Our dryer is dead; FRIED, no longer working. It stopped working a few weeks back when the lint trap fell out and a sock got sucked into the motor, burning it out. (At least this what I think happened.) It was the night before DH's last Florida trip when I was washing all his clothes to be packed, I went to get the last load and smelled a funky electrical smell. YUCK. Further investigation showed it was the dryer and it was indeed dead. So hear are the lessons learned from our dead dryer.
1. Make sure the lint trap is in place before starting the dryer.
2. Laundry mats cost a lot of money. 25 cents for about 7 minutes of dry time equals approxiatemly $1.25 per load.
3. Friends are more than willing to help by offering their own dryers for our use. THANK YOU!!
4. It's good to be friendly with your neighbors. Ours saved me when I locked us out of the house
going to dry the last load.She let us in and kept us warm til DH got back. THANK YOU!!
5. Sometimes the cost of repair is greater than the cost of replacement. Try and figure this out. The cost of a new motor- $105 plus tax. Used dryer-$100 plus tax. Do the math, we are getting the "new" used dryer. DH gets out of installing parts but has the fun job of manuevering heavy machinery.
6. It doesn't hurt to wear things twice...ok maybe even more than that.
7. We have lots of clothes.
8. Time to send some away to Valueland. If I didn't wear it in the last month it's because I won't wear it.
9. Dave Ramsey was right. You really need to have an emergency fund established...things happen.
10. I am thankful I don't live back in the day were you washed clothes with a washboard. What did these people do during the winter when clothes freeze before drying?
Dead dryers are good for something...lessons learned.
2 comments:
May I suggest the following method, which I've been utilizing for the past month or so (our dryer broke too.)
Ideal locations to dry clothes in your home - with a secondary benefit of humidifying the winter dry air:
1.) Living Room Curtain rods: Mine just happen to hang directly over the heat vents making them ideal for quick drying of jeans and other heavy items such as towels and sweaters.
2.) Not to be used for "quick" drying, but ideal for maintaining the apparells intended shape: Recliner chair backs. The fabric of the chair will get damp, however will dry quickly after removing the item.
3.) Dining/Kitchen table chairs:
Ideal for t-shirts that will gain undesired "hanger" marks if hung when wet. Drape over chairs long enough to dry slightly, then proceed to hang on hangers for completion of drying process.
4.) Every rod in the house is your friend. shower curtain rod, kids curtain rods, your bedroom curtain rods, any trim you have above doors - all are ideal and waiting for clothes hangers to find them. Note: this method will be slightly visible from outdoors, but my husband says it adds character to our home.
5.) If you have blinds in your window, GREAT for slipping in socks between the slats (sp?). You can get lots of socks in there and they take up less space using this method than if you try and fit 3 socks to a hanger. You'll run out of hangers!
There ya have it :) Enjoy!
Beware however of your space limitations. One load in the washer takes up much more space to dry!
Thanks Deb...now you tell me.
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