re: #232 lawhawk

[snip]Well, my washing machine crapped out after 15 years. It happens. Had a full load in and the damned thing wouldn’t drain.[/snip]

Count yourself lucky. Had a washer that flooded my kitchen several times because automatic fill valves would not CLOSE reliably. Bought replacement valves and installed them. Problem solved, I thought. Less than a week later, the main drive pulley failed. Its two halves were joined by 4 electrical spot welds, each of which was no bigger than a match head.

I had expected better from a name brand well known for constructing nuclear power stations.