Another Whirlpool. Fifteen years is a pretty good lifespan IMO. Good news for me, too: probably means I have six or seven years left on the two Whirlpool dehums in *my* basement.
What's wrong with it, anyway? What are the symptoms?
Breaker trip. No apparent dead shorts. No "click" on startup.
Conclusion: Compressor is locked. Replacement cost of compressor exceeds what would be prudent given the low cost of a new unit.
Your logic is mine also on getting another Whirlpool but the current (dead) one was made in the States and my suspicion is that the new ones are not. (not that there's anything wrong with that) but there is.
Checking Consumer Reports showed the Kenmore to be a decent buy but those weenies often get things wrong.
on 7/16/2009 3:57 PM (ET) Tom Watson wrote the following:
Kenmore is a Sears brand name, but since Sears does not make anything, the appliance is made by someone else, maybe Whirlpool, and if 15 years old, could also be White Westinghouse. My WW is 20 years old and still running.
No recommendation, but I would suggest looking for mechanical, rather than electronic controls. My Maytag shuts down completely with any power loss, and will not restart without manually pressing the ON button. Since we have momentary outages every 8-10 days (just long enough to make the clocks reset), I have to check the damn thing daily to make sure it is still running.
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