3 Appliances You’re Slowly Killing — and the $4 Fix That Saves Them

Pull the lid off your coffee maker’s water tank and take a whiff. If it smells a little funky, you’re not imagining things — and you’re not alone.

NSF, the independent public-health testing group, ranks the coffee reservoir among the top 10 germiest spots in your home — right up there with the kitchen sponge. Mold and yeast love that warm, damp little tank.

And that’s just the coffee maker. Your kettle and your steam iron are quietly clogging with mineral scale, too. The good news? One cheap jug of white vinegar fixes all three — and can add years to each.

Here’s why this matters to your wallet. A scaled-up, gunked-up appliance heats slower…

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