Monday Motivation

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

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Friday Morning Videos: The Secret Life of Machines-The Refrigerator

The Secret Life Of Machines is a British series that looks at the development and workings of every day objects. This episode covers the refrigerator, the history is obviously British-oriented. Still the program does a good job of explaining the refrigeration cycle. It also offers an interesting look, with examples, at many common appliance parts such as compressors, cold controls, and door gaskets.

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Wednesday Weekly Stock: Dryer Elements

Every week at W.L. May we have several items we feature as good parts to consider adding to your stock. These parts also have special pricing available. For pricing details, ask your account representative for more information. This week we look at a variety of dryer elements.

The element in a clothes dryer gets lots of wear and tear. They go from room temperature, to red hot back, to room temperature, every time a load is done. The result is the element eventually will fail. Often this happens sooner than other parts on the appliance. When that happens, a call to W.L. May will get you help in finding a replacement.

Y303404

There a variety of elements that are used on clothes dryers. Often they cane be a restring coil, other times it is a complete assembly "complete with the can". A common Maytag dryer assembly uses a tube type of can. The part number is Y303404.

WE11X103

WE11M232

GE dryers have a different style of "in the can" element assemblies. Rather than fitting the elements into a tube, like the Maytag, GE has an assembly that sort of resembles a trash can lid. It fits behind the drum and can be replaced as an assembly or can be restrung. It is generally a bit easier to restring than a tube style of element assembly.

This week we feature two common assembly sizes, Parts WE11X103 & WE11M23. They are very similar. If you need help, call us with a model number and we'll help you sort it out.

WE11X203

WE11X10007

As I mentioned, GE makes restringing the element an easy option. In addition to complete elements we stock their restring kits. For the WE11M23 element, your restring kit is part number WE11X10007. It gives you a restring coil and the needed element insulators.

For the WE11X103 element, the restring element is part WE11X203. This restring kit DOES NOT come with insulators. If the insulators in your WE11X103 element are in need of repair, unfortunately the restring kit will not work for you. In that case, replace the whole element assembly.

279838

Whirlpool does not sell their dryer elements "in the can" and they don't use a restring kit either. Instead, their models have a sub-assembly that then is mounted into the element can. For many years, it was simple. All the Whirlpool dryers used the same element. This made identifying a replacement easy. Things aren't so simple theses days.

The old Whirlpool dryers elements featured coils wrapped onto a wire frame. The first variation Whirlpool introduced was fairly different  in that instead of a wire frame, this element comes mounted on a metal plate. The part number for this element is 279838.

3387747

More recently, Whirlpool introduced another element that is in wide circulation. Also mounted on a plate, the 3387747 element is threaded in a sort of figure-8 like pattern that makes it fairly distinctive.

5300622032 & 5300622034

To complete a circuit of the "big three" appliance makers, we need to include dryer elements from Electrolux. We have 2 of them featured this week. These are restring coils for Electrolux dryers with rear of drum element cans. The part 5300622032 is a 3/16" coil and the 5300622034 is a slightly thicker 1/4".

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Kelly's Korner - Superhero Add-on's

Hey, All,

The posting today is going to be short and sweet.  Just a couple of things to add to your Superhero Book.  For you newbies, seach through past posts on what this is and why it will make you a Superhero to your customers.

Lots 'o Parts!

Older Maytag washer fill tube/injector assembly:  206680
Whirlpool/Kitchenaid built in ovens with inline thermal fuse - 4451042 OR 4456654
Plug for light hole in Frigidaire dryers - 131870700
Sag kit for sagging Frigidaire front load washers - 137309800
Thermostat bulb clips for GE ranges - WB2X5041D (12 in pkg)
"Duck Bill" for WP refer drains - 8055306
"P" trap for WP refer drains - W10619951

Have a great week!

Monday Motivation-Happy Columbus Day!

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

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Friday Morning Videos: 1983 Tom Peterson Appliance Ad

Here is a video that should bring a touch of nostalgia to long time Portlanders. For everyone else, it offers a nice look at appliances being sold in 1983.

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Throwback Thursday: News Recap October 9th, 2015

If you have been reading the W.L. May Blog but haven't checked us out on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, you may not be getting the whole story. We use all of those social media outlets to share news stories that relate to our industry as well as appliance tips we have found from other sources. Here is a recap of some of the top stories we have seen lately. So without further ado:

We start with some consumer friendly articles we feel would be great for sharing:

• Cagles Appliance, our friends in Ontario, California, were featured in a nice article about area businesses. LINK
• WSJ looked at the importance of hot water to cleaning and sanitizing clothes and how new detergents have changed that. LINK

Next, we look at the manufacturers and how they have been in the news recently:

• 10News in Tampa, Florida reported on a microwave that Whirlpool designed specifically for chocolate. Sorry, cocoa fans, you'll have to go to Europe to get one. LINK
• With FirstBuild ,GE is embracing small lot manufacturing and innovation. LINK

We found some articles that might be of interest to those of you who love all thing appliances:

• Kitchenaid announced a new color of appliance...black stainless steel. LINK
• Eater had a great look at the history of  "The Kitchen Of Tomorrow" and why they feel it is an outdated concept. LINK
• A columnist from the Morning Sun in Central Michigan lamented the quality of various washing machine he has had over the years. LINK

Sometimes, the links we post are related to technology, business or happenings on the Internet:

• A judge in New York City awarded a lawsuit that proved that you can fight yelp...and win! LINK

We close with few just for fun stories:

• From Communities Digital News we get a look back on the difficulties of rural life in the 1930's and 1940's. LINK
• A columnist looked at the classic "missing a sock in the laundry" problem...from the point of view of the sock. LINK

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