Personal computing discussed
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ludi wrote:Put me down as a SpeedQueen True Believer:
It's the details that really make this thing: thick stainless steel drum, stainless steel door hinges, fully sealed lint trap, courtesy light...and it's relatively quiet and seems to be well-balanced.
Not looking forward to paying this much money again when the washer eventually goes out, but when it does, we're getting another one of these.
notfred wrote:This was toilet weekend.
I think I still have a slight weep from one of the tank to toilet bolts, but I'm terrified of overtightening and cracking things. Of course my father-in-law is turning up today as well for a few days so we need this running for now. I'm just going to leave it with a towel under the bolt while he is here before going at things again next weekend.
SuperSpy wrote:At least I removed the wiring from it that went directly from the transformer secondary to a chain-pull light socket.
ludi wrote:Put me down as a SpeedQueen True Believer:
It's the details that really make this thing: thick stainless steel drum, stainless steel door hinges, fully sealed lint trap, courtesy light...and it's relatively quiet and seems to be well-balanced.
Not looking forward to paying this much money again when the washer eventually goes out, but when it does, we're getting another one of these.
anotherengineer wrote:Wowzorz !! No insulation on the basement walls!!!
anotherengineer wrote:Wowzorz !! No insulation on the basement walls!!!
Captain Ned wrote:anotherengineer wrote:Wowzorz !! No insulation on the basement walls!!!
Down here below 49 North all that stuff goes on the outside and gets backfilled. Even here in VT with no insulation on either side my stone-wall cellar only freezes if it's -20F or below for a couple of days.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:As an aside: the stereo was bought used 14 years ago for $20. Was manufactured in 1992 and has been in relatively constant use since then. Still works flawlessly. If you open the case (for instance, in order to clean out a disgusting felt mat of cat fur), it's made entirely of (by modern standards) relatively enormous, user-serviceable through-hole electronic components, and everything is clearly labeled on the circuit boards. It was clearly designed to be repaired. I think we've gone a little too far away from that.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:Very nice!
In more of a replace than repair, I swapped out our front porch light with a solar-powered non-mains-connected light with a dusk-to-dawn sensor and motion sensor. I basically don't have to think about it anymore. The brightness is great. Other than loosing one of the nuts during installation, it went in great. I'm very impressed for $15 each. I'm probably going to end up putting ~4-6 around the perimeter of the house and a couple in my sheds for when I'm digging for tools at night.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYA3KGS
MileageMayVary wrote:Usacomp2k3 wrote:Very nice!
In more of a replace than repair, I swapped out our front porch light with a solar-powered non-mains-connected light with a dusk-to-dawn sensor and motion sensor. I basically don't have to think about it anymore. The brightness is great. Other than loosing one of the nuts during installation, it went in great. I'm very impressed for $15 each. I'm probably going to end up putting ~4-6 around the perimeter of the house and a couple in my sheds for when I'm digging for tools at night.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYA3KGS
I've had bad luck with those types of lights. They worked for me about about a year and then quit.
just brew it! wrote:Any idea whether it was a battery failure or something else? My guess is they used the cheapest, crappiest NiMH cells they could find; a few hundred charge/discharge cycles would be fairly typical for these. The batteries may be replaceable.
Usacomp2k3 wrote:There was one that I had looked at (not the one I bought) that just had regular rechargeable NiMH AA's in it. I can look at the 2nd and find out. If it's something easily replaceable for a few bucks from digikey or whatnot, that's still a decent investment. I just hate running 120V everywhere, especially the back yard that I'd have to run conduit underground.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:As an aside: the stereo was bought used 14 years ago for $20. Was manufactured in 1992 and has been in relatively constant use since then. Still works flawlessly. If you open the case (for instance, in order to clean out a disgusting felt mat of cat fur), it's made entirely of (by modern standards) relatively enormous, user-serviceable through-hole electronic components, and everything is clearly labeled on the circuit boards. It was clearly designed to be repaired. I think we've gone a little too far away from that.
ludi wrote:Chuckaluphagus wrote:As an aside: the stereo was bought used 14 years ago for $20. Was manufactured in 1992 and has been in relatively constant use since then. Still works flawlessly. If you open the case (for instance, in order to clean out a disgusting felt mat of cat fur), it's made entirely of (by modern standards) relatively enormous, user-serviceable through-hole electronic components, and everything is clearly labeled on the circuit boards. It was clearly designed to be repaired. I think we've gone a little too far away from that.
In 1992, that thing probably cost the equivalent of $349 now and the computers five shelves over cost the equivalent of $3499 and also had through-hole components.
As much as it pains a repair tech like myself to see the world+dog fall to the siren call of SMT and miniaturization, that same $349 now will buy a six-channel receiver or a decent laptop computer or a good smartphone from last year's models.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:</grumpy old man shaking his cane>