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   Ed P to badgolferman   
   Re: Dishwasher followup   
   25 Nov 25 08:20:39   
   
   From: esp@snet.n   
      
   On 11/25/2025 7:23 AM, badgolferman wrote:   
   > On 11/24/2025 21:16, Ed P wrote:   
   >> Couple of weeks ago there was discussion of dishwashers.  I mentioned   
   >> mine failed the night before leaving for a couple of weeks.  It is a 7   
   >> year old GE that does a good job so worth fixing.  I called Mike, the   
   >> appliance guy while away so he could come today.   
   >>   
   >> I could have done the job after watching a video.  My guess for time   
   >> would be about an hour+ for the repair, plus time getting the part. Mike   
   >> said it is a common failure and he has probably done a hundred of them   
   >> and carries a couple of the circuit boards with him. It was amazing to   
   >> watch him do the job in about 20 minutes.  remove lower panel, removed   
   >> door, disassemble door, remove circuit board, then reverse.   
   >>   
   >> Cash price $280.   
   >   
   >   
   > We could all probably do the job, but we pay the serviceman for his   
   > knowledge and ready access to parts.   
      
   Exactly.  And his ability to get down on the floor that at 80, I don't   
   have so much any more.   
      
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