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post #1 of 7
1/10/12 at 12:34pm
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I am soooooooooo disappointed!!!! I was sooooo going to Spend Less and Save More this year. I started back on mommysavers and made a plan. I got alot of advice from you all also. I was hoping to make it on $200 a week for food and gasoline. I am half way thru the week and doing fine....dh has been supportive and excited also. Today I was so happy and empowered and BLESSED because I felt like we could really do this and be able to save some money this month. Well...low and behold! My dryer died today. I guess it is the heating element. I could cry. I haven't told my husband yet. Is this something a little repair will take care of or are we going to have to buy a new one??frown.gif

 

I just hung up all my clothes in our garage. I have a load of towels that I have to find another rope and hang them all up on. So discouraged!!

 

 

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post #2 of 7
1/10/12 at 12:36pm

Heating elements are usually under $50.  And your husband can probably replace it.  Google your specific dryer.  You will get detailed directions on how!  :)  And this is a set back..not a fall off the train!!  AND....hanging your clothes, while isn't great (I know..I did it for a few months last year), is doable!!!  You can do this!!!

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post #3 of 7
1/10/12 at 12:38pm

My husband replaced mine several times before we finally just got a new dryer! LOL  Its a very easy fix and very cheap.

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post #4 of 7
1/10/12 at 9:16pm

I agree with blessed & missy, it is a cheap and easy fix!  Dh was gone (he was out of town for a month--and had left just 3 days before!) when ours went out, so I googled it, found directions for how to fix it, got the part on ebay for under $20, and fixed it--MYSELF!  I was so proud of myself!  All it took was a screw driver.  The hardest part was moving the dryer and hooking the vent hose back up when I was done! 

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post #5 of 7
1/11/12 at 5:53am

I would also try not to be discouraged from your goal.  Do what you had planned to do and continue it.  It's the long-term goal you are looking towards.  There will always be unexpected things like this cropping up.

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post #6 of 7
1/11/12 at 6:28am

Heating elements can be replaced, my DH did that just last winter when mine when out along with a couple of other things and it was so much cheaper than getting a different dryer. You can still continue with the goals you have set in place.

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post #7 of 7
1/18/12 at 1:12pm

Unless your dryer is ancient you can probably fix it like a lot of the other people have suggested.

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