Home Appliances

No. You can purchase a dryer dual vent system to re-route the filtered dryer exhaust back into the house for a heat source during the cold weather. This also adds beneficial humidity to the house making it feel warmer and keeping your wood furniture from drying out!

Electricians can be very expensive. The electrician will most likely have to run a completely new set of larger wires depending on the amp's of your new dryer. If its a fairly short run from your main elect panel to your laundry room and there is enough space in the panel that it might be the best option. 220volt will save money in the long run due to the fact that it will heat up much faster and much more efficiently. But the upfront cost will be high.

To be honest with how good and clean the new dryers are I would recommend just spending the extra money on a better dryer. Heck you might even be able to take the family on a vacation with the money you'll save by leaving an electrician out of the equation.

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An electrician is a person that comes to fix the problem that home owner's thought they could repair to save themselves some money.

To unplug an electrical cord, simply grasp the plug firmly and pull it straight out of the outlet. Avoid pulling on the cord itself to prevent damage. Make sure to disconnect the plug by the head, not the cord.

Surface area of the fan blades determine the work involved. A fan with a 36 inch diameter having four blades has more surface area so must work harder than a fan of the same diameter having only three blades. More work on the same amount of energy supplied will be slower. If the surface of the additional blade adds 25 percent more drag then the speed of the motor will reflect it.

That depends on the appliance and what you're trying to accomplish.

Low watts mean that the appliance doesn't use much energy. Higher wattage appliances may be able to complete a task faster or operating on a larger mass. Smaller wattage appliances may be all you need if you're just preparing for a smaller group or if you aren't in a hurry.

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The overall power consumption will be the same to perform the same task.

Central air conditioning systems run on electricity. The electricity is used to power the compressor, fans, and other components that cool and circulate the air throughout the home. Gas is not typically used to power central air conditioning systems.

Kenmore dryers have been available for many years. With a specific model number and a call to a Sears appliance repair center, you can probably get the information you need. Without that model number, it's anyone's guess when it was manufactured.

Read your instruction manual. If it says "Do not plug into a plug with a ground fault circuit interrupter," you are plugging it into the wrong type of outlet.

Otherwise and most probably, nothing is being done wrong when the electric juicer keeps tripping the outlet. The outlet is tripping due to a ground fault. That means there is a loose wire or bad wire in the electric juicer. The ground fault keeps tripping to keep you from getting electrocuted. If the juicer is new or still under warranty, you need to take it back. If it is not under warranty, you need to get it fixed or throw it away.

The problem could be a few things. It may be possible that your burner is not igniting, not giving you any hot air and therefore not drying your clothes. It could also be that you're not getting power to the igniter.

Well, for smaller rooms such as bedrooms usually the 42 inch is better for those rooms, usually larger rooms such as great rooms, living rooms, master bedrooms, the best choice is the 52 inch.

A 230 volt plug typically has three prongs - two rounded prongs and one grounding prong. The prongs are usually arranged in a triangular pattern. The plug may also have a higher amperage rating compared to standard plugs, and may be used for high-powered appliances or equipment.

Ozone dissolved in water will strip out as the water is splashed. It usually decays within minutes if left in water. Ozone is used (among other things) to destroy odorous compounds in water. H2S (rotten egg smell) is ozone's favorite meal.

There is a thermostat inside an accessible panel on the hot water heater. The panel is typically secured by two screws. When the temperature goes below the set level the heater turns on. You'll either see a specific temperature or just an adjustment that says hotter. Some installations have an external timer that might turn off the hot water heater between midnight and 5AM, for example.

A ceiling fan provides air circulation which can make the air immediately around your body cooler (because if the air is stagnant the heat from your body will make you feel warmer than the actual room temperature).

It is important to note that a ceiling fan actually contributes heat to a room, so if no one is going to be present to enjoy its effects, you might as well turn it off.

A 230-volt appliance is designed to operate using electricity supplied at a voltage of 230 volts. It is important to ensure that the outlet supplying power to the appliance matches this voltage to avoid damage to the appliance or possible safety hazards.

Be extremely careful. If you don't know what you are doing then just take it to a repair shop, it's not expensive for them to check it out. They will also clean out all the lint that will fill up the area too. If the drum rotates and every thing is other wise working, check to make sure there is power to the element. Use a 220v tester. you may even find that the element wire is busted in an area too.

Yes, you can buy a gas dryer that is compatible with propane gas by ensuring that it is set up for propane use instead of natural gas. Make sure to follow the manufacturer's recommendations for converting the dryer to run on propane. Additionally, you may need to purchase a propane conversion kit if one is not included with the dryer.

check your electric supply. maybe you dont have the full 240v to the unit. if only one "phase" (120v) the dryer wont tumble and washer wont run. only the dryers heater uses the full 240. if only the washer is out after checking power, check the lid switch if its bad washer will only do what it would with lid open. These are the most common problems

The clicking sound on a gas stove is typically caused by a faulty or dirty spark electrode. This can be due to a buildup of grease or food debris. Try cleaning the electrode with a soft brush or cloth to see if that resolves the issue. If not, you may need to replace the spark electrode.

Yes in most cases. If you live in the US and your appliance was made to work in the US and you have Two Hot conductors, red and black and your appliance says its rated for 220 V your ready to roll. If you live in the US and your appliance was made to work elsewhere in the world with the exception for Canada then its very doubtful. The US uses Split-Phase 240V so you can get 120V Circuits also and most of the rest of the world uses 240V Single Phase right to their regular receptacles. 220V is an archaic term and is meant to be used in the 220V-250V range

If a household circuit contains too many appliances on the same circuit, the breaker feeding that circuit will trip open.

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Each appliance draws a certain amount of current. The wires which feed the circuit carry a current which is the total of the currents drawn by these appliances. More appliances = more current.

Now wires aren't actually perfect conductors - they have a certain amount of resistance and this means that when current flows through them, they warm up a bit. The thinner the wire, the warmer it gets per amp drawn (but the cheaper it is to buy).

The more appliances you have, the more current you draw and the warmer the wire gets. If you get to the point where the insulation melts, or the board the wire is clipped to catches fire, you have a problem.

To limit the damage, the electrical code requires all circuits contain a fuse or circuit breaker. As a result, the most likely consequence of putting too many appliances on at once is that the fuse or CB will go, and you'll be plunged into darkness.

Big but here: CBs can malfunction, and people have been known to put the wrong sort of fuse in (especially if the right sort keeps blowing) - at which point fire becomes a possibility again, so best to avoid overloading the circuit in the first place.

They usually dont have any, watts is a measurement of power that the machine requires to run. now if you mean how many wats does a washing machine require to run it varies on the manufacturer and it can usually be found on a sticker on the back of the machine.

Hard wired means that there is no plug and receptacle in the circuit powering the dryer. What you will find is a metal jacketed cable that will come out of the wall or floor and go right into the dryer.