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Mrs.P

Mrs.P

The Wonder Wench
Our drying has been the long slow pangs of death for quite a while, we bought it before we got married, so it has had a long and illustrious life, but it was time to put her down. So we wandered around Sears for a little while after dropping Dave and Mike off at the airport. I had really just decided we would get a nicer dryer with an Energy Star rating and keep our old washer, it isn't in as bad a shape as the dryer.

But they had a nice looking Samsung Washer and Dryer set in a pretty breakwater Blue coloring. The Washer was a Front Loading High Capacity Washer. It had a few scratches and dings in them, but they were listed at $699 and $399, which is pretty phenomanol for those. We asked what had happened to them, and apparently the guy who bought them forgot to take the shipping bolts out, so he thought they were broken. Sears gave us a good warranty on them so we decided to give 'em a shot.

Prages brought them home last night and just about killed me trying to get them unloaded from the truck. They are siginificantly heavier than the older models. I nearly broke my hand and my back.

He tells me he got the Washer hooked up this morning and is running a cleaning tablet through it and needs to find three bolts for the dryer which we will get hooked up tonight.

Not the greatest most cool purchases ever, but if you have ever had to laundry at the laundromat then you know how unfun that can be. It set us back on our car purchasing fund, but they were really needed.

Here is what they look like, ours have some very minor scratches on them but other than that they look great:

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We would have never been able to afford a set like this at full price. i am really hoping that they will live up to their reputations and save us both on water and electricity.
 
Mrs.P said:
We would have never been able to afford a set like this at full price. i am really hoping that they will live up to their reputations and save us both on water and electricity.
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I think every major appliance I have is a scratch and dent model. We got our fridge half off because it had a big dent in the side. They still gave us the full warranty and when its in the cabinets you can see the dent anyway. S&D is the way to go.
 
Happy new appliance day!

The wifey and I have recently replaced the range and the over the range microwave. It sucks dropping $ on such boring stuff, but it is kinda nice to have all the features of a new one.

Our range is a GE, but the microwave is a Samsung. So far so good. I'll be interested to see how it goes. Samsung's a relatively new player in home appliances, but has a good reputation in home electronics, and most of the "traditional" appliance brands just keep getting worse and worse.
 
I just hope I can find the three little screws that I need. Apparently the previous owner didn't take out the shipping bolts, but he did remove the power terminal screws where you hook up the pigtail. :mad: Even better, the screws from the old dryer have a different thread, so I can't even steal them.

I'll be walking over to Sears when they open in an hour or so and hoping they have them in stock. If not, I'll see about getting them to rob them off of one of the display models for me so we can do some freakin' laundry tonight. :embarrassed:
 
Prages said:
I just hope I can find the three little screws that I need. Apparently the previous owner didn't take out the shipping bolts, but he did remove the power terminal screws where you hook up the pigtail. :mad: Even better, the screws from the old dryer have a different thread, so I can't even steal them.

I'll be walking over to Sears when they open in an hour or so and hoping they have them in stock. If not, I'll see about getting them to rob them off of one of the display models for me so we can do some freakin' laundry tonight. :embarrassed:
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PO's :facepalm:

I take it you can't just get them from a hardware store? Are they brass instead of steel or something?
 
Prages said:
I just hope I can find the three little screws that I need. Apparently the previous owner didn't take out the shipping bolts, but he did remove the power terminal screws where you hook up the pigtail. :mad: Even better, the screws from the old dryer have a different thread, so I can't even steal them.

I'll be walking over to Sears when they open in an hour or so and hoping they have them in stock. If not, I'll see about getting them to rob them off of one of the display models for me so we can do some freakin' laundry tonight. :embarrassed:
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The power terminal screws should be 10x32 machine screws, they could be 8x32 but in most cases there 10s. Most of the electrical connections are standardized.
 
Oh, also...

Here's how the washer install went.

Turn off water.
Unplug old washer.
Remove water hoses from old washer.
Wheel old washer out.
Wheel new washer in.
Connect water hoses to new washer.
Plug in new washer.
Level up new washer.
Put cleaning tablet in.
Start wash cycle.

At this point, the washer comes on and makes a bit of a clicking sound like a valve is opening, then starts spinning. No water though. :mad: So, I'm looking at the manual and scratching my head for a minute.

Then I realized that I had forgotten to turn the water back on. :facepalm:

Once I did that, the washer roared (very quietly) to life. :facepalm:

And yeah, these go for about $850 each, and we got the pair for $1175 after tax.

What do I care if there's a scratch on the front of the washer or a small ding in the side of the dryer? It's not like anybody sees them except for me and Paula.
 
reverend1 said:
The power terminal screws should be 10x32 machine screws, they could be 8x32 but in most cases there 10s. Most of the electrical connections are standardized.
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I figured they were, but I really didn't know what size to get, and since they were different than our old dryer, I had my doubts about standardization. Of course, our old dryer is 13 years old.
 
Very cool. I remember the days of moving clothes back and forth to the laundromat. They sucked.
 
PunkKitty said:
Very cool. I remember the days of moving clothes back and forth to the laundromat. They sucked.
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I hate the laundromat. I just couldn't ever get over the thought of what might have been in there before me. I love the convenience of being at home and not having to lose a whole afternoon to laundry.
 
Prages said:
I figured they were, but I really didn't know what size to get, and since they were different than our old dryer, I had my doubts about standardization. Of course, our old dryer is 13 years old.
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Yeah, you never know. Being a samsung it could be some crazy metric size.
 
Congrats! We got a front loading washer a couple years ago and love it. They save on washing soap as well.
 
Congrats. My wife and I have been looking to upgrade our units at home, and those Samsung units are first in line currently based on a recommendation from a friend who has them.
 
I always looked forward to going to the laundromat when I was single, and it was well worth the effort sometimes... Now, I have a washer, dryer, and a wife who does my laundry...
 
Very cool! We had to ditch our front loaders when we moved out to the stable. . . 'twas a sad day. But we did finally get a dishwasher installed last weekend, so that's good :grin:
 
Punchy said:
Very cool! We had to ditch our front loaders when we moved out to the stable. . . 'twas a sad day. But we did finally get a dishwasher installed last weekend, so that's good :grin:
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That's kind of funny, because our new front loaders just got moved in to our downstairs, which used to be a stable. :)
 
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