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This is sadly an issue in many industries these days. Companies have no issue designing products that barely meet their performance marks. It’s called “factor of safety” for example, you want to design a chair that can hold 300lbs. Typically you would build it then with a factor of safety of 1.5...

Yes of course it’s marketing. These are marketing dominant and driven organizations. On consumer goods, engineers and chemists are subservient to marketing.

For the record, P&G doesn't actually "put" Dawn in their detergent pacs. It's just an internal co-marketing thing because P&G also owns Dawn. And they want everyone to KNOW that Dawn is "tough on grease." But it's not the same ingredients.

The previous owner of my house left behind two huge containers of Tide pods. I did use them up, but they were terrible. They were almost always too much soap, and caused lots of suds locking, even on my Elux front loader. They didn't make sense for even the the typical large loads. There's no...

I would be highly skeptical of what these local service and delivery guys tell you. They sound smart and want to come off as smart, but most often, all they really know is their discreet task. The only way your gas meter data would be part of a nation-wide network, is if your gas company is...

LOL, that’s so French. ❤️ 🚬

@william8 he must have me on “ignore” Sigh….

Thread from 2019. “Lazarus…. Rise!” 🙌

@phillymatt53 c’mon man. I want to know about the kill circuits.

P.S. @phillymatt53 , I'm still waiting on hearing all about the "kill devices" in the electronics you say you identified years and decades ago. In fact, in anther thread, you mentioned that you archive a large amount of internet and personal data. In that data, I have to imagine you archived...

Population control? Really? <div style="width:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:83%;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/wqbAfFwjU8laXMWZ09" width="100%" height="100%" style="position:absolute" frameBorder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowFullScreen></iframe></div><p><a href="">via...

Of note, the connection to the middle wash arm is disconnected, from the port that comes through the ceiling. That would cause the system to lose some pressure.

I would definitely avoid "Mansfield" brand at any costs. They are terrible flow, and are very prone to clogging. This video might be of some good help: (and it's entertaining!)

Hi all, I have some updates. So I was less than thrilled with the performance I was seeing from the initial modifications, and there seems to be crazy fluxuations and tolerance in these snap disc thermostats. I have to imagine the thermostat Whirlpool spec'd over 30yrs ago had more narrow...

Interesting. Sounds like you archive lots of world information. So do you have information on all those electronics you worked on, that had self destruct circuits in them? I’m still waiting on that information. Thanks.

The Point Voyagers were “less water use” than the PowerCleans they replaced. They were a horizontal pump design that replicated a PowrClean module on its side. It did this with moderate success. The PointVoyagers came out right when detergents were reformulated without phosphates and really...

It did, in fact, sit on the lot about 10 months before my lease. It’s only activity was about 50miles of test drives, and rolls into the garage for the FOUR recalls it had before I came along.

“Two whole bags of groceries for only $9! Goly gee!” $9 was a lot of money in 1971, equal to about $74 today. That’s about what I spend now for 2-3bags of groceries. So it’s equivalent. Everyone forgets about the ~700% inflation since the 70s. Yet get so nostalgic remembering “sandwiches were...

Most dishwashers I’ve had over the several years have approx. 800w heaters. Between 1-2gal fills, that’s enough energy to heat 1deg. F increase per minute. The thirsty KUDD23 takes a little more at maybe 1-1.5min/deg F increase. Running the hot water first will definitely help that first pre...

Are you seriously crying about them making the wash cycle faster and thirstier?! That’s literally what you and others wanted.