Re:They Used To Last 50 Years
by WalterBright on Monday March 20, 2017 @01:03AM
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An appliance salesman told me that decades ago. The dishwashers all had the same engine inside, the difference was usually the rack features.
This enabled the dishwasher maker to sell at various price points to different customers.
Yep and fancy handles.
Re:They Used To Last 50 Years
by reitanqild on Monday March 20, 2017 @12:28AM
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After repairing my appliances one by one, finding the schematics, diagnosing parts and then searching for replacements
Where did you find the schematics?
I tried a few years ago to find just instructions for some appliances and gave up because of search engine spam etc.
Search for PDF < Model Number from appliance nameplate >
Prefixing your appliance model number with PDF cuts way down on unrelated sales material and spam.
elektrotanya is one good library.
~10 years ago I decided to obtain and review service manuals before buying machinery, to be sure I could have the documentation and to try and figure out what pile of crap I am getting into.
Some of them have them in a plastic sleeve inside the machine. Others you can find online. They're intended for repairmen.
I did that with a dishwasher once. Bought the cheapest same one internally and then swapped over the door and sound insulation from the expensive older one.
Also did that with a garbage disposal, the housing was identical and the sound insulation mounted perfectly over the new cheap one from the old expensive one.
Re:They Used To Last 50 Years
by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday March 20, 2017 @12:48AM
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Could you upgrade the cheap model, or is the takeaway that the expensive options aren't really valuable?
You can't upgrade the cheap models unless you found a way to buy the control panel and fit it to your appliance. Which might look pretty Frankenstein.
That dishwasher or washing machine with extra modes for $1,000 more? It's the same as the cheapest model, they just didn't put the extra controls on the panel.