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Consumerist Culture & Dryer Maintenance

I recently received the following comment on my DIY Dryer Maintenance post that read: "Wow, a dryer ? It's always interesting to see how other "cultures" do things, I have never even owned one, a dryer that is. The clothes hang out on the line, the sun does it's thing.    No carbon pollution from burning electricity, no money spent…
How to Fix the Heating Coil on Your Dryer

How to Fix the Heating Coil on Your Dryer

Well, we fixed our dryer yet again!  This time it was the heating coil that busted and it was considerably more expensive to fix than the $4 part we purchased and put in two years ago ($75 with shipping), but it was more than worth it! Let me back up a bit.  About a month ago, after the dryer finished…