutoff fuse will continue to misbehave. This is, however, a ten dollar part. It even looks like you can install this through the two holes in the back of the dryer if your arms are long and thin enough.
I can think of someone in the household who would qualify as a dryer service tech for this.
I am fairly convinced that they will not be happy about this if they are needed to do it.
But bribery! I am not above bribery! :)
(And I still have to do something about getting the dryer vent rerouted to avoid this entertainment in the future. But moving the dryer out of the "urgent" category is a plus...)