I was away last week but now I’m back fixing appliances in the Foothills of Yuma Arizona. The photo is of my daughter out front of Uncle Lunkers bait and tackle store …why? Because that storefront is the original location of Star Appliance!

I’ll be closed next week, 8/15 – 8/19 while I attend my Dad’s Celebration of Life in Bridgton Maine. He passed away earlier this year and the family and friends are gathering to honor him.

I learned the trade of Appliance Repairman around 20 years ago when I took a break from my Telecommunications career and bought a mom and pop appliance sales and repair business in Bridgton Maine. Kathleen ran the sales floor and scheduled me as I went out on repairs. It was a fun and challenging time.…

The control panel stopped working after the customer used the broiler for fifteen minutes straight. I figured it was the thermal fuse but I didn’t figure on how difficult it was to get too!

Issue with this GE oven was that the oven section took several minutes to ignite. Upon inspection I couldn’t find anything wrong, the baconitor glowed and eventually it ignited the gas, however, replacing the bake igniter allowed it to heat up much quicker. Most likely this is because the more times an igniter heats up…