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Heat Pump Dryers
  • Jul 15 2025
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Heat Pump Dryers

Heat pump technology is used in a variety of applications including heating swimming pools.

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Your Legal Right to Repair
  • Sep 13 2024
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Your Legal Right to Repair

The Productivity Commission examined durability in the context of household appliances. To help make usable legislation there may need to be a clear definition of durability.

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Mould in your Washing Machine
  • May 17 2024
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Mould in your Washing Machine

Mould can cause a host of health problems including asthma, increased susceptibility to flu and colds, and sinus infections.

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Low Power High Power Appliances
  • Nov 02 2020
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Low Power High Power Appliances

Be aware of high-powered appliances.

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Dishwasher backing-up
  • Dec 06 2019
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Dishwasher backing-up

The pump in dishwashers is usually not designed to prevent water coming back in. In a situation where water is forced back in to the dishwasher the pump may eventually fail.

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Where to place Food in your Fridge
  • Aug 13 2019
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Where to place Food in your Fridge

The warmest area of your Fridge is the doors. The doors are the most inconsistent part of your fridge. Items like condiments are well suited. Anything even moderately perishable should not be stored here.

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Energy Consumption of Appliances
  • Jun 14 2019
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Energy Consumption of Appliances

Energy costs of appliances based on 11c per KwH

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The Refrigerator Cool Aussie Invention
  • Aug 10 2018
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The Refrigerator Cool Aussie Invention

James Harrison, a Scottish Australian, built the first mechanical ice-making machine in the world in 1851 on the banks of the Barwon River in Geelong, Victoria.

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