Samurai's Posterous

Appliance Service Training Institute: LG Laundry

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Photos:

- Honey-dipped control board used in the LG washers

- LG washer top view: wiring diagram, fill valves, control board

- Motion sensor in an LG washer

- Noise filter, LG washer

- Stator part of the motor in an LG washer

- Rotor part of the motor in an LG washer

- Very blurry photo of the hall sensor laying in the stator pan

- Top, inside view of an LG dryer

- Measuring backpressure in a dryer vent

- Nifty Whirlpool dryer vent backpressure meter

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Filed under // ASTI Dryers LG Washing Machines

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Appliance Service Training Institute: Electrolux Laundry

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No pictures for this one, either. Pretty lame session.

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Filed under // ASTI Electrolux Washing Machines

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Appliance Service Training Institute: LG Refrigeration

No pictures for this one, but some good tech tips in the audio. For some reason, my recording program split this into two files when I paused and switched microphones. They're about five minutes each.
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Part 2:

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Filed under // ASTI LG Refrigerators

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Back Home!

Dayyam, it's great to be back! Touched down at Manchester Airport (MHT) right on time, about 8:45pm. Got our bags (not lost!) and made it back to the house a little after 10pm for a reunion with our three teenage kids and two German Shepherds. And there was much rejoicing. I'll finish the notes, audio and photos, on the three remaining technical sessions over the next couple of days. Coming soon (in this order):

- LG Refrigeration
- Electrolux laundry
- LG laundry
- Wrapup and Commentary

Check back soon!

Filed under // ASTI

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Last Night at the ASTI Convention

... which was last night. Though we were staying at the Coronado Resort-- where the ASTI convention was being held-- we discovered a ver gooten restaurant at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. Here are some pics from last night; crappy quality, I know, but that's as good as it gets with an iPhone.

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Filed under // ASTI Disney

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Bay Lake and Kissimmee, FL

Appliance Service Training Institute: Bosch Dishwashers

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Shown below: power terminal connection block, front and back views of the control panel.

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Kissimmee, FL

Appliance Service Training Institute: Samsung Refrigeration

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Refrigeration control training set and user interface control panel.

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Filed under // ASTI Refrigerators Samsung

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Kissimmee, FL

Reality Check, Disney Style

So, last night, Mrs. Samurai and I enjoyed an awesome meal at the Jiko restaurant at the Animal Kingdom Lodge complete with some extra tasty Ethiopian beer, Bedele. Really, it was one of the fanciest and most delicious meals I think I've ever had... not counting the sushi in the geisha houses while I was in the Navy, but, hey, that's a story for another time... like when Mrs. Samurai ain't around to read this trash.

Anyfreakinway, we finished this fine cuisine and sauntered out of the restaurant past the gift shop. Now, it's worth noting at this point, that all the freaky Disney character garbage is joyfully discreet here in the resorts. Heck, sometimes you can even forget you're on Disney property at all! Well, that reality-- or, at least, Disney's garish and rodent-infested version of it-- has a way of rearing it's ugly, stinking head at the least opportune moments, like right after a fabulous meal. I made the mistake of glancing into the gift shop as we walked by and this about made me spew my suds...