My neighbor almost killed everyone in our apartment last night

[DomS]

Originally posted by: Imp
So... my question is: was she high before she put the 4 loads into the machine, or did she get high after?

Glad I use electric...

haha hadn't thought of that.

 

[Modelworks]

My brother runs an appliance business and sees this all the time.
People shove 3 loads of clothes in the washer then bring it back when it fails.
Older models , like from the late 80's early 90's did have belts and were made of all cast iron transmissions, metal tubs, and motors that could wash just about anything.
The new models are plastic tubs, plastic gears, plastic transmissions.
Number one repair my brother does is the plastic gear that couples the motor to the transmission.

Would it have started a fire ?
I doubt it, unless there was flammable material like newspapers piled around it.

 

[DomS]

ANOTHER UPDATE Landlord came by today. He was PISSED at the people on the 2nd floor. There's one decent girl up there, and I heard him yelling at her. He was saying he can never get in touch with anyone up there, they've had all summer to pay back past rent...they're late for October....he's had complaints from everyone around us, etc. He sees me on my way out and we talk for awhile. He asks who's furniture is on the porch (there's rotting couches and shit) I tell them it's all from the 2nd floor. He asks about the piles of cigarettes on the porch, again, theirs. He then tells me "you know, I don't know why I let that group come back. I had a completely different group of nice people ready to move in. Biggest mistake of my life letting that group come back.

 

[Ns1]

lol @update2

 

[keird]

Replace their laundry with a polar bear in their washing machine and take pics.

 

[DomS]

Originally posted by: keird
Replace their laundry with a polar bear in their washing machine and take pics.

lol or a triceratops...

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I would raise suspicion as to why there was so much smoke. The washer motor should be thermally protected. Power should have been cut LONG before its windings reached a temperature to char the varnish.

In addition, if it's having that much trouble agitating the load, most washing machines are designed with a "weak link" in the transmission between the motor & the agitator that breaks. The part is about $10 to replace, but it keeps the motors from being ruined.

Originally posted by: Modelworks
My brother runs an appliance business and sees this all the time.
People shove 3 loads of clothes in the washer then bring it back when it fails.
Older models , like from the late 80's early 90's did have belts and were made of all cast iron transmissions, metal tubs, and motors that could wash just about anything.
The new models are plastic tubs, plastic gears, plastic transmissions.
Number one repair my brother does is the plastic gear that couples the motor to the transmission.

Would it have started a fire ?
I doubt it, unless there was flammable material like newspapers piled around it.

Yep, that's the part
I have to replace that part on my mother's washing machine this weekend. The machine is about 17 years old; she doesn't abuse it. It just decided to finally break though. What a pita it is to replace them, depending on where the washing machine is located (space) and the brand.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: pontifex
so much idiocy in this thread, some of it even coming from you...were you high too?

lolz, "ONE DECENT GIRL UP THERE"

dude is a loser too.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

In addition, if it's having that much trouble agitating the load, most washing machines are designed with a "weak link" in the transmission between the motor & the agitator that breaks. The part is about $10 to replace, but it keeps the motors from being ruined.

That's like a shear pin.