Login

u/AgentBanks

▲ 1 r/appliancerepair

Title describes the situation. Got an LG ventless washer/dryer combo last month, and really like it so far. It's been essentially silent, until I started a load this morning. Now I am hearing a thump/pop every 2nd rotation, only when the drum spins clockwise. It's absent when spinning counterclockwise.

I initially thought something fell back behind the drum somehow, but the fact that it only happens in one direction is confusing me.

I also can't feel exactly where it is, so it's not something bumping the outer shell. It's not unlike the sound you get when you push a jar lid down, sort of like a metallic pop.

Any ideas? I'm working with their support team now as well.

reddit.com
u/AgentBanks — 10 days ago
▲ 8 r/Entomology

This is obviously anecdotal, but:

I have a had a scrap of greenhouse plastic down on one of my garden rows for a week or so, and noticed that three blister beetles had fallen into some water that had pooled on it. I didn't make a special note of it, but I believe I saw all three on Saturday, maybe in the afternoon, and it is now Monday evening.

All three were flipped over and had sunken to the bottom of the puddle, so I assumed they had drowned quickly. I was adjusting the plastic today and decided to dump out that puddle. As soon as they hit the soil, they all moved their legs, flipped over, and crawled away.

For what it's worth, a crane fly and all manner of tiny flies and other insects had also fallen in and were all bloated and dead. I am almost certain the crane fly was not there when I noticed the beetles, and that it fell in sometime today. I've never seen a terrestrial insect deal with being submerged for so long without much issue.

Anyways, there's always a chance I am misremembering the timeline, but I would bet bottom dollar that they were fully submerged and upside down for at LEAST 36 hours or longer. Was just curious if anyone had info on this sort of thing, and I don't really have anyone else to ask. Is this something they are known to do?

Blister beetle photos (not one that was in the water) included here as tax.

u/AgentBanks — 16 days ago