I know I have moaned before about the poor quality of electrical goods in North America, but I couldnt resist another one.
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Last Monday the baking element in the bottom oven in our Maytag Gemini double oven failed. We brought the Maytag from new in Dec 2005 when we moved into the house. In the last 2 years we have needed to have replaced three heating elements.
- One in the top oven,
- now this in the bottom oven and
- one on the top hob.
In the UK we had a Hotpoint cooker from 1996 - 2005 and never had a single problem with heating elements. I think the only problem we experienced was the door spring went a little slack in 2005., but it still shut tight.
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The only plus point for North American appliances is that you can access the detailed manuals with all the components and instructions how to repair/replace them. I simply ordered online (paid about $55) and the element was mailed to me. But why did it fail in the first place  .
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Anyway today is a beautiful day, here in Canada 20th March is the first day of Spring not like the 21st in the UK (I am guessing it is because of the lower latitude than the UK). The longest day is 20th June and Sept 20th is the First day of Autumn also 20th Dec is the shortest day. We are just enjoying the sunshine, and opportunity to open the windows and freshen the house. However 4-5cm of snow is forecast for tonight 
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