Most people don't seem to have the brains to investigate a problem. Not exactly an appliance but years ago I picked up a motorbike for next to nothing because it had a "serious electrical problem". It would start and run fine but as soon as you put any load on the electrics (lights, indicators, horn or brake light) the engine died. The "serious electrical problem" turned out to be that the glass tube fuses weren't sitting in their holders correctly and the whole electrical system was one massive short circuit! Repositioned the fuses correctly and it was fine.
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