To Repair or To Replace?
This is the question we all ask when something breaks down.
Let me first tell you about the things that we have that can and does break down.
EVERYTHING!
I do not think that we have anything that we own that has a warranty left on it!
That being said we live on a very tight budget. Now when something breaks down we do NOT have the means to REPLACE the item. We have to fix what is broken, large or small.
The luxury of paying cash or charging an emergency item is not an option for us. So when an item breaks down we start immediately diagnosing it.
For example
Our dryer quit heating, it turned on but would not dry.
So my husband UNPLUGGED it....pulled it out and took the top back plate off.
It exposes the back of the controls you use to work the dryer.
Inside of that space is a piece of paper that the factory has supplied for this reason. It is a diagram of the parts and diagnoses! Pretty cool, huh? Yep it is just sitting there waiting to tell you how to fix it. So we read and saw what it was and went to an appliance repair shop and the part was all of $33.00 I kid you not!!! Put the part on and the back plate back on, plugged it up and ta da works like new!!!
I found a very good DIY book by Readers Digest that I think would be helpful. It would be handy to have it in your home library
Always have a tool kit in your house for these projects.
I hope this will help motivate you to at least try to repair some of your things that may break down. I hope you save lots of money and heartache.
Along with saving money you will feel empowered and knowledgeable.
Knowledge will keep us alive!
Enjoy
Our dryer quit heating, it turned on but would not dry.
So my husband UNPLUGGED it....pulled it out and took the top back plate off.
It exposes the back of the controls you use to work the dryer.
Inside of that space is a piece of paper that the factory has supplied for this reason. It is a diagram of the parts and diagnoses! Pretty cool, huh? Yep it is just sitting there waiting to tell you how to fix it. So we read and saw what it was and went to an appliance repair shop and the part was all of $33.00 I kid you not!!! Put the part on and the back plate back on, plugged it up and ta da works like new!!!
I found a very good DIY book by Readers Digest that I think would be helpful. It would be handy to have it in your home library
Always have a tool kit in your house for these projects.
I hope this will help motivate you to at least try to repair some of your things that may break down. I hope you save lots of money and heartache.
Along with saving money you will feel empowered and knowledgeable.
Knowledge will keep us alive!
Enjoy
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