Six, on purpose

Why the list ends at six machines.

Shelf space in a truck is finite, and so is the number of machines one technician can diagnose by ear. Both limits land in the same place: the dishwasher, the washer and dryer, the refrigerator with its freezer, the range with oven and cooktop, and lastly the door-mounted ice maker in the refrigerator. Since those six are what the truck is shelved for — drain pumps, inlet valves, igniters, defrost heaters, bake elements, drum rollers, thermal fuses, the relays a brownout burns — most calls in Nampa and Canyon County are finished on the first trip. The pages below run through the symptoms people phone about, what those tend to mean in this valley, and how the stop goes. The money is identical across all six: one visit fee, named by dispatch when you call, covers the technician and the meter, the repair is written as a single figure before any screw turns, and once you approve it, that figure already has the fee inside. Gravel, gates, ordered parts and Saturdays cost nothing on top.

MachineThe symptomPage
Refrigerator & Freezer RepairWarm on the shelf · freezer frosting over · compressor short-cycling · puddle under the crisperOpen →
Washing Machine RepairTub won’t empty · no spin · leak at the front · lid locked shutOpen →
Clothes Dryer RepairTumbles cold · two runs to dry · squeal from the drum · scorched smellOpen →
Dishwasher RepairWater sitting in the tub · chalky glassware · dishes still dirty · panel darkOpen →
Range, Oven & Cooktop RepairBurner won’t light · oven runs cold · igniter clicking · F-code on the displayOpen →
Ice Maker RepairBin stays empty · hollow little cubes · fill valve scaled shut · fill tube frozen solidOpen →

Not ours

Microwaves and wine coolers, ice machines that stand on their own, swamp coolers, water heaters, disposals, iron filters and softeners, RV and camper appliances, dairy and farm equipment, restaurant gear. Tell dispatch what you have; if it falls outside the six, you find out on the phone, not on the doorstep.

The same six, area by area

Downtown, North and South Nampa, Caldwell, Kuna and Middleton get a page per machine, since a 1920s bungalow on a small city lot, a new build with the laundry upstairs, and an acreage drawing from a well all shape what the technician expects behind the panel.

Reading the display

Samsung, LG, Whirlpool, Bosch and GE codes are collected under Error codes: what the code means, its usual cause around here, a check you can make, and where the meter goes next.