How to start your own appliance repair business and earn income
With the new year here and some readers potentially considering a career switch into appliance repair, I wanted to provide a fresh overview of the top appliance repair schools out there, their unique features, their drawbacks, and their costs. I examined the four significant entities offering training programs: Penn Foster, Master Samurai Tech, Uncle Harry’s …
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There are numerous options, free and paid, for appliance repair schools for individuals considering an appliance repair career, but not all are created equal nor deliver. With years of industry and practical experience behind me, I wanted to provide a series of questions to guide these individuals’ decisionmaking before they enroll in an appliance repair …
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Free resources are available on the internet, and some of them are very helpful, but paid training can catapult you onto the next level that free training can’t. Free appliance repair training takes longer to accumulate the knowledge that paid training can condense into a much shorter period of time. There is a huge amount of free …
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Fact 1. YouTube Has Changed the entire “How To” World It is undeniable that the millions of YouTube videos have changed the “How To” world. Appliance repair is just one of many service business affected by all this content. Plumbing and electrical issues, HVAC work and medical problems all look easily solved when you view …
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It is very easy to understand why many people get confused when attempting to install an electric dryer. For starters, the heavy cable used on an electric dryer may have three or four heavy wires. Since 2000, electrical code states that four wires are required. For many people fooling with these heavy wires is very …
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Appliance repair can actually be learned online. Seems amazing but true that you can actually learn a trade online. How is this possible? Well, I learned it from books just a few years ago and made out just fine. I supplemented my studies with hands-on practice in customer’s homes and gradually got better and faster. …
If there is such a thing, I think I’ve found it. It’s Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances, by Eric Kleinert.
Free training can backfill your paid training, but it’s hit and miss unless you know where to look. Here are some good resources: YouTube Videos (search on “appliance repair training”) Repair Forums (try appliantology.org) Free Online Service Manuals (a good free source is appliancejunk.com) Parts Sites (repairclinic.com has videos & partselect.com has DIY installation advice) You …