Monday, June 23, 2008

Retlo's words of advice for summer housekeeping

See the filter on the left, in place.


Lots of switches, not a lot of communication


Filter, properly removed and corners cleaned.

Euwe! at least it's not pool worms!


OK, boys and girls,

Even in foreign climes, washing machines and dryers have filters to catch the lint, hair, gnats, and other particulates that get dumped out in the H2O. If you can't find it, you aren't looking hard enough. I have now done 4 loads, and just found the lint bag on the Rinse inflow for the washer. So it is recycling water and doing a crude filter as it goes. On my machine at home, there are holes in the bottom and sides of the drum that need to be culled if I wash a particularly fuzzy article, but in general, I don't have to go excavating.

I removed the large lozenge of lint/pill crap and took my leatherman to the crevasses to get the overflow crud out of there. Now the lint filter mesh locks into place. Likewise, I can't tell you how many people I know who never clean their dryer lint collector. Guess what, you don't clean, it can't efficiently dry, and it take way longer, costs more and does a bad job. Other possible problem, the outflow from the dryer is blocked. If your dryer still takes way too long to not dry your clothes, birds may have built a nest in the outflow from the dryer. Happens to me once or twice a year. In my case, I have to haul a ladder to the exterior wall, climb up and use a thin stick to get all the encrusted lint out of the external vent cover hinges, so that it will work properly. Any other experiences?

Now, can you say hot water in Chinese: 热水 re4shui3 ok, so you can't. But I can!, and I can check the temp on the washing machine: 洗衣机 xi3yi1ji1.

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