On Friday, September 26, 2014 9:47:37 AM UTC-4, nestork wrote:
'gonjah[_3_ Wrote:
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I've already ordered a new timer...
Jim
Can you cancel that order?
Rebuilding appliance timers is a cottage industry. Normally, in every
major city there will be several people that rebuild appliance timers in
their basements or garages for a fraction of the cost of a new timer.
Just phone around to the local appliance parts stores, and the people
working there will generally know who, if anyone, rebuilds appliance
timers locally.
Alternatively, if there are no local places that do that kind of work,
you can send your old timer in to Turner's Timers and have a rebuilt
timer sent to you. I'd at least get a price for a rebuilt timer from
them before you commit to buying a new timer.
'Turners Timer Repair - Appliance Timer Repair Experts'
(http://www.turnerstimerrepair.com/)
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nestork
Great idea. Turner only charges $70 to $130 to fix it, $65 to inspect it.
I'll bet that doesn't compare very favorably with the cost Gonjah paid for
a new one. Things must really, really be different up there in Canada. IDK
of any cottage industry here repairing timers and if you called an
appliance store here, they'd laugh at you. They sell parts, why would they
refer you to some guy rebuilding them in his basement? I can see doing a repair if it's some expensive timer, integrated with something else, etc, but not for the typical dryer timer.