Appliance Poltergeist

I think we have an appliance poltergeist. We've had four major appliances completely die since we moved in three years ago. When our dryer died maybe a year and a half ago or so, my sweet in-laws gave us both their washer and their dryer and got some new ones for themselves. And they hadn't had these appliances for more than a few years. I'd say maybe they're five years old.

Our dryer started having some issues last month. It wouldn't heat. It could run for hours, but it only blew cold air on the clothes, which means that they wouldn't dry. We were freaking out, trying to figure out how we were going to afford a new dryer. We called a fixer-upper dude, hoping that it would be an inexpensive fix. Luckily, it was. I guess it was the... coils? I think that's what they're called:

It only cost us about $100. The $100 killed us, but not as much as buying a new appliance would have killed us!