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800 is your Distress SOS
If you don't know a company's 800 number, just dial toll-free 800 information at 1-(800)-555-1212.
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Accessory Refrigeration
Precise temperature and humidity controls with super-quiet hush refrigeration compressors are leading the way in creating the good life!
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Aluminum Foil No-Nos
Covering oven cooking racks and floors "foils" coils, and trouble's in store.
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Appliance Colors are Coming!
Bold appliance colors and hues are new design trends you can use!
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Appliance Re-Facing
Want to update your kitchen? There are lots of things you can do to make old look like new!
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Appliance trouble -part 1: Test
How to find out what's wrong in three easy steps.
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Appliance trouble -part 2: Check
Why call for repair if you can fix it yourself?
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Back to the Future
What 1972 and 2000 have in common!
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Buying a Refrigerator
A new fridge will give you lots of fancy features, and could save you money!
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Central Vacuum System
If you're allergic to dust or need quiet in your home, a built-in central vacuum system could be the answer.
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Charlie's Angle on Dishwashers
Don't take your dishwasher for granted. (Be a grime fighter!)
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Choosing Kitchen Appliances
Avoid big expensive trophy-model appliances. Buy with function and style, energy-efficiency and easy-clean surfaces in mind.
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Cleaning Refrigerator Coils
Over time, refigerator coils get dirty and block airflow.
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Clothes Dryer Check-up
An easy "lint 'n vent" check-up...that'll keep your dryer dryin'...!
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Clothes Dryer Update
Consider giving a new clothes dryer a tumble.
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Clothes-dryer Maintenance
A dryer vent clogged with lint is one of the leading causes of residential fires.
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Clothes-dryer Maintenance
A dryer vent clogged with lint is one of the leading causes of residential fires.
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Cooking Light Waves
New technology makes for faster cooking!
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Cooking Trends
Are you a fan of gourmet fare?or someone with no time to spare?
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Cool Art Refrigerators
How refrigerators and trees have teamed up to cool and be cool!
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Dishwasher Insights
Use it or lose it...or learn to protect it...
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Dishwasher Vs. Hand Washing
Some things you should know about which saves more H20!
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Dishwashers - Use It or Lose It
When a dishwasher will sit unused for more than two or three weeks, pour in a half-cup of liquid bleach to prevent bacterial buildup. Then, add three tablespoons of mineral oil.
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Don't "Beat the Clock"
Other type of counterclockwise.
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Drain pans-a-must
If your washing machine or water heater is old and weak, read on.
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Dryer Lint and Vent Tune-up
how to keep your dryer drying with an overall "lint and vent" tune-up.
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Dryer Lubrication Warning
Be careful -- or your lube job could go BOOM!
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e-frigerators
Remember 'smart' refrigerators connected to the internet? They're back.
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Esuds.net / New Spin Zone
It's back to school (with a new twist). Some students have internet laundry on their list.
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Extended Warranties
Longer repair coverage for appliances and electronics -? a good idea? Perhaps not!
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Fall Back / Check Batteries
When you make clock time changes spring and fall, let it be a reminder to check the battery in every smoke detector in your home.
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Faux Fridge Cold Fronts
Make your garage a better place?with a cool new "cold front" face!
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Fingerprint-less stainless steel
Easy solution for stainless steel mess - go "fingerprintless!"
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Fire in the Freezer?
An orange glow in your freezer? Fire danger or is something ready to blow?
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Firing-up Gas Ranges
How to check and renew...pilot lights and igniters that won't do what they do.
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Front-loading Wash Machines
They need special attention from you.
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Garbage Disposal Booster
Under-sink repairs - part one: Give your work a lift.
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Garbage Disposal Plug
Don't get wet feet over installing a new dishwasher.
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Garbage In, Garbage Out?
Disposal acting up? Garbage in...No garbage out? Make simple repairs...
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Gooey Oven Solution
How to clean your oven without a lot of effort.
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Hand-truck Maneuvers
How to wrap, cover and tape to protect your home from bumps and scrapes.
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High-tech Vacuum Cleaners
Bigger motors move more air with better suction, which means better cleaning, and less vacuuming.
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Hood, Hood on the Range
Cleaning the range hood keeps your vent working well.
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Ice-maker Problems?
How to trouble-shoot an icemaker that isn't making cubes.
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Installing a Smart Thermostat
Setback and programmable thermostats are so smart that they'll not only make your home more comfortable, but will conserve energy and save money, too.
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Is It Microwave Safe?
How to test a cup or plate to make sure it's microwave safe!
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Kitchen Corrections
What you should do when an bad day for appliances plagues you!
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Kitchen of the future (in Boston)
The "kitchen of tomorrow" is here today (in Boston!)
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Kitchens 2001: What's Cookin'?
These days many people seem to have more money than they have time. Manufacturers are responding with new kitchen technology.
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Kitchens Of The (Near) Future
Wondering what's new? What's coming (and what's already here?)...
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Kitchens To Go
New European modular construction now brings us kitchens to go!
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Left-hand Refrigerator? (All-righty Then)
If your refrigerator door opens to the wrong side -- fear not.
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Magnetic cooling
Some thing new and "cool" in refrigerators is coming to a kitchen near you.
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Microwave Oven Safety
If your unit is more than 15 years old, have it tested for radiation leaks by a professional technician.
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Microwave Water Caution
Fast heating? There's danger if you super-heat water for soups and brew!
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Microwave-oven Safety
As microwave ovens age, check their efficiency and safety aspects.
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Mini-sized appliances
Learn how today's appliances are getting both smaller and bigger?
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Mission: Refrigerator door seals
When replacing door seals (to keep your cool)'there's an important thing not to do?
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Porcelain enamel finishes
A 4,000 year old material beautifies and protects only the best.
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Protect your Dishwasher
With a dishwasher, it's "use it or lose it" -- or protect it.
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Range Hood Ventilation
You'll see a whole new design sense... when we look at "Trends in Vents!"
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Refrigerator Coils Clean?
With refrigerator coils, clean = cool = savings -- in many ways!
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Refrigerator food notes
How to keep track of what's up front and way in back.
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Refrigerator Noises
Your frostless refrigerator whistles and wheezes. Is it a meltdown, a breakdown or is it getting ready to freeze up?
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Refrigerator Temperatures
Refrigerators and freezers must operate at specified temperatures for proper food preservation and maximum energy-efficiency.
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Refrigerators: Cool Savings
To get runaway electric bills under control, pull the plug on energy thieves.
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Refrigerators: The Big Chill
Thomas Moore coined the term "refrigerator" in 1803. Today, nearly 200 years later, it's still called a refrigerator, but little else remains the same.
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Satellite Dish Antennas
Five movies to select from at any given moment, instead of one.
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Self-cleaning Ovens
Why you shouldn’t help when an oven’s designed to clean itself.
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Smoke Detector Upgrade
Next time you check your smoke detectors, don't just replace the batteries; determine if it's time to upgrade.
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Space-age Cooking
New "no-heat heating" uses an electro-magnetic coil to create a magnetic field that heats a metal pan bottom when it comes in contact with the cooking surface.
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Space-heater Smarts
A portable electric space heater can be an effective energy-reducing cost-beater.
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Special Exhaust Hood Required For Gas Cooktop
Gas is not dirty.
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Spring Forward Reminder
When you reset clocks in the spring and fall, at the same time check smoke alarm batteries.
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Steam-iron Cleaning
Avoid being steamed by steam!
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Support your Local Grime-fighters!
Learn "how and why" washer and dryers... sometimes cause floods and fires!
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Talk About "Cool" Ovens!
New space-age "refrigerated ovens" combine the best of two worlds!
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Temper your Waffle Iron
“Tempering" your waffle iron will prevent sticking. Here's how to do it!
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Waffle-Iron Tempering
A waffle iron's inner surfaces need to be tempered with heat and cooking oil to prevent sticking.
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But
Solving freezer crime.
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But
Solving freezer crime.
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Thermostat Replacement
Setback thermostats represent a programming breakthrough.
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Towel warmer bonus
A nifty "bonus" that's available makes towel warmers even more salable.
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Truth in Labeling
New refrigerator? Moving an old one? "This end up" means "this end up"!
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Vacuum Finder Radar
When you lose small items, haul out the vacuum cleaner and cover the end with a piece of pantyhose or cheesecloth held in place with a rubber band.
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Vacuum Finder Radar
When you lose small items, haul out the vacuum cleaner and cover the end with a piece of pantyhose or cheesecloth held in place with a rubber band.
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VCR Head-cleaning
A free alternative to professional VCR head-cleaning!
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Waking Up Easier
If you have trouble waking to your alarm clock, try these options.
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Washer/dryer dynamic duo
Hi-tech washer/dryers now fight grime by "talking" to each other.
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Washing Machine Check-up
Avoid messy washing machine blues...with simple "don'ts" and easy "do's!"
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Washing Machine Tune-up
If your washing machine starts acting up,try this before you call a repairman or buy a new one.
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Washing-machine Blues
Try braided, stainless-steel hoses that last many, many years to reduce the risk of a failed washing-machinw hose.
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Water Heaters 1: Gas Or Electric?
What type is best? Which is most economical to operate?
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Water Heaters 2: Size Matters
Some are too big; some too small... and never ever does ?one size fit all?!
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Water, Water (Not) Everywhere
New water sensor technology...prevents having underwater property!
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When Appliances Act Up
Mysterious noises? Appliance won't work? How a camera and tape help get it repaired.
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www.appliances.com
For an all-new, no-hassle dream kitchen, just log on.
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