Get Ready for the Holidays: Maintain Large Appliances
As the holiday season begins, make sure your appliances are prepared for the demands you will place on them.
· Pull your refrigerator from the wall and clean the condenser coils in back with a vacuum cleaner with a brush attachment. Also, vacuum dust from the front lower grille and clean the drip pan and the drain leading to it (if your unit has one).
· Clean the oven and stove drip pans on your electric range. Clean the surface burner on your gas stove to ensure proper flame level.
· De-stench your in-sink garbage disposal by packing it with ice cubes and 1/4 cup of baking soda; then turn it on. After the ice grinding noise stops, pour a kettle full of hot water into the sink.
· Check the dishwasher strainer and washer arm; clean if necessary.
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