How to Repair Instant Pot not Heating or Working

Is your Instant Pot not working? I’ll show you how you may be able to repair it. My wife picked up a broken unit that was not heating and thankfully, it is an easy fix. If you have one with no power at all, it is also possibly an easy fix.

In some cases the reason why the Instant Pot fails to heat up is because of a single failed solder connection on the bottom side of the circuit board. This failed connection just happens to be on the output terminal of the main electrical relay (think switch) that sends electricity to the heating element. And when there is no electricity, there is no heat (though the brains of the unit doesn’t realize it!).

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How to Fix Your Macbook Trackpad that is Not Clicking

Is your trackpad having problems clicking? Is it clicking but the laptop isn’t responding to the click? Or that you have to push really hard to get it to click?

There are a few reasons why your click may not be working any longer. It is possible it could be something like a swelled battery, loose screw, or debris but most likely is that your trackpad is failing due to wear and tear.

Many videos and instructions advise you to make an adjustment to the screw under the trackpad to deal with this non-clicking problem. This tends to work because it puts more pressure on a certain part of the trackpad that makes the “click”.

But I recommend that you do something even better than that! I recommend that you make an adjustment to the trackpad itself (not the adjustment screw) so that you will be (effectively) giving your trackpad click a new life. And this repair is free!

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Repair Broken GE Freezer – Replace Defrost Heater GSH25JSXNSS

One night we went to get some ice cream and instead of getting the normal cold solid cream there was a liquid mess. Something was wrong with our fridge/freezer (Model GSH25JSXNSS) !

So I ripped open the back on the freezer (take shelves off, remove light cover, take off two screws, take off the grounding clip and remove the white cover) to find this:

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