On Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 11:00:13 AM UTC-5, Ralph Mowery wrote:
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I've replaced mechanical controls, so far, never had a problem with
electronic. Near impossible to get mechanical anything these days.

I live in one of the most lightning struck areas of the country so my
house has a surge protector on it at the meter. My counter only goes to
999 and has been pegged out for a while now.



Just think of how many devices with electrical controls you have in the
house. How many times have they been taken out by surges and lightning
? Most likely if there is a surge, it will take out most everything in
the house.

What do you base that on? From personal experience and what I've seen posted
here, a surge that takes out most everything in the house is a rare
occurrence, not the typical surge. I've had one thing fail, and that was
a modem line into my Tivo, which apparently succumbed to a surge during a
lightning storm. I say apparently because there was a storm one day
preceding it's failure, it seems logical, but I can't prove it. Those
kind of events, where one or two things are affected appear to be the
far more common surge damage.



I just hope the insurance will cover all that if I ever need
it to.

I don't like the side loader washing machines. I bought a new top
loader a few months ago. Sofar it works well. However it sure does a
lot of what i call funny stuff. It somehow measures what is in the
machine and puts in a small amount of water to match the load. Then it
seems to stop and and start a lot. At first I thought it may be broken.

The new front loaders are probably worse. Same kind of thing. It puts
in very little water, then starts. Then goes back and forth, then puts in
a little more water. While that's going on, it seems impossible there is
enough water to clean anything. Eventually it gets enough water in it,
but it's still a small amount. The cycle takes twice as long or longer
that an old top loader too. One cool thing, the LG, you can spin the drum
with it not connected to power and the LEDs and controls will light up.
It has some fancy motor that recovers energy as it spins down, so if you
spin it by hand it gets enough power to power up.