AARP’s Smart Guide to Home Appliance Care

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Simple things you can do to make your appliances work better, last longer — and save you money

Our home appliances perform critical functions — washing, cooking, cleaning — that keep the house in order. Unfortunately, they seem to break at the worst possible time.

Some of it is luck, but some appliances are more fragile than others, especially the newer ones that use “smart” technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. According to the inaugural