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I am putting this here as it relates to cash out of pocket.
I bought 2 dehumidifiers in 2010...one is plugged in all the time, but runs occasionally and the other...well, just sits unplugged. I bought them because I'm from the West where it is dry and moved to the soggy Midwest...the first 3 months we lived here we pulled about 80 gallons of moisture out of the air in the basement...it was like non-stop bucket emptying action...but eventually it was dry down there...
flash forward to today...got home...heard a weird noise...opened basement door, smell a strong mechanical burn odor...ran downstairs, unplugged smoking dehumidifier. (Crazy thing...I would have been with my family on vacation this week...but I started a new job so I could not make the trip...divine intervention?)
Anyway...Normally I would just replace it...but, I spent $200 on these units...that is far different from a $15 fan that would burn out after a couple years.
I searched the web...BOOM...first hit...GREE RECALL.
I am putting this here as it relates to cash out of pocket.
I bought 2 dehumidifiers in 2010...one is plugged in all the time, but runs occasionally and the other...well, just sits unplugged. I bought them because I'm from the West where it is dry and moved to the soggy Midwest...the first 3 months we lived here we pulled about 80 gallons of moisture out of the air in the basement...it was like non-stop bucket emptying action...but eventually it was dry down there...
flash forward to today...got home...heard a weird noise...opened basement door, smell a strong mechanical burn odor...ran downstairs, unplugged smoking dehumidifier. (Crazy thing...I would have been with my family on vacation this week...but I started a new job so I could not make the trip...divine intervention?)
Anyway...Normally I would just replace it...but, I spent $200 on these units...that is far different from a $15 fan that would burn out after a couple years.
I searched the web...BOOM...first hit...GREE RECALL.
Point is...when stuff breaks...check on it.
A friend had a similar experience with a TV. He's pretty tight, so when it stopped working out of warranty he went online to figure out how to fix it. He found a good tutorial and was at the point where he was about to order the part when he noticed a link to the side that mentioned a recall for his model. Turned out it applied to him and concerned the issue he was having so he wound up getting a new TV out of the deal; in fact, since his model had been discontinued he was eligible to get a better TV and was able to upgrade to the top of the line model for something like $100, which he did. Plus they let him keep his original TV which he went ahead and fixed with a very inexpensive part and sold for several hundred bucks.
Last edited by duster1979; 06-12-2014 at 09:45 AM..
It is going to get worse. A lot of companies are now taking up the "get it to market fast" mantra and hoping to do hot fixes on problems. The problems with appliances burning up and starting fires is becoming more serious. We just happened to notice the water intake solenoid had failed on our dishwasher, which has a plastic interior. While the heater element in the washer is designed to run safely under moist conditions, a long running time and NO water would mean a melted washer capable of starting a fire.
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