Fixed my dryer without a YT video

Yeah we had a fancy whirlpool go bad and it's one of the newer models (albeit 10 years old) so it's not just a simple mechanical one...Called a tech...essentially paid him to do nothing. I don't even think he knew how to use a meter. I found the troubleshooting book under the main control board and walked through it myself without him. He quoted me a price of like $500 and didn't have it in stock. I went on an appliance website and matched part numbers and had it in 2 days. Plug and play....no issues. It was real easy to see why it didn't work. Relay got fried. Scorch marks and everything. But the tech did show me where all the bolts were. Had I YT'ed it, I would have gotten the same data.

if you didn't make a youtube video of the repair, you've broken the chain.

eta, similar story for me was my gas furnace at my old house would not ignite. local ac company came out multiple times, trying to change different parts. never worked. fed up, i took off the shroud do look at the wiring and control panel. it looked like there were some burnt spots on the control panel. found the part number, took a picture of where everything was plugged in, took the old one off, installed the new one and replugged in all the wires, boom, ran like a champ. Went to the ac company with all their bills and said i'd pay the first one since it was a call out but after that, i wasn't paying.

Had to switch out my heating element a while back. Took it out and the heating wire had a break in it. Bought one off Amazon and replaced it. It's simple to do, but it is annoying because there isn't much room to place your hand in there.