What happens when you mention to your D&D group, who mostly have ADHD, that your tumble dryer is broken?
Free labour!
About six months ago, my tumble dryer started making a small grinding sound, as if something had been dislodged.
Past Phill decided that this was very much a Future Phill problem.
Two weeks ago Future Phill had to deal with Past Phill’s laziness when the dryer began vibrating itself off the shelf it was on.
Our tumble dryer (a DV70F5E0HGW/EU) was manufactured in 2014 (in Korea), so I made the initial assumption that because of its age, it was due to be sent to the big tumble dryer playground in the sky.
But last weekend, while I was running my monthly ‘Storm King’s Thunder’ D&D campaign, I asked one of the group to help me get the dryer down from the shelf. Immediately the group set to work removing the back panel and trying to figure out what was wrong with it, while still playing D&D.
I’m not a detective, but I think the impeller was broken.
Before the end of the session one of my group had sent me an eBay link to a replacement, and the spare part turned up at my house on Thursday.
All I had to do was sand down the back panel where the old impeller had friction welded itself to it.
Additionally, I made sure to find all the old impeller pieces, so they didn’t destroy the new one. Replacing the part was really simple, and saved me £600-ish on a new tumble dryer.
I am happy to report that the tumble dryer is back on its shelf and humming away in a non-threatening manner.
Footnote: I stole the title Dungeons and Dryers from a mate of mine, and I’m giving him zero credit for it.
