good morning!

77 With 87% humidity at my house. I did some troubleshooting on my 30 year old Kenmore washer and it turns out the lid switch is bad. Luckily, the Kenmore parts website still has that switch for just over $30. After their local tax + my state tax + shipping it's just over $47. Damn greedy politicians! Should be here Thursday. Fortunately, there's a laundromat only a couple of miles from my house.

Terry

For a long time, the parts never changed, just the cabinetry. That made parts easy to come by.  No experience with newer appliances but I've read that they're not as robust and repairing them has gotten a lot more complicated.