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If you have thrown more user manuals than you actually read in your life, you are certainly not alone. In fact, according to aTECHSEEE 2019 Survey, 41% consumers have returned a perfectly functional home device over the past year, largely thanks to the frustration of not knowing how to install it or exploit it properly.

If you want to save a future trip to theCustomer service Office of your local appliance store, discover which experts say that you are doing everything wrong.

While you may not think that the placement of your thermostat is a large part of a factor when it comes to its ability to work properly, it is only that, especially if it is placed too much Closely to other electronic devices and appliances in your home.

"Make sure that no lamp, televisions or other appliances are too close to the thermostat," saysMark Dawson, COO ofTime of heating and air conditioning. Most thermostats, it adds, are sensitive enough to react to the heat of your devices, which thus makes the temperature even when it is cold at home.

Dawson says thatceiling fans Are an essential way to circulate temperature controlled air in your home - regardless of the period of the year. The trick is that you need to do your part to make sure your fans provide the benefits you want.

"Set your fans to turn clockwise in winter, creating a shanty that will push the hot air down," says Dawson. "Invert the engine to move the blades counterclockwise to create a breeze effect in summer."

The external component of your CVC system may not be the most attractive accessory from outside your home, but if you cover it from keeping it out of sight, you make a crucial mistake that can affect effective.

"By surrounding them with plants or shrubs that can block adequate ventilation and obstruct the system," says Dawson, who recommends to make sure there is a lot of open space around your external parts CVC-what does not mean decorative cover to hide them, either.

Do you want to reduce the risk of having a fire at home? A simple thing you can do is regularly remove the plush that accumulates in your dryer.

"It's dangerous not to take the teddy of your dryer when it is built on a few points," saysJemma track housing developerArbor. The plush, when exposed to the heat of the dryer, can cause a potential fire. In fact, according to theAmerican fire administration, Americans have about 2,900 dryer fires each year.

If you pack your washing machine on the gills to limit the number of loads you need to do, you could make your machine - and your clothes - more harm than good. "If your clothes can not move easily in the machine, they will rub and cause more friction," creating excessive looting and wear on each article, according to experts fromWhirlwind.

A washer or a dryer overlooked can also mean that the drum of the machine becomes unbalanced, which does itWash or dry your clothes less efficiently.

The same rule applies foryour dishwasher. "Make sure to separate between the elements and avoid overcrowding the dishwasher because stacking or nesting objects make it difficult to spray water jets," Whirlpool experts say. It is also recommended to place dishes with their dirty sides facing the center of the machine and angling them down.

Not only will the appropriate loading practices will better clean your dishes, they will help limit the number of charges required when the dishes do not clean the first time, which helped extend the life of your device.

If you use square containers or dishes to warm food in your microwave, you may want to consider going with a different form of now.

"The corners actually attract heat and energy, leaving the area too cooked and bicker in the middle of the dish," said the appliance expert in appliancesJon Gibbons ofSmart vacuum cleaners. Instead, it recommends using round dishes for even heating.

If the smoothies you make at home never seem to become as good as in your local juice bar, the technique of your bad blender may be blaming.

"You should first make Chucker in the liquid ingredients, then the smallest to the biggest," says Gibbons. "Robust ice must always be at the top. It helps the blades to run smoothly and prevents from calming and stopping."

It may be tempting to register regularly on this meal in yoursmooker-You want your friends to feel like you are a qualified householder, after all. But the best thing you can do is to turn around and leave the device take over for a moment.

"It does not need to be stirred and every time you [lift the lid], you disconnect the cooking times," says Gibbons. He adds that as long as your slow cooker is at least half full, he should cook Your food very well without any help.

Do you think you're safe, put it in your Pyrex dish in your toaster oven? Still think.

Grace Woinicz, founder ofBrilliant cuisinesaid that while these dishes are usually very well in a microwave, they will break inside a toaster oven. Instead, it recommends using curious sandstones.

Although it is easy enough to forget to seal your pressure cooker properly when preparing a dish, it will certainly prevent its ability to produce the results you probably hope. "The saucepan will simply release steam continuously instead of cooking the dish inside," explains Woinicz, which also notes that the use of an inadequate amount of cooking fluid will burn your food.

If you use your food processor to break down nuts, always remember to pause the blades of the device every few seconds.

"Leave the blades cool when treating pulse nuts, wait, repeat," says Woinicz. "Otherwise, the blades heat [and] walnut oils."

If you use a timer to program your hot water heater, you are wasting energyand your money. How? 'Or' What? Well, according toXohan Duran, general manager ofSquires and Duran Plumbing and Heating, do this "could mean that you warm a hot water cylinder when you do not need it." Expect that you really need hot water and activate the heating accordingly.

Do not let your name induce you deceive, while your garbage elimination is ideal for getting rid of food remains, it is not meant to be an all-purpose trash can.

"It is recommendedAvoid adding greasy food or food that is hard, like bones, "saysBryan Stoddard ofHomewares Insider. "Add hot water in addition to that and you can say goodbye to your garbage elimination earlier than later."