On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:46:26 GMT, "Mark" wrote:
Mrs Clean, I think you are at the bitter end on this DW. I don't know what
kind of floor you have, or what is on the floor below you kitchen, but a
water leak would be pretty damaging to both. Also at 30 years your DW is
probably not all that efficicient as far as water and electric use,
It's one thing to say that about AC's and fridges and furnaces, where
I think there have been technical advances, but the DW has a motor,
and a heater to heat the water. How have they improved such things in
the last 30 (or even 50) years? Did a dishwasher use even a gallon of
water 30 or 50 years ago. How much less water could it use now?
so a new
one would likely pay for itself in a few short years.
Everytime this is said, I'm uneasy, and I've figured out two reasons.
Posters take the price of the item P, and the amount of money thought
to be saved each year S, and the number of years before the new item
wears out Y, and they multiply S x Y and if SY is greater than P, they
say there will be savings.
But does anyone consider A) the lost interest on P? If P is 200
dollars, it would be earning about 10 dollars a year in anything
better than a straight savings account.
or B) that by waiting several more years W to replace the item, the
new item purchased then might save even more electricity, etc. and
have more new features than if purchased now; and will last that many
years W longer than the same item purchased this year. Even perhaps
2W years if again the homeowner isn't quick to replace what other say
should be replaced. Again, when the item is replaced a second time,
the new item will be W years more recent.
These two factors apply to refridgerators, AC, and furnaces, as well
as dishwasher.
You'll also be
surprised at how quite a new one is!
Give it up - give the thing a kiss on the control knobs and drag it to the
street! You are right, you probably won't get 30 years out of a new one -
But you are really fortunate to have had the old one live that long!
Mark
P.S. That old harvest gold refrig should probably go too! I know a new one
would save you $$$ in operating costs!
wrote in message
oups.com...
It was harvest gold but I painted it white hahahah
I was thinking a bike tire patch with cement glue.
I am hanging on to the bitter end.
Mrs. Clean
mm wrote:
On 6 Oct 2006 16:59:11 -0700, wrote:
The nylon rollers have worn a hole in the inside of my dishwasher.
It's 30 years old but the new ones only go 7 years, so I want to keep
it. It's sound mechanically.
How or what should I use to patch the inside of the door?
If it is all the way through, I think auto body putty would do it. I
think they have a couple general kinds, for small dents and for larger
that is sometimes supported by a piece of fiberglass mesh.
I can't imagine the hole is bigger than a dime, so I think you can use
the small dent stuff and just leave the door open, (the hole is in the
door, right?) and push enough through so that it lands on the far
side (now the bottom side) and keep applying it until the pile reaches
up to the level where you are. You can onoy apply it a half inch deep
at one time, or something like that. Read the label. So do it in
stages. When it reaches the hole smooth it out. You may want to paint
it with the little bottles of white porcelain paint they sell for
kitchen appliances (only in colors that appliances come in.)
I live alone and only wash full loads, so Idon'pt use my dishwasher
very often, but it's 27 years old, and works and looks fine, and has
only broken once when a tiny half inch long very thin chicken bone got
caught in the anti-siphon thing on the sink. And t hat wouldn't have
happened if I cleaned my dishes better.
I wouldn't care about style, but afaict mine is still stylish.
It's a sears, probably whirlppol and has 3 sheets of metal stored in
the front, representing 6 colors**, if I wanted it to be adifferent
color. So far everything is harvest gold. Now that IS out of style,
but I don't care.
White, harvest gold, ovacado?, and I forget the other three. I've
only seen them once 15 years ago, because I have to take out two
screws and remove a strip to look at them.